# judaism and christianity

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/judaism-and-christianity/216154>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [December 1, 2003, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/judaism-and-christianity/216154 "2003-12-01T01:47:53Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![DuhCow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b38774/32.png) [@DuhCow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DuhCow)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2003, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/judaism-and-christianity/216154/1 "2003-12-01T01:47:53Z")

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what’s the difference between the two religions?

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**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2003, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/judaism-and-christianity/216154/2 "2003-12-01T01:55:07Z")

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“The” difference? There are _thousands_ of differences. And that doesn’t even get into the differences between the myriad branches of Christianity itself.

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**Author:** ![Atreyu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5e9695/32.png) [@Atreyu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atreyu)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2003, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/judaism-and-christianity/216154/3 "2003-12-01T02:08:50Z")

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Reading through these two webpages from [ReligiousTolerance.org](http://ReligiousTolerance.org) might help a little bit:

[Judaism](http://religioustolerance.org/judaism.htm)

[Christianity](http://religioustolerance.org/christ.htm)

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**Author:** ![gypsymoth3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/85e7bf/32.png) [@gypsymoth3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gypsymoth3)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2003, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/judaism-and-christianity/216154/4 "2003-12-01T02:15:23Z")

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the main difference is that christians believe that the messiah has already come and therefore we are under grace instead of the law (old testament laws such as not eating pork and having to sacrifice animals, etc.)

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**Author:** ![John\_Kentzel-Griffin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ccd318/32.png) [@John\_Kentzel-Griffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Kentzel-Griffin)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2003, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/judaism-and-christianity/216154/5 "2003-12-01T02:33:57Z")

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Religious discussions always seem to end up as Great Debates, and Great Debates is our forum for witnessing.

Off to Great Debates.

**DrMatrix** - GQ Moderator