December Tournament Round 2: Jews are going to heaven.

Thank you for taking the debate and supplying/accepting the prior definitions. I would like to clarify that my position is that if you are a Jew, or anybody else for that matter, there is only one way into heaven, Jesus. There will be some former Jews who convert to Christianity and get saved. There are many Jews who went to heaven before Jesus came with the new covenant. However, as per the debate title, I will not argue whether or not Jews have ever gotten into heaven, as that would directly contradict what I believe. But rather, I will argue that "Jews ARE going to heaven" is incorrect, as that implies that if you are a Jew that means you WILL get into heaven, NOW in the present tense.The Jewish faith applies to those who study (and hold sacred) the following texts: Tanakh: the Old TestamentTalmud: the "oral Torah"Midrash: a large body of rabbinical sermons compiled between the fourth and sixth centuries, but continues to present dayResponsa: a collection of answers to specific questions on Jewish lawZohar: the central text of Kabbalah, the mystical branch of Judaismhttp://www.religionfacts.com...Now let's see if the 2 are actually compatible, and if being Jewish will get you into heaven... According to the Jewish faith:"She (Mary) who was the descendant of princes and governors played the harlot with carpenters." (Sanhedrin 106a)"Jesus was a bastard born of adultery." (Yebamoth 49b, p.324)"Mary was a whore: Jesus (Balaam) was an evil man." (Sanhedrin 106a &b, p.725) "Jesus was a magician and a fool. Mary was an adulteress". (Shabbath 104b, p.504)"Hast thou heard how old Balaam (Jesus) was?--He replied: It is not actually stated but since it is written, Bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days it follows that he was thirty-three or thirty-four years old." (Sanhedrin 106)Jesus (Yeshu the Nazarene) was executed because he practiced sorcery. (Sanhedrin 43a)Jesus is being boiled in "hot excrement." (Gittin 57a)Those who read the New Testament will have no portion in the world to come. (Sanhedrin 90a)Jews must destroy the books of the Christians (New Testament). (Shabbath 116a) Interesting... Let's see what Christianity has to say about these things:Luke 1:27To a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin's name was Mary.Luke 1:34-35Then said Mary unto the angel, How shall this be, seeing I know not a man? And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God.John 8:24I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins: for if ye believe not that I am he, ye shall die in your sins.Colossians 2:9-10 For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily. And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power:Philippians 2:6-7 Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God: But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men:Romans 10:9That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.John 14:6Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.Romans 3:23-24For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God; Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:According to most modern rabbinical scholars, Judaism does not believe that mankind is evil or sinful by nature, and therefore, has no need to be “saved” from an eternal damnation. In fact, most Jews today do not believe in a place of eternal punishment or literal hell.So on the one hand (Judaism), we have the denial of Christ's deity and the general blasphemy of Him. On the other hand (Christianity), there is only one way into heaven, Jesus.1. Judaism denies and blasphemes Jesus (also Mary and the New Testament).2. To believe on Jesus Christ is the only way to be saved (get into heaven as supposed to hell).Therefore, Jews (and anybody else) will either convert (believe on Jesus Christ) and be saved, or will remain Jewish (or any other false faith / lack of faith) and be damned.The Jews throughout history have been in and out of favor with God according to their attitude and loyalty, etc. God has punished and rewarded them accordingly. To those who would say that you could do some kind of DNA test to see if you're saved somehow because of Abraham I leave these sobering words from the Bible:Titus 3:9But avoid foolish questions, and genealogies, and contentions, and strivings about the law; for they are unprofitable and vain.Luke 3:8Bring forth therefore fruits worthy of repentance, and begin not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, That God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham.And on a side note, do Jews not use the supposed "star of David" as their symbol and on their flag?