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Lv 5

If the Israelites (The Jews) are the chosen people?

Why did so much change after Christianity was established? For instance; HaSatan (or Satan) was never considered evil in the Tanakh, the Talmud, or even in the book of Job. Yet, "Satan" manifest into something much more diabolical in the New Testament. While Jehovah, on the other hand, got a little more laid back. Any reason why there was all this change?

Update:

vmcm, thinking about it is what led me to this question. Clearly God and HaSatan changed drastically between the Jewish texts and the Christian texts.

Update 2:

Anthony, what? I said JEWS, bruh.

Update 3:

Nothing I said represents hatered of the Jews, young Anthony. Nothing. Your reading comprehension skills are just horrible.

Update 4:

Tracy and Teawitch - wonderful answers.

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  • ?
    Lv 7
    8 years ago
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    Because all religion is a construct intended to manipulate like-minded people in specific direction. Satan became much more insidious and evil to more easily frighten Christians into submission to the church. Jews used the promise of the Messiah to keep control. All religions use the assertion that they are the only "right" way to think to imbue their followers with a sense of superiority.

  • 8 years ago

    That was the teachings of those who followed Jesus and was done in order to force people to join their beliefs and thus build the religion into what it is today.

    The church has grown to where it really doesn't need to believe in the invention of Satan. They should take responsibility for their own actions instead of blaming Satan/Devils for them.

  • 8 years ago

    Well, I never heard it said that JW was God's chosen people except when they come to the door saying it knowing full well that God loves all of his children and we all have been given an inheritance by him, that makes ALL OF HIS CHILDREN CHOSEN BY HIM. Amen.

    Stop hating Jews and ill wishing them, they are your brothers and sisters, so love thy neighbor as thyself and if JW is teaching you this crap, then, They are not giving you the word of God in truth as he intended it, but what they impuned into it in their own twisted bible. God chose them, got a problem take it up with him.

    All things changed by Grace when Christ died on the Cross except the law, if the watchtower cannot live with the truth, they will die by it.

  • Feivel
    Lv 7
    8 years ago

    Xianity has nothing to do with Judaism. They took Judaism, changed it to fit evangelizing in the pagan world and created a new faith.

    Xian misinterpretations have nothing to do with the Jewish people.

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  • 8 years ago

    Because people change what they call the word of God to suit there wants and desires.

  • Anonymous
    8 years ago

    we are the new Israel , the old went the way of the temple in ad.70.

  • ?
    Lv 4
    8 years ago

    Yeah they were loosing many followers so they decided to change the story of the fairytale.

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