Christianity and Judaism... Differences

[The Ren]

Alot of people ask me what is the difference between judaism and christianity.. specially the ladies I work with since they are all practicing christians..

The main differences between christianity and judaism are:

-Jewish people Believe that jesus was a profit and not the son of god..
-Christians believe jesus was the son of god

-Jewish people believe the savior/messiah has not come
-christians believe jesus (the savior) has come and will return

-Judaism is based around the old testament
-Christianity is based on the bible (Both the old and new testament)

Judaism is more about actions rather then things, more about the way you live your life and why you live it that way.. What makes you follow the halacha(the rule of thumb sort of speak). The cosmological questions are left wide open in Judaism to personal opinion.

As far as all the kabbalah talk lately... In the jewish religion.. Kabbalah is sacred and shall only be taught to those who have been learnt and who have taken judaism as not only their religion but their way of life.. their being. Most of the time.. unless being a rabbi, woman arnt even introduced into kabbalah.
You Will find many rabbi's and chasidic jews are very eager to learn kabbalah and take it very seriously..

**Edit** I took out the timeline since it seems to have caused alot of confusion **

If you look at the two religons as a whole.. its mostly one in the same..since christianity evolved from Judaism., as far as basic principles

Both believe in the 10 commandments

Both believe that the jews are the "chosen" people (as jesus was a jew)..

Both believe there is one god.. and only one god..


As far as me personally... I am a bas-cohen(bas- woman). Meaning one of the higher standards of the jewish religon. My Grandfather is a cantor/rabbi on my dads side. My cousin is also training to be a rabbi. Another one of my cousins lives in isreal with his wife and 2 sons.. and almost all of my family go every 3-5 years to isreal to learn... so as you can see I come from a very orthodox family...and yes I have been to isreal.

Anyways enough is enough.. just thought I would give some insite..