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My background is listed in the article Source section. The "Who's Who" of the Messianic Movement preach and teach at Baruch HaShem. In 5 years of extensive study & regular attendance I have never seen or heard that term. Just because it may be an accurate translation of the English term does not mean it is commonly used by Messianics. The only term I have seen or heard as a substitute for trinity is triunity.
I have changed it from "People who practice Messianic Judaism do not consider themselves Jewish." to "Gentiles who practice Messianic Judaism do not consider themselves Jewish, while Jews do who practice it do." In my eight years at Congregation Beth Yeshua, and being a Messianic Jew myself, I would say that I and the Jews at my synagogue very much consider ourselves to be Jewish.
I reverted various edits by an anonymous editor intended to make it sound like no Messianics are Jewish because they are false statements and added your "while Jews . . ." to the caveat. People need to be careful that their "fix POV" edits don't create false statements.
The {{merge to|Messianic Judaism}} template was placed here because this article is just the same topic as Messianic Judaism all over again. IZAK 08:32, 27 February 2006 (UTC)
STRONG DISAGREE -- MERGE THE MJ MATERIAL TO HERE
RickReinckens 08:51, 1 March 2006 (UTC)
Rick: What's the point, if they have to be merged? Messianic Judaism is not seperate from its "practices". IZAK 12:17, 2 March 2006 (UTC)
(Puedo leer ingles pero no escribirlo.) Me parece mejor tener dos articulos, porque discuten sujetos diferentes. Juan Ramirez
PUT ALL THE PRACTICES STUFF HERE
No one says anything "has to" be merged. That's the point of having the templates--to get the input of the WP community, not just 2-3 people. Also, both "practices" and theology vary significantly in a lot of religions. I'm still trying to figure out when Christians call their clergy "Father", when they call them "Reverend" and when they call them "Minister", and why sometimes their cross has "Jesus" hanging on it and sometimes it doesn't. Somebody in one of these discussions said the the "practices" article is too oriented to how U.S. Messianics do things. Why doesn't that person add sections on practices in other countries?
It also seems to me that the longer these articles are the more attention they will draw. People who are just curious in general won't bother reading a separate "practices" article. Leaving them separate will make the other article a lot shorter.
Think about this . . . having a separate article on practices shows how these people copy Jewish practices. It looks like most of this article is by a guy who admits he is a gentile with training at a Christian seminary and even is the webmaster for Christian sites. He claims he is "messianic" but not Jewish. This gives good examples of their proselytization techniques. If this is watered down and merged into the Messianic Judaism article that example will be lost.
(Also, I looked through the history and it seems like Rick is the only one who attempts to document any sources for alleged practices, which is supposed to be a WP requirement.) -- Judah haNasi 23:20, 11 March 2006 (UTC)
I agree with Judah to put the repetitive stuff from the other article in this one. It seems to me better to have them separate. Look at the videos and notes and reference section. If that is added to the other article most of it just doesn't apply, it seems. I guess if it did someone would have already copied a lot of it.
I know that when I attend a wedding or a religious service of some other religion I really don't care much about what the people believe. I want to know how to act and how they will act. Will people be kneeling? Is there some special greeting? Is there some special clothing I should wear or not wear? Are there certain colors I'm not supposed to wear at particular times of the year? Do the women wear hats or scarves? Do you call the clergy Reverend? Minister? Father? Do they have women clergy? Do the clergy wear special clothing? What kind of music do they play? How loud will it be? Will any of it be in a foreign language? Will they give me the words? Is there any special wording that only some people use? Will they take up a collection? More than one? Are you expected to touch certain things? Are you expected not to touch certain things? Will people clap? Do people get annoyed if you talk quietly, e.g., to ask about what is going on? Are people likely to realize I don't belong to their religon? What kind of reaction can I expect? Should I try to pretend I'm "just like the rest of the people here" or tell people I'm visiting? Are there any religious symbols I should not wear?
