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Question 4:
I have recently come to the realization that the New Testament and Christianity
itself is riddled with discrepancies and outright untruths (to say it kindly).
Reading your website has been a real eye opener for me because I was raised
in the Christian faith and took as the "gospel" (no pun intended)
their one-sided, misinterpretation of the Old Testament scriptures regarding
the Messiah. Up until now, I just took it for granted that the New Testament
referals to Old Testament scriptures were accurate and true. I am on a spiritual
journey to find out the real truth. The truth of whether G-d really exists and
if He does, which G-d is the true One. So far, Judiaism is the only religion
that even remotely makes sense to me. Is it possible for gentiles to become
Jews? I ran across the term "righteous gentiles" on another website
devoted to Judiaism and was wondering what this means. I realize that I have
too many questions to ask for you to answer them, but I thought you might point
me in the direction of where I could find answers to these questions - maybe
some reading material. I'd appreciate any help you could give me
Response
Thank you for sharing your thoughts and search. Perhaps
I can assist you in a few of the issues you are asking about.
1. Yes, a gentile may convert to Judaism by a process of study,
committment to observance and soul searching. The actual process
is supervised by what is called a beit din or rabbinic court
of three. It involves acceptance of the Torah and immersion in
a mikvah, for men, it also entails circumcision.
2. Righteous gentiles is a tern for a Noachide who abides by
that are called the 7 Universal Laws of Bnei Noach. We have a
website called www.tworoadsonepath.com <http://www.tworoadsonepath.com> that
details some of these concepts. Please take a look.
3. Judaism does not believe that a person needs to convert to Judaism
to be completed or saved, abiding by these 7 Noachide laws makes
a person beloved by God. Please contact me again if you have further
questions and good luck in your continued search.
Rabbi
Aaron Parry
Keywords: conversion, noachide, bnei noach,
beit din, rabbinic court
