Not sure if this is the ideal place to ask for advice on this matter but not sure it fits under any of the other forum headings.
I preach in a way that isn't spouting bible versus but I stead listening and helping and directing to parables in the bible.
Recently a friend of mine decided he wishes to convert to Judaism. I appear to be struggling with this because up until this point he was adamant at being an atheist. It is only recently with what's happening in the middle east he seems to have went down that route.
He moved to a new town but as a side note he says he has Jewish heritage but I did his family tree and his heritage was a singular branch six generations back.
My fear is that he has decided to join the religion not out of a belief for it but because he wants the sense of community and to a worse extent the competitive victimhood aspect of the faith.
Furthermore my faith doesn't explicitly state seclusion like some branches of Christianity but it does warn of the blasphemers and heretics.
He is a good friend but I fear that if he goes through with the conversion which would include the bodily mutilation aspect of Judaism, and the loophole aspect of it which is insulting to God, means that our relationship would be strained. Especially as once he has done it then he would be condemned he wouldn't be part of the elect as it's clear from 2 Kings 17:20, Matthew 23:33. Then there's the basis of infanticide which is natural in Judaism all the way back to the various King Herod's. Bodily mutilation being another concern.
My main issue is how do I address these concerns that I don't believe he's actually religious or faithful but instead looking for a community. And that the faith he has chosen is the opposite of what I believe and one which I view in the same light as witchcraft and paganism.
I know this was long but it's something I've been trying to find a healthy way to understand and forgive him on this issue. I know as a Christian I should respect others faiths but I don't know why I feel so uncomfortable about it.
I preach in a way that isn't spouting bible versus but I stead listening and helping and directing to parables in the bible.
Recently a friend of mine decided he wishes to convert to Judaism. I appear to be struggling with this because up until this point he was adamant at being an atheist. It is only recently with what's happening in the middle east he seems to have went down that route.
He moved to a new town but as a side note he says he has Jewish heritage but I did his family tree and his heritage was a singular branch six generations back.
My fear is that he has decided to join the religion not out of a belief for it but because he wants the sense of community and to a worse extent the competitive victimhood aspect of the faith.
Furthermore my faith doesn't explicitly state seclusion like some branches of Christianity but it does warn of the blasphemers and heretics.
He is a good friend but I fear that if he goes through with the conversion which would include the bodily mutilation aspect of Judaism, and the loophole aspect of it which is insulting to God, means that our relationship would be strained. Especially as once he has done it then he would be condemned he wouldn't be part of the elect as it's clear from 2 Kings 17:20, Matthew 23:33. Then there's the basis of infanticide which is natural in Judaism all the way back to the various King Herod's. Bodily mutilation being another concern.
My main issue is how do I address these concerns that I don't believe he's actually religious or faithful but instead looking for a community. And that the faith he has chosen is the opposite of what I believe and one which I view in the same light as witchcraft and paganism.
I know this was long but it's something I've been trying to find a healthy way to understand and forgive him on this issue. I know as a Christian I should respect others faiths but I don't know why I feel so uncomfortable about it.
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