If I am inviting someone to a gathering where most of the people will be of one different religion, is there anything I need to tell that person so she or he won't be embarrassed or feel uncomfortable? If the person has strong religious beliefs, do I have to warn him or her not to say or do certain things because they contradict the person's beliefs? Do I have to explain any of the wording or activities in advance? What is the person likely to misinterpret or not understand?
Also, when I'm teaching kids about different religions, different countries, etc., generally we describe differences in what people do, not differences in what people believe because it's easier for kids to understand that. This article helps make it clear what people in Messianic Judaism do. If it is merged into the other article and cut down, a lot of that information will be lost. It makes sense that this should be in a religious practices category since that is mainly what it deals with.
I have looked around the Web about Messianic Judaism a little and they seem to have pretty much the same beliefs as evangelical Protestants but the Web doesn't talk much about practices. It's nice to see an article that specifically talks about practices.
Merge the religious practices material here
After seeing this there are many problems from a Jewish POV and the article is highly misleading. Example problems: "Working" on Shabbat; Not dressing modest; etc. All of which are problems from the written Torah. ems 06:18, 4 April 2006 (UTC)
This is a "Messianic" Jewish subject and should not be subject to Judaism's POV (or to a Christian POV etc). An aricle on Judaism should have a Jewish POV, a Christian article should have a Christian POV, and a Messianic article should have a Messianic Jewish POV. Each article should accurately represent that groups beliefs.
I believe the subject (Messianic religious practices) is 'within the ballpark' of correctly representing the Messianic quadrants' beliefs. I also see it as rather neutral as well as neutral in that it represents various sects of the Messianic Community, as well as fairly mentions mainstream Judaisms view of Messianic religious practices.
Kindly, CowboyWisdom 00:47, 11 June 2006 (UTC)
(For those of you who don't speak "ebonics", "props" is short for "propers", i.e., "proper" recognition.)
PinchasC, thanks for removing all the stuff about "Torah-observant gentiles" and scripture references regarding the theological bases, etc., added by an anonymous editor.
There are very, very, very few Messianic gentiles who consider themselves to be "Torah-observant" in the sense described. I have met hundreds of Messianic gentiles and I can't think of even one who would describe himself/herself as "Torah-observant". Wikipedia NPOV guidelines require that extreme-minority views are not supposed to be discussed in an article unless the article is specifically on that extreme-minority view. Whoever made all the additions about "Torah-observant Messianic gentiles" is trying to make this sound like a small but growing trend in MJ when the truth is that it just isn't.
Also, the article is about religious practices, not about theology. I am still looking for a better title for the "Theological perspectives" section, which is intended just to provide a basic "orientation" for gentile readers.
I find the article as it stands to appear rather factual and seems to be worded to pretty much cover the beliefs of the various Messianic sects. It is my thought that the 'neutrality and factual accuracy dispute' notice could come down.
I do wonder about the circumcision statement though. Today the heart is what is circumcised. Also, what is the differance between a Torah-observant Messianic congregation and one that does not have that label?
Perhaps the use of the 'sacred names' by a few Messianic groups should be mentioned?
The extra spaces perhaps could come out from between the entries under the "Caveat" heading since the text is bulleted?
CowboyWisdom 23:23, 8 June 2006 (UTC)
If this article isn't merged with Messianic Judaism, perhaps it should be renamed something like Messianic Jewish practices as not to have a title (Messianic religious practices) that may possibly be confused with the subject of Messianic beliefs within Judaism.
CowboyWisdom 01:17, 11 June 2006 (UTC)
"However, a majority of Messianic congregations believe the kosher laws were discontinued, based on various New Testament verses they claim allude to their abolishment, and as such, both Jews and gentiles are not obligated to keep kosher, nor are the dietary laws enforced in congregational gatherings."
I take issue with this for the same reason that I take issue with any of my students' papers that use "the majority of" or "most." Unless the writer has a survey showing that more than half believe something, it is not a factual statement.
In this instance, I don't think it's fair to say that more than half of all Messianic congregations believe that kashrut has been abolished. Certainly, it's not a UMJC belief.
