Of course


It will be asserted that the decisions about Jews & Christians (nor Americans, Barbarians, Chinese, Depressives & Europeans!) were/are made 'by g d' & 'accordingly revealed' in this (part of) the Scripture or that, by this prophet or that, but this is in reality a matter of faith & not of scholarship. Neither faith nor theology should play a role in the attempt to describe what was, as opposed to what ought to have been (according to this or another religious authority).

Another big problem these checklists cannot address has to do with people whose beliefs & behaviors are a blend of characteristics from those two (or more) lists. In the case of Jews and christians, this has been a problem that simply won't go away! For (many) centuries after "Jesus' death", there were people who believed in Jesus' divinity as the incarnate messiah but who also insisted that in order 'to be saved' they MUST eat only kosher, keep the Sabbath 'as other Jews do', and circumcise their sons. Here was an environment where many people, it would seem, thought that there was no problem in both being a Christian AND a Jew. Moreover, many of the very items that would form the eventual checklist for being a Jew or being a christian did not form a border line at that time. What shall we do with these folks? I am going to take my daily nap in the afternoon: see you later!
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