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Using
the
Comparative
Method:
Christianity
and
Judaism
in
Los
Angeles
Religion
11:
Religion
in
Los
Angeles
December
3,
2019
The
Middle
East
is
a
geographical
area
that
holds
much
importance
and
is
considered
the
birthplace
of
many
religions.
Two
of
these
religions
include
Christianity
and
Judaism.
Since
Christianity
was
birthed
from
the
Jewish
faith,
the
two
religions
are
very
similar
to
each
other
in
terms
of
beliefs
and
practice
many
ritual
traditions
that
can
easily
be
cross
referenced
with each
other.
As
these
religions
began
to
expand
and
become
known
as
world
religions,
more
noticeable
differences
between
Judaism
and
Christianity
began
to
arise.
When
looking
more
closely
at
the
different
ritual
traditions
that
each
religion
practices
and
analyzing
them
with
regards
to
their
origin,
historical
development,
and
significance
in
Los
Angeles,
more
differences
are
noticeable.
Two
important
traditions
that
are
practiced
by
Christians
and
Jews
are
the
baptism
and
the
brit
milah,
respectively.
These
are
two
ritual
traditions
that
have
been
practiced
over
centuries,
and
still
hold
much
importance
for
the
followers
of
Jesus
Christ
and
God
as
they
set
the
way
for
a
covenant
with
each
respective
being.
With
the
expansion
of
Christianity
and
Judaism,
these
ritual
traditions
have
been
practiced
globally,
by
almost
every
follower
of
the
religion.
In
Los
Angeles,
the
Christian
and
Jewish
communities
have
grown,
and
now
populate
the
city.
There
are
churches
and
synagogues
all
over
the
city,
where
these
ritual
traditions
are
practiced
on
a
daily
basis.
CHRISTIANITY
With
more
than
two
billion
followers,
Christianity
is
one
of
the
most
widely
practiced
religions
in
the
world.
The
Christian
faith
is
centered
around
beliefs
regarding
the
birth,
life,
death,
and
resurrection
of
Jesus
Christ.
More
specifically,
Christians
believe
that
God
sent
his
son,
Jesus
Christ
to
save
the
world.
It
is
believed
that
Jesus
Christ
was
crucified
on
a
cross
for
the
forgiveness
of
all
mans
sins,
and
was
resurrected
shortly
after
his
death
before
rising
to
heaven.
Christianity
has
many
denominations,
including
Protestantism,
Pentecostalism,
Catholicism,
Evangelicalism,
and
Anglicanism.
In
Los
Angeles,
older
protestant
denominations
are
traced
back
to
the
history
of
Hispanic
ministry
in
southern
california
in
the
eighteenth
century.
Twenty
one
missions
were
built
around
southern
California,
all
with
the
intention
of
spreading
the
Christianity
faith
to
the
surrounding
Native
Americans.
After
the
transition
from
missions
and
Hispanic
ministry
to
churches
and
European
domination
of
the
religion,
Christianity
quickly
expanded
and
became
a
very
popularly
practiced
religion
with
many
important
traditions
that
date
back
to
very
early
times
and
have
much
historical
and
modern
significance.
One
main
tradition
that
is
widely
known
and
practiced
is
baptism.
Baptism
is
a
tradition
of
the
utmost
importance
for
most
denominations
in
the
Christian
faith.
“From
Pentecost
onward,
Holy
Baptism
has
been
an
essential
part
of
the
Christian
movement.
[...]
Throughout
the
New
Testament,
we
find
it
to
be
the
ritualized
celebration
in
which
one
publicly
expresses
one’s
acceptance
of
Jesus
as
Lord
and
in
which
one
believes
that
God
accepts
and
forgives
the
individual
baptized”'.
Baptism
is
the
first
sacrament
of
initiation
into
the
Roman
Catholic
church
and
several
other
denominations
of
Christianity,
along
with
the
Holy
Communion
and
Confirmation
being
the
two
other
sacraments
of
initiation,
which
all
celebrate
the
act
of
giving
an
individual
who
is
new
to
the
Christian
faith
the
gift
of
experiencing
and
knowing
eternal
life,
the
grace
of
Jesus
Christ,
and
the
word
of
God.
Baptism
is
"
Osborne,
Kenan
B.
“The
Christian
Sacraments
of
Initiation.”
Google
Books.
Paulist
Press.
Accessed
December
4,
2019.
https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=bZaqx7pL6FUC&oi=fnd&pg=PA1&dq=christi
an+sacraments+of+initiation&ots=L7gzMIszzc&sig=JAN4EOg-1v
7mzI
Ww3PRS4uMgK
Sw#v=0
nepage&
q=christian
sacraments
of
initiation&
{=false.
the
beginning
of
the
religious
journey
through
Christianity,
and
is
meant
to
be
the
first
sacrament
practiced.
