Posted by Mark Paredes
The proverbial “third rail” issue for a Christian blogger on a Jewish website is Jewish conversion to Christianity. It is one of the few issues that unites practically all Jews, and well-funded organizations (e.g., Jews for Judaism) have been set up to keep Jews from converting. Although many Jews who know me well have asked why a Jew would become a Mormon, I have declined to blog on the subject because I considered it too sensitive. Until now. I decided to pose a series of questions to my friend Marlena Tanya Muchnick, a well-known Jew-turned-Mormon speaker, author, and researcher. [link]
Excerpts from interview:
- I was being spiritually prepared for my transformation at age 47 – from Orthodox/Conservative Jewess to a temple-attending Latter-day Saint.
- Spiritual truth often lies in mystery, but to ignore that tantalizing search is to remain dead to the potential for life that waits hopefully within each soul.
- I discovered that Mormons understand covenants better than anyone
- [According to LDS belief] Jews are the “chosen” people according to God’s covenant with Abraham.
- They patiently spoke of New Testament gospel writers, pointing out that most were Jewish men, including the apostles of Christ. I had never thought that important.
- I was attracted to the notion that prophets and seers were once again on the earth. In Torah many prophets are mentioned, some true, some false.
- The Mormon view of the afterlife attracted me greatly. Jews believe there is an Olam Haba – the world to come after death.
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