I agree, and changed the word 'majority' to 'some'.
CowboyWisdom 19:09, 11 June 2006 (UTC)
What in the world is this saying? First you have "Jewish conversion is not possible", then you have a reference "in order for Jewish men to join". Huh?
I expect that a Jew who joins with us will soon become "zealous for Torah", and bring his life in line with its requirements.
NathanZook 03:36, 22 August 2006 (UTC)
I believe with the revision of Messianic Judaism to its current state, that the merger notices can be removed. It seems to be in the opinion of the editors of Messianic Judaism to keep Messianic religious practices seperate from Messianic Judaism simply because of the sheer volume of detail, although an acceptable summary of the most important and commonly used halacha is explained in Messianic Judaism. I propose that we consider revamping and renaming Messianic religious practices to Messianic Halakha and have the section in Messianic Judaism repoint to it both before and after a short halakha summary of the major halakha that is followed. Does anyone else concur? My goal is to eventually link and create enough quality articles so that Messianic Judaism can justify having its own portal on wikipedia. inigmatus 06:19, 27 August 2006 (UTC)
I'm totally for it, if my opinion counts for anything. Sounds much better.
Extremeleigh
02:52, 31 August 2006 (UTC)
In my extensive experience, I believe there is a consensus in the Messianic community. In general, we don't eat nonkosher animals. At gatherings, it would be considered shocking and outrageous for someone to bring pork or shrimp. (A pie with lard in the crust wouldn't be unheard of simply out of ignorance.) However, the vast majority don't pay any attention to whether any individual chicken or cow is slaughtered according to Jewish law... therefore only a small minority actually keep "kosher." I've heard many people say they keep "Biblically Kosher" and what they mean is they don't eat nonkosher animals. Very few Messianics care a whit about mixing milk and meat in any way, and gatherings are never specified as "dairy" picnics or "meat" onegs.
I'm not ready to write this up but maybe I will if there's a consensus on it here. Extremeleigh 02:53, 31 August 2006 (UTC)
Today I have reworded a few passages here and there to be more neutral and factual. The NPOV disclaimer is probably superflous at this point, as the article is about as objective as it will ever get.
4 September 2006
As discussed in prior Talk in Messianic Judaism and Messianic religious practices, and to better correspond to the new Messianic Judaism template, Messianic religious practices was moved to Messianic Halakha to help focus this article on halakhic information. Please move basic/general theology information in this article to the new Messianic Jewish theology page. inigmatus 04:51, 25 October 2006 (UTC)
This article is just another version of Messianic Judaism and should be merged into it. It is now tagged {{ merge to}} IZAK 02:57, 29 November 2006 (UTC)
The result of the proposal was closed: move approved and completed. Consensus was fairly clear, surprisingly. — Doug Bell talk 21:48, 5 December 2006 (UTC)
Messianic Halakha → Messianic religious practice — With a significant amount of Christian religious practice, and disavowal from all normative strains of Judaism, the use of the term "halakha" is disingenuous and potentially misleading. Avi 04:42, 29 November 2006 (UTC)
Halakha is a disingenuous and improper term to use. "religious practice" is much better, and less POV, in light of the many Christian elements. -- Avi 04:28, 29 November 2006 (UTC)
I'm qualifying this as conservative Protestants. Many, if not most, Protestants do not consider the Bible to be "divinely inspired", and very many Protestant religious figures use the Apocryphal texts as teaching tools. - Che Nuevara 01:06, 13 December 2006 (UTC)
This page has one use of G-d, as is traditional for most branches of Judaism, but it also has one use of YVNH, which is decidedly not. This appears inconsistent, especially because the latter is the transliteration of the actual Name, and the former just a reference. What is the customary practice? DGG 16:33, 21 December 2006 (UTC)
Who wrote the screaming in the definitions section?
