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At the risk of triggering repetition...
From: Vincent Campbell
SNIP
> Just
> sitting here thinking about the question we were milling over last year
> about why Judaism didn't spread but Christianity did, again I think of the
> complex rules of Judaism compared to the relative simplicity of
Christianity
> (e.g. all those things you can/can't eat according to Leviticus, whereas
> Christianity has no such list
Could it not be as simple as Christianity couching itself as a 'universal'
religion, be design and intent to comprehend everyone eventually, and
Judaism couching itself as an exclusive religion, meant only for the 'chosen
people' and designed to keep others outside?
- Lawrence
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