Ask Rabbi Singer #1: Do I Have to Convert?
November 26, 2015 3:28 pm
You have left Jesus, you have left the Church.. do you have to convert to Judaism to pursue a relationship with the Creator? What make us feel like just ‘being us’ isn’t enough?
What is the best way to deal with members of an old congregation of a church after you have chosen to follow and trust in the one True God when they try to get you to talk with them and you know they will try to convince you to go back into Idolatry??
Hi. I want to take a moment and express my gratitude for what you’re doing. You have become one of my three favorite rabbis. I’ve had an interesting (in good and bad ways) few months. I was raised in a SUPER Christian family. Lots of eternal damnation talk. I remember getting into a lot of trouble at early ages for questioning doctrine; like the trinity and how worshipping jesus didn’t count as idolatry. With that said, my upbringing REALLY scarred my psyche. I had to move away from it. Unfortunately, I moved away from religion all together. That has changed recently…kind of at random. I started learning about Judaism. You have been ultra helpful. Your video about “which translation is best” motivated me to start learning Hebrew. Strangely, the language is coming really easy for me. Within a few days, I knew the alphabet and could write basic sentences. It’s hard to explain, bUT from the moment i started learning, it felt like I already knew it. It was more like remembering. Except vowels.. I had to study those. Now, I’m not saying I have a hebrew dictionary in my brain, but it’s like I hear or see a word once and I know it. That’s not true with other languages. I was terrible at even learning Spanish and that language should be fairly easy for an English speaking person.
Most strange is there are certain aspects of my lifestyle that are not viewed positively in either judaism or Christianity. Those desires have faded. At least in thsee moments. I can’t see the future…but I see obvious, undeniable changes happening.
So, thank you for helping to unlock my brain.