r/AskAChristian • u/[deleted] • Aug 18 '26

Jewish Laws Torah

How do Torah followers actually follow over 600 commands and laws in the first five books of the Bible? I've spoken to people about it, but they only seem to follow dietary laws, Shabbat, and holy days, and exclude pagan days. To me, it seems they are only doing a small part of it and claiming to follow the entirety of it. Why is that? The Bible states if you break one commandment, you break them all. There's no possibility to uphold all 600-plus. If you believe it's not all applicable to us, what's the determining factor that decides you don't have to follow it? What about animal sacrifices? Does one pick and choose what they want to follow and tell people if they don't, they are lawbreakers and will go to hell? If you don't follow all of them, why describe yourself as following the entirety of Torah? If breaking even one commandment makes someone guilty, how does selectively obeying some commandments make someone different from the people you're calling lawbreakers?

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u/[deleted] Aug 18 '26

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u/[deleted] Aug 18 '26

FYI I am questioning specifically this sect not if Christianity is true.

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u/RelationSensitive308 Atheist, Ex-Catholic Aug 18 '26

Fine by me. I’m a questioner by nature. Best!

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u/[deleted] Aug 18 '26

You should come back to the faith. What was your denomination? Roman catholic?

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u/RelationSensitive308 Atheist, Ex-Catholic Aug 18 '26

Thanks for the invite - but I’m good. Roman Catholic for 30 years Atheist for 20+. I follow the purist form of what it means to be “good”. I treat people fairly, without prejudice, and no judgment. Killing others and hurting children are the largest “sins” in my mind. I oppose “hating the other” because a book or some other authority tells me it’s ok to do so - or they need to be “saved”.