interfaith relations/sharing thread

[nearlythree]

Given the atmosphere on some sections of Mnet, and the lovely time we had on the Shana Tova thread, I was wondering if anyone was up for an interfaith sharing thread?

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lisalisa - would you mind if I asked you some questions about your Jewish faith today? I am a Christian and at Bible College but this term we are studying Old Testament Law (Torah) and I would love to know more about how you worship in relation to the Torah - for example, what do you do about sacrifice when it was laid down in the Torah but not practiced today?

The course I am doing has made me much more aware of me Jewish roots as a Christian. I'd love to know more about what you observe, if you wouldnt mind answering. If you would rather answer in private I will CAT you with my email address.

Thanks so much.

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went to king david in manchester up to the age of 11 ..then private girls school....not a jewish school...but a big proportion of jewish pupils- had a jewish assembly weekly...

now i live in merseyside, but not in a jewish part.......community is dying....i actually find it hard as most of the time i try not to think about it ..but, like now, when i do, i realise how much i miss the community and the rituals...

i would be happy to discuss it more.....but in small doses as it were as it is making me ask myslef difficult questions..

when i chose my childrens hebrew names... it was me who chose , as DS had no idea....but i chose ones that mean something ..especially my daughter......

what i find hard, LisaLisa, is that i believe in things that are not neccesarily compatible with our religion.....and i want to explore those things too

i'd like to think Hashem would welcome us all into heaven...even if not Jewish to the letter of the law...but we had lived our lives with kindness and respect to all..... Hope that is not blasphemous....

and thank you for your words...

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thank you...that is most appreciated......i suppose this thread is making me examine my true feelings as per my religion, beliefs and morality system.... do you CAT? if i had something particular that i didn;t want to share right away..could i CAT you?

What a brilliant thread.

I'm a Christian, but I'm fascinated to read about other people's faiths. As Harrisey posted on another thread, I often feel I have more in common with people of faith, any faith, than with much of secular society.

And we're quite a diverse lot here on MN aren't we!

thanks .. . very kind of you

Welcome pinkyred !!!

This is an interesting thread. I am Jewish but I married out. However, my children have both been blessed in a synagogue and have hebrew names as well. My eldest who is 5 understands she is jewish and goes to religious school once a week. I don't keep a jewish home (well not at the moment -living with inlaws) but in general i don't. I had a traditional jewish upbringing rather than orthodox. Friday nights at home having shabbat and the odd visit to synagogue on saturdays.
DH isn't religious but he is very understanding how I feel about my faith. I guess its just the way I grew up. So he is fine about me bringing the kids up jewish. I could go on but don't want to bore you too much.

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that's fine framan..this thread is sort of evolving...we post as and when and as much as we want...! well i do...shouldn't really speak for anyone else....

are you an essex mum ..my sister Taylormama is...

unless i am mistaken!

have written it down....i guess you press the red exclamation point by the thread and ask for it to be deleted by MN HQ!

well I guess I am classed as an Essex mum. lol. I wasn't born in Essex though. Grew up in Birmingham but I don't have a Brummie accent
Did your sister marry a Loughtonian lulumama?

i think he was born in Chigwell!!!!! but they are louhgtonians now...knew i recognised your name......!!

from the meet up thread i mean!!

Thankyou for answering my questions... another one came out of it though - why do you have your hair covered?

I knew (lurking in the back of my mind) about wigs etc, but have never known why.

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Oh thats really nice!

my cousin..who is married to a rabbi , has a lovely selection of sheitels ( wigs) ...all handmade out of human hair...she has party sheitels, everyday sheitels, wedding sheitels etc...! they are lovely and very natural...

Hi - can I just say hello! I've been lurking since the thread was set up and have alway started reading bottom to top but usually by the time I get near where I could post my newborn, toddler or DH has distracted me!

Just wanted to say what a lovely thread and it's so interesting to read about other people's beliefs. Myself, I'd describe myself as Christian but like nearlythree and others here I think I'm not so involved as I used to be as I've too many 'non-compatible' beliefs with the mainstrweam church and lots of questions! My DH is a Mahayana Buddhist and we're bringing up the babies going to church with me and the Buddhist festivals with DH (I go too but don't take part in any of the teachings/meditations).

Nearlythree - I love your DD's image of 'God', it reminded me af an analogy my Dad made when I was young to help me understand why there are so many different faiths - he said God and religion was like when you look at the sun through a stained glass window - it can appear many different colours but it's still the same sun.

Hi everyone!

This will be a quick message as ds has infected ecxema and I am watching him sleeping as he rubs his face and makes it worse. And dd1 has just started with tonsilitiis.

Nice to see you liquidclocks, I love the stained glass image. Hi also to Pinkyred amd framan (I'm an Essex mum too!)

Hi nearly3..do hope that your DCs will be feeling better soon..poor little things..will be thinking of your little ones..horrid when they are poorly......xx take care xx

Oh no nearlythree DS I remember infected eczema... tis nasty stuff