So much spam in the references. 80.230.2.179 ( talk) 00:15, 21 February 2008 (UTC)
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My background is listed in the article Source section. The "Who's Who" of the Messianic Movement preach and teach at Baruch HaShem. In 5 years of extensive study & regular attendance I have never seen or heard that term. Just because it may be an accurate translation of the English term does not mean it is commonly used by Messianics. The only term I have seen or heard as a substitute for trinity is triunity.
I have changed it from "People who practice Messianic Judaism do not consider themselves Jewish." to "Gentiles who practice Messianic Judaism do not consider themselves Jewish, while Jews do who practice it do." In my eight years at Congregation Beth Yeshua, and being a Messianic Jew myself, I would say that I and the Jews at my synagogue very much consider ourselves to be Jewish.
I reverted various edits by an anonymous editor intended to make it sound like no Messianics are Jewish because they are false statements and added your "while Jews . . ." to the caveat. People need to be careful that their "fix POV" edits don't create false statements.
The {{merge to|Messianic Judaism}} template was placed here because this article is just the same topic as Messianic Judaism all over again. IZAK 08:32, 27 February 2006 (UTC)
STRONG DISAGREE -- MERGE THE MJ MATERIAL TO HERE
RickReinckens 08:51, 1 March 2006 (UTC)
Rick: What's the point, if they have to be merged? Messianic Judaism is not seperate from its "practices". IZAK 12:17, 2 March 2006 (UTC)
(Puedo leer ingles pero no escribirlo.) Me parece mejor tener dos articulos, porque discuten sujetos diferentes. Juan Ramirez
PUT ALL THE PRACTICES STUFF HERE
No one says anything "has to" be merged. That's the point of having the templates--to get the input of the WP community, not just 2-3 people. Also, both "practices" and theology vary significantly in a lot of religions. I'm still trying to figure out when Christians call their clergy "Father", when they call them "Reverend" and when they call them "Minister", and why sometimes their cross has "Jesus" hanging on it and sometimes it doesn't. Somebody in one of these discussions said the the "practices" article is too oriented to how U.S. Messianics do things. Why doesn't that person add sections on practices in other countries?
It also seems to me that the longer these articles are the more attention they will draw. People who are just curious in general won't bother reading a separate "practices" article. Leaving them separate will make the other article a lot shorter.
Think about this . . . having a separate article on practices shows how these people copy Jewish practices. It looks like most of this article is by a guy who admits he is a gentile with training at a Christian seminary and even is the webmaster for Christian sites. He claims he is "messianic" but not Jewish. This gives good examples of their proselytization techniques. If this is watered down and merged into the Messianic Judaism article that example will be lost.
(Also, I looked through the history and it seems like Rick is the only one who attempts to document any sources for alleged practices, which is supposed to be a WP requirement.) -- Judah haNasi 23:20, 11 March 2006 (UTC)
I agree with Judah to put the repetitive stuff from the other article in this one. It seems to me better to have them separate. Look at the videos and notes and reference section. If that is added to the other article most of it just doesn't apply, it seems. I guess if it did someone would have already copied a lot of it.
I know that when I attend a wedding or a religious service of some other religion I really don't care much about what the people believe. I want to know how to act and how they will act. Will people be kneeling? Is there some special greeting? Is there some special clothing I should wear or not wear? Are there certain colors I'm not supposed to wear at particular times of the year? Do the women wear hats or scarves? Do you call the clergy Reverend? Minister? Father? Do they have women clergy? Do the clergy wear special clothing? What kind of music do they play? How loud will it be? Will any of it be in a foreign language? Will they give me the words? Is there any special wording that only some people use? Will they take up a collection? More than one? Are you expected to touch certain things? Are you expected not to touch certain things? Will people clap? Do people get annoyed if you talk quietly, e.g., to ask about what is going on? Are people likely to realize I don't belong to their religon? What kind of reaction can I expect? Should I try to pretend I'm "just like the rest of the people here" or tell people I'm visiting? Are there any religious symbols I should not wear?