Being
baptised
means
that
one
is
prepared
to
commit
and
dedicate
themselves
to
the
Christian
faith.
Baptism
has
been
a
significant
part
of
the
Christian
church
and
dates
back
a
very
long
time
to
the
Old
Testament
in
the
first
century
C.E.
Baptism
has
a
pre-christian
history,
and
can
be
traced
back
to
the
Jewish
people
who
were
baptized
by
John
the
Baptist
in
the
River
Jordan.
“When
John
the
Baptist
came
to
the
deserts
of
Judea
preaching
a
baptism
of
repentance
for
the
forgiveness
of
sins
he
was
met
with
great
success.
Matthew
3:5
says,
‘people
went
out
to
him
from
Jerusalem
and
all
Judea
and
the
whole
region
of
the
Jordan.
Confessing
their
sins,
they
were
baptized
by
him
in
the
Jordan
River.”
Luke
adds
that
crowds
were
coming
out
to
be
baptized
by
him.
And
‘when
all
the
people
were
being
baptized,
Jesus
was baptized
too.”
(Luke
3:7,21)7%
It
is
believed
that
Jesus
was
baptized
by
John
the
Baptist,
who
was
first
baptized
by
God.
With
the
baptism
of
Jesus
Christ,
many
Christians
believe
that he
then
instituted
the
practice
of
baptism
as
a
sacrament
of
Christian
faith.
Though
I
am
not
Christian,
a
very
close
friend
of
mine
practices
the
Christian
faith
and
took
me
to
Sunday
service
with
her
so
that
I
could
experience
first-hand
what
kinds
of
things
are
preached
to
followers
of
the
faith.
This
was
a
very
interesting
experience
for
me
to
have,
especially
because
I
am
an
agnostic
theist,
so
I
have
never
been
to
any
type
of
religious service
where
an
important
member
of
the
church
preaches
the
word
of
God.
We
went
to
her
church,
Gracepoint,
which
holds
Sunday
service
at
the
Northwestern
Auditorium
at
UCLA.
This
was
an
especially
great
experience
because
I
was
able
to
see
how
the
UCLA
Christian
community
is
2
Barnes,
Ed.
“Baptism:
A
Pre-Christian
History
.”
Baptism:
A
Pre-Christian
History,
October
2005.
http://www.bible.ca/ef/topical-baptism-a-prechristian-history.htm.
united
through
the
grace
of
God.
Luckily,
I
was
able
to
also
experience
the
baptism
of
three
students
right
at
the
end
of
service.
This
baptism
was
very
public
as
it
was
held
outside.
There
was
a
big
tub
of
water
where
the
pastor
baptized
each
student
by
immersing
them
in
the
water.
Prior
to
the
immersion,
he
asked
the
student
to
publicly
say
their
confession
of
faith.
During
service,
there
was
a
portion
where
each
of
the
three
students
confessed
their
sins
to
the
rest
of
the
people
in
the
auditorium,
as
if
to
rid
them
before
the
official
ritual.
After
service
was
officially
over,
I
was
able
to
talk
to
the
pastor,
Manny
Kim,
and
ask
him
questions
about
Christianity.
The
one
thing
that
I
was
most
curious
about
was
the
fact
that
one
must
make
a
public
confession
of
sins
prior
to
the
baptism
itself.
When
asking
pastor
Kim
about
why
the
confession
of
sins
is
not
private,
he
responded
by
explaining
that
“baptism
is
a
public
pronouncement
of
one’s
acceptance
of
Jesus
Christ
as
the
son
of
God
and
the
Lord
of
life.
When
one
1s
confessing
their
sins
[before
the
baptism],
they
confess
directly
to
Jesus
Christ
rather
than
through
a
pastor.
This
is
their
way
of
publicly
showing
Jesus
Christ
that
they
are
ready
to
be
baptized”.
Pastor
Kim
referred
me
to
Mark
16:16
which
says,
“He
that
believeth
and
is
baptized
shall
be
saved”.
Kim
explained
that,
“1f
one
1s
a
believer,
then
baptism
will
save
them,
but
the
public
confession
is
the
expression
of
faith that
qualifies
them
for
the
baptism,
which
is
why
it
is
so
important”.
In
modern
context,
baptism
is
a
ritual
tradition
that
1s
practiced
by
a
majority
of
Christians
globally.
One
ongoing
debate
pertaining
baptism
that
has
been
brought
up
several
times
1s
if
it
1s
ethical
to
baptize
a
child
when
they
are
unaware
of
what
is
happening
or
are
unable
to
consciously
decide
their
religion
affiliation
for
themselves.
Most
Christian
families
will
baptize
their
child
within
the
first
year
of
their
lives
because
parents
want
their
child
to
become
a
member
of
God's
church
at
a
young
age.
When
talking
to
pastor
Kim,
I
was
curious
to
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