tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7091756463128804432.post5461583203764989242..comments2024-03-27T02:55:10.109-07:00Comments on Irish Papist: Meatless Fridays back in BritainMaolsheachlannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09406722311993627528noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7091756463128804432.post-26815346928684168972011-10-22T09:00:55.758-07:002011-10-22T09:00:55.758-07:00I accept the correction-- I spoke out of ignorance...I accept the correction-- I spoke out of ignorance.Maolsheachlannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09406722311993627528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7091756463128804432.post-3033889166978268642011-10-22T08:43:25.939-07:002011-10-22T08:43:25.939-07:00"The Jews of Jesus's time were ensnared i..."The Jews of Jesus's time were ensnared in legalism"<br /><br />Actually, this is not correct. Judaism at the time was quite a wide church and it's sometimes forgotten that Jesus was - naturally - a Jew, just not one overly hung up on ritualism. After the diaspora, Judaism became synonymous with one particular strand of the Jewish religion, namely the pharisaical strand. This, being the most legalistic, was the one least likely to assimilate and therefore to maintain an existence separate from Christianity, but in the time of Jesus it was only one of many divisions of Judaism.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com