Wednesday, July 20, 2011

Converting to Judaism?

I am a former Roman Catholic. Actually I was raised in the religion but never felt apart of it. I experimented with other religions such as Buddhism, Gnostic Christianity etc, then finally settled on my own eclectic spirituality. One thing that I came to realize is that everything is a "concept" or "state of mind." It seems as though you are interested in Orthodox Judaism a href="http://www.beliefnet.com/Faiths/2001/06/What-Orthodox-Jews-Believe.aspx" rel="nofollow"http://www.beliefnet.com/Faiths/2001/06/…/a & not Reform Judaism a href="http://www.beliefnet.com/Faiths/2001/06/What-Reform-Jews-Believe.aspx" rel="nofollow"http://www.beliefnet.com/Faiths/2001/06/…/a Liberal Jews will tell you that you could consider yourself Jewish or somewhat affiliated with Judaism. As of right now you could even consider yourself spiritual with a foundation in Judaism. NO ONE can argue against that as there is no specific definition of spiritual. People who are spiritual have different beliefs & hold onto different concepts because it is personal (not religious). Just like there are people who consider themselves JuBu's (Jewish-Buddhist mix), no one can say they can't be that. Or just simply tell people that you are Jewish in your heart, just not on paper yet (until you officially join a temple). This sounds like a passion of yours to do this, so don't let anyone tell you you can't. This is YOUR personal relationship (spirituality or religion) with God. They have their own to maintain.

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