Originally Posted by Gideon2037

Honestly I believe this belongs in the Judaism thread simply because my overall thesis was that this is what made Jesus a shining example of a Jew and the beauty and seemingly endless history of the Jewish faith.

And that Jesus was actually trying revive some of the oldest Jewish/Essene practices, and not "tear down the temple and rebuild it as the new king" But simply prove that gods love and the beauty of his faith can exist beyond the corruption amongst the Jewish priests/the money lenders. As all religions are susceptible to stray in such a direction. To prove that god all around us and we can connect to him more through nature than through lavish temples.

I feel people might be more open to the suggestion here. The philosophical mind is comforted and encouraged in Judaism, but only in my limited experience.