It is my understanding that if a person was a Jewish convert, even though he lived and worshipped the same as Jews did, limitations were placed on proselytes that were not applicable to natural born Jews.
Nope, many Jews are tribeless. A convert is a full Jew.
Can you tell me why Jews no longer offer sacrifices prescribed under the law?
How is atonement achieved since the animal sacrifices were discontinued? Where does it say in the Torah to stop the sacrifices?
Because within the sacrificial law, there are laws that strictly define where, what, and how to give sacrifices. Sacrifices can only be brought to the Temple in Jerusalem. It is actually a sin to bring sacrifices to another place. Christians make a major error in assuming that sacrifices must be made to atone for sins. Actually sacrifices could only be used to atone for unintentional sins. For anything that was done purposefully like robbery, adultery, etc, the rules of atonement don't include sacrifice. While the Temple was standing, most atonement took place without sacrifices. The basic steps for atonement for purposeful sins is 1) admit your error 2) make good with repayment or actions to the person that you wronged 3) seek forgivemess from the person that you wronged 4) swear to G-d that you won't repeat your error.
Thank you, there is another point for research. Could you provide some proof for your claim that other records were available outside Jerusalem?
The fact that we have records from then.
The Messiah is hardly an idol.
The person that Christians worship fits the definition of an idol. According to the dictionary,
an idol is an image or other material object representing a deity to which religious worship is addressed or any person or thing regarded with blind admiration, adoration, or devotion.
Will the Messiah that you still await do more than Jesus did?
Obviously. The Christian idol led people away from G-d. The Christian man-god caused wars and bloodshed in his name. Like the fella said, he came to bring sword and bloodshed.
Can you trust the Pharisees of Jesus' day to not have executed an innocent man?
The Pharisees had no power to do a death sentence. The Romans took it away from them. Pilate was a brutal man who had no qualms about killing people. In fact, Rome eventually recalled him to Rome for being too bloody. Recalling the bloodiness of the Roman Coliseum, that is saying something. Your own bible says the Romans killed your man. However, John wrote in your bible to cast eternal blame on the Jewish people. Thanks for the Holocaust John!
Let's examine those prophesies that Jesus did not fulfill. Not one of them, you say? Please supply them so we can see how many he failed to fulfill.
I see that others have already posted them. And you have already twisted and contorted them to mean something else. Let's see you answer this question that I didn't see you answer yet.
For all positions and identifiers (such as President or Chairman of the Board), a person has to do things to qualify for the title, such as win a majority of votes. For the prophecies that your man didn't do (such as World Peace), I've read that Christians say he will do them in a second coming. Given that your man hasn't done all the prophecies (i.e. qualifications), how can you bestow a title upon him that he hasn't yet earned?
