What Judaism thinks of Missionaries

This article, "What Judaism thinks of Missionaries", by Kressels, is about what Jews think of Christian missionaries. Kressels believes that Christian missionaries should not try to convert Jews into Christians. According to Kressels, "unfortunately, many Christians do have a mandate to proselytize, and they do feel that they must proselytize to Jews and turn them into Christians" (Kressels 1). They feel that people should accept each other for what they are. Otherwise, there'll be no peace. The Torah is what Jews study. According to Deuteronomy 13:7-12, the Torah says that you shouldn't like anybody who trys to convert you. You must utterly kill him. If you try to convert a Jew, they cannot love you. Kressels compares Christian missionaries to Hitler, Genghis Khan, Esau, and Laban. He also says that Christians have blind faith. That they automatically just accept the Bible, and they don't question it; which is wrong. One of the reasons they do not believe in Jesus is because they believe that Mary was not a virgin.

I totally disagree with this article. As a Christian, God commands all of us to love one another. I thought it was weird that Jews are taught to love the fellow man, but to hate missionaries. Are not missionaries also the fellow man? Christianity is about faith. We trust in God. We believe that He sent His Son to die on the cross for our sins so that whosoever should believe in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life with Him in Heaven- John 3:16. Without Jesus, we have no hope. Jesus is the only One that is perfect. We can not possibly follow all the rules. We are going to mess up. None of us is perfect. That is why Jesus had to die on the cross. He is the Way, the Truth, and the ife. No one goes through the Father except through Him- John 14:6. Deuteronomy is a book of law. When you break a law, you receive some sort of punishment. Because I believe in both testaments of the Bible, and Jews only belive the old testament, things are different. Jesus changed everything when He died on the cross for us.

Kressels. "What Judaism thinks of Missionaries." Being Jewish 1. Web. 15 April 2010. http://www.beingjewish.com/toshuv/missionaries.html