If I am inviting someone to a gathering where most of the people will be of one different religion, is there anything I need to tell that person so she or he won't be embarrassed or feel uncomfortable? If the person has strong religious beliefs, do I have to warn him or her not to say or do certain things because they contradict the person's beliefs? Do I have to explain any of the wording or activities in advance? What is the person likely to misinterpret or not understand?
Also, when I'm teaching kids about different religions, different countries, etc., generally we describe differences in what people do, not differences in what people believe because it's easier for kids to understand that. This article helps make it clear what people in Messianic Judaism do. If it is merged into the other article and cut down, a lot of that information will be lost. It makes sense that this should be in a religious practices category since that is mainly what it deals with.
I have looked around the Web about Messianic Judaism a little and they seem to have pretty much the same beliefs as evangelical Protestants but the Web doesn't talk much about practices. It's nice to see an article that specifically talks about practices.
Merge the religious practices material here
After seeing this there are many problems from a Jewish POV and the article is highly misleading. Example problems: "Working" on Shabbat; Not dressing modest; etc. All of which are problems from the written Torah. ems 06:18, 4 April 2006 (UTC)
This is a "Messianic" Jewish subject and should not be subject to Judaism's POV (or to a Christian POV etc). An aricle on Judaism should have a Jewish POV, a Christian article should have a Christian POV, and a Messianic article should have a Messianic Jewish POV. Each article should accurately represent that groups beliefs.
I believe the subject (Messianic religious practices) is 'within the ballpark' of correctly representing the Messianic quadrants' beliefs. I also see it as rather neutral as well as neutral in that it represents various sects of the Messianic Community, as well as fairly mentions mainstream Judaisms view of Messianic religious practices.
Kindly, CowboyWisdom 00:47, 11 June 2006 (UTC)
(For those of you who don't speak "ebonics", "props" is short for "propers", i.e., "proper" recognition.)
PinchasC, thanks for removing all the stuff about "Torah-observant gentiles" and scripture references regarding the theological bases, etc., added by an anonymous editor.
There are very, very, very few Messianic gentiles who consider themselves to be "Torah-observant" in the sense described. I have met hundreds of Messianic gentiles and I can't think of even one who would describe himself/herself as "Torah-observant". Wikipedia NPOV guidelines require that extreme-minority views are not supposed to be discussed in an article unless the article is specifically on that extreme-minority view. Whoever made all the additions about "Torah-observant Messianic gentiles" is trying to make this sound like a small but growing trend in MJ when the truth is that it just isn't.
Also, the article is about religious practices, not about theology. I am still looking for a better title for the "Theological perspectives" section, which is intended just to provide a basic "orientation" for gentile readers.
I find the article as it stands to appear rather factual and seems to be worded to pretty much cover the beliefs of the various Messianic sects. It is my thought that the 'neutrality and factual accuracy dispute' notice could come down.
I do wonder about the circumcision statement though. Today the heart is what is circumcised. Also, what is the differance between a Torah-observant Messianic congregation and one that does not have that label?
Perhaps the use of the 'sacred names' by a few Messianic groups should be mentioned?
The extra spaces perhaps could come out from between the entries under the "Caveat" heading since the text is bulleted?
CowboyWisdom 23:23, 8 June 2006 (UTC)
If this article isn't merged with Messianic Judaism, perhaps it should be renamed something like Messianic Jewish practices as not to have a title (Messianic religious practices) that may possibly be confused with the subject of Messianic beliefs within Judaism.
CowboyWisdom 01:17, 11 June 2006 (UTC)
"However, a majority of Messianic congregations believe the kosher laws were discontinued, based on various New Testament verses they claim allude to their abolishment, and as such, both Jews and gentiles are not obligated to keep kosher, nor are the dietary laws enforced in congregational gatherings."
I take issue with this for the same reason that I take issue with any of my students' papers that use "the majority of" or "most." Unless the writer has a survey showing that more than half believe something, it is not a factual statement.
In this instance, I don't think it's fair to say that more than half of all Messianic congregations believe that kashrut has been abolished. Certainly, it's not a UMJC belief.
