Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site vax135.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!ihnp4!vax135!gks From: gks@vax135.UUCP (Ken Swanson) Newsgroups: net.religion.jewish,net.religion.christian Subject: Re: Re: Re: Jews for Jesus Message-ID: <932@vax135.UUCP> Date: Tue, 15-Jan-85 09:46:53 EST Article-I.D.: vax135.932 Posted: Tue Jan 15 09:46:53 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 16-Jan-85 05:23:38 EST Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Holmdel, NJ Lines: 30 Xref: watmath net.religion.jewish:1270 net.religion.christian:86 Mr. Frank Silbermann, in regard to your reply to Julie Harazduk on the subject of Jews who have accepted Jesus as Messiah, thank you for your thoughtful and informative reply (as opposed to others.) Based on Frank's reply, I draw the following conclusion about Jewish belief: God is too aloof, remote, mysterious or holy that He would venture to dwell amongst us, in person, here on Earth. (Which is it?) Questions: What is current Jewish thought as to the nature of their Messiah? Does this thought vary across various lines of Judaism? When will He come? If the idea of God sweeping down to Earth, impregnating a virgin who gives birth to a divine child, smacks of Roman mythology, I am curious as to Jewish thought on the creation story in the "Book of Beginnings" (and other stories in the early part of the Torah) which have counterparts in Egyptian and Babylonian literature. No prosletyzing intended - I'm just interested in some answers from a Jewish perspective. Ken Swanson 4F-617 AT&T Bell Labs Holmdel, NJ 07733 ... ihnp4!vax135!gks