Judaism is more logical than Christianity.

You're probably tired of reading by now, so I'll try to keep this short. Let's just jump right in. JudaismWhat I have argued throughout this debate is that none of the primary aspects of the Jewish worldview are realized in modern Judaism. Pro has conceded most of my points and answers only that some day these things will be realized. What we need to do, though, is ask ourselves how likely it is that Judaism is true given the fact that in spite of all the lofty promises God made to Israel concerning their land, their temple, their king, and their law, that they would go 2000 years without any of these things being fully realized. Christianty also makes promises about the future. Jesus said he would return. It's been 2000 years, and he still hasn't returned. But at least in Christianity, we have reason to maintain hope. We have the evidence for the resurrection of Jesus. Pro hasn't given us any reason to maintain hope in Judaism. He hasn't explained why we should believe God ever made any of those promises to begin with. If all we have to go on is Jewish history, it would appear that God never made any of those promises. However, if Christianity is true, then that is evidence that God did make those promises. The truth of ancient Judaism can be grounded in the truth of Christianity because Christianity presupposes that ancient Judaism is true. But there is nothing in modern Judaism to suggest that ancient Judaism was true. By the way, Pro missed my point about the fact that modern historians doubt the existence of David. I'm not arguing that David didn't exist. I'm arguing that the geneologies that trace people today back to David are likely not reliable since if they were reliable, there wouldn't be any doubt about David's existence. ChristianityPro has dropped nearly all of his arguments against Christianity. The one remaining argument is merely his attempt to undercut my case for the resurrection of Jesus. I had argued that it's likely Jesus' followers would not have continued to believe he was the messiah after his death unless they had good reason to think he was alive again. Pro answers by saying there are Jews today who still follow bar Kochba (a second century Messianic pretender). He provided this link:. http://www.karaite-korner.org...I couldn't find anything on this link saying that these Jews still believe that bar Kochba is the messiah. Perhaps that information is in one of the other links on that page, but Pro needed to offer a link to the source itself. I don't believe he has carried his burden of proof here. But let's suppose it's true. That would weaken my argument some, but it wouldn't completely undercut it because we would still have a strong inductive argument that Jews don't follow messiahs after they die. As I said before, there were dozens of them, and all of their movements ended when they died. The explanation the early Christians gave for why they continued to follow Jesus is because they saw him alive after his crucifixion and were convinced by these appearances that he had risen from the dead. Since that is an excellent explanation for why they would continue to promote him as the messiah, it's probably true. If the Jews that Pro linked to really think bar Kochba is the messiah, it would be