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Dennis puts his finger on the sore spot. The point of contention is not so much whether or not JC was the messiah, but the fact that he is declared divine, and he is worshiped. Because that is idolatry.
Being wrong about the identity of the messiah is no big deal, I don't think you get whiplashes for it, but being wrong about who is God, that is a
VERY big deal, that is the essence of our religions.
Worshiping the wrong God is idolatry, and that carries upon it the death penalty.
On the previous page somebody writes:
Christians worship JC, Jews worship the one and only true God
Y-H-W-H.
When God starts giving the law on Mount Sinai, He begins with the ten commandments. The ten commandments begin with:
And God spoke all these words, saying: “I am
Y-H-W-H your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
YOU SHALL HAVE NO OTHER GODS BEFORE ME."
Exodus 20:1-2
And what does Christianity do? They introduce a new man-god, that nobody ever heard of before. And that is the God which Christianity worships.
And Judaism worships only
Y-H-W-H, and nobody else. Because that is what the Hebrew Bible teaches.
And that is the whole big difference between Judaism and Christianity. We are worshiping a different God.
Look here who God is:
Who is God?