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my thoughts on converting to Judaism

Created on 2003-07-16 09:29:43 (#1186736), last updated 2004-02-21

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Name:	Peggy
Birthdate:	03-04
Location:	Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States
Website:	Daily Journal

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A few of you may already know me as

fred_chan. This journal is sort of an extension of my regular journal as it will be used to keep track of my thoughts and ideas over time, although these thoughts and ideas will all pertain to one particular subject: religious conversion.

I have been contemplating conversion to Judaism semi-seriously for a long time, due to being in a very serious relationship with a Jewish person.

At first I thought about converting while making some sort of compromise between Christianity and Judaism by becoming a Messianic Jew (Messianic Jews believe that Yeshua, or Jesus, was the Messiah). The more I researched that particular idea, the sillier it became, and I started to wonder quietly to myself: Why is is so important to you that Jesus be kept in the picture?

And I finally figured out that it really wasn't important to me. I was trying to keep him in the picture to make other people comfortable, not for myself at all. In fact, I realized that I have never thought of Jesus in the way that I am "supposed" to according to my current religion. I have never prayed through Jesus and I have never really worshipped him. I consider his life good, and an example as how all people should live but I do not think of him as my savior.

It seems silly to keep calling myself Christian after that discovery.

So now I'm considering converting to Judaism seriously for the first time. I'm curious about the religion, and now I want to find out if I should convert for me instead of for others. It's a huge step of course, and a life changing decision. I plan to do a lot of research before hand to figure out if Judaism really does fit me better than Christianity. I'm not taking this decision lightly at all.

And that's what this journal is for and about.

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I am still in the contemplation stage of converting, but please don't see this as an invitation to come in here an go all evangelical on me. Please do not ask me to come back to the light, as it were. One of my favorite aspects about Judaism is the fact that it puts ethics before creed--meaning Jews don't run around telling people that they're going to hell. So if that's what you're planning to do here, please go away.

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