I agree, and changed the word 'majority' to 'some'.
CowboyWisdom 19:09, 11 June 2006 (UTC)
What in the world is this saying? First you have "Jewish conversion is not possible", then you have a reference "in order for Jewish men to join". Huh?
I expect that a Jew who joins with us will soon become "zealous for Torah", and bring his life in line with its requirements.
NathanZook 03:36, 22 August 2006 (UTC)
I believe with the revision of Messianic Judaism to its current state, that the merger notices can be removed. It seems to be in the opinion of the editors of Messianic Judaism to keep Messianic religious practices seperate from Messianic Judaism simply because of the sheer volume of detail, although an acceptable summary of the most important and commonly used halacha is explained in Messianic Judaism. I propose that we consider revamping and renaming Messianic religious practices to Messianic Halakha and have the section in Messianic Judaism repoint to it both before and after a short halakha summary of the major halakha that is followed. Does anyone else concur? My goal is to eventually link and create enough quality articles so that Messianic Judaism can justify having its own portal on wikipedia. inigmatus 06:19, 27 August 2006 (UTC)
I'm totally for it, if my opinion counts for anything. Sounds much better.
Extremeleigh
02:52, 31 August 2006 (UTC)
In my extensive experience, I believe there is a consensus in the Messianic community. In general, we don't eat nonkosher animals. At gatherings, it would be considered shocking and outrageous for someone to bring pork or shrimp. (A pie with lard in the crust wouldn't be unheard of simply out of ignorance.) However, the vast majority don't pay any attention to whether any individual chicken or cow is slaughtered according to Jewish law... therefore only a small minority actually keep "kosher." I've heard many people say they keep "Biblically Kosher" and what they mean is they don't eat nonkosher animals. Very few Messianics care a whit about mixing milk and meat in any way, and gatherings are never specified as "dairy" picnics or "meat" onegs.
I'm not ready to write this up but maybe I will if there's a consensus on it here. Extremeleigh 02:53, 31 August 2006 (UTC)
Today I have reworded a few passages here and there to be more neutral and factual. The NPOV disclaimer is probably superflous at this point, as the article is about as objective as it will ever get.
4 September 2006
As discussed in prior Talk in Messianic Judaism and Messianic religious practices, and to better correspond to the new Messianic Judaism template, Messianic religious practices was moved to Messianic Halakha to help focus this article on halakhic information. Please move basic/general theology information in this article to the new Messianic Jewish theology page. inigmatus 04:51, 25 October 2006 (UTC)
This article is just another version of Messianic Judaism and should be merged into it. It is now tagged {{ merge to}} IZAK 02:57, 29 November 2006 (UTC)
The result of the proposal was closed: move approved and completed. Consensus was fairly clear, surprisingly. — Doug Bell talk 21:48, 5 December 2006 (UTC)
Messianic Halakha → Messianic religious practice — With a significant amount of Christian religious practice, and disavowal from all normative strains of Judaism, the use of the term "halakha" is disingenuous and potentially misleading. Avi 04:42, 29 November 2006 (UTC)
Halakha is a disingenuous and improper term to use. "religious practice" is much better, and less POV, in light of the many Christian elements. -- Avi 04:28, 29 November 2006 (UTC)
I'm qualifying this as conservative Protestants. Many, if not most, Protestants do not consider the Bible to be "divinely inspired", and very many Protestant religious figures use the Apocryphal texts as teaching tools. - Che Nuevara 01:06, 13 December 2006 (UTC)
This page has one use of G-d, as is traditional for most branches of Judaism, but it also has one use of YVNH, which is decidedly not. This appears inconsistent, especially because the latter is the transliteration of the actual Name, and the former just a reference. What is the customary practice? DGG 16:33, 21 December 2006 (UTC)
Who wrote the screaming in the definitions section?
So much spam in the references. 80.230.2.179 ( talk) 00:15, 21 February 2008 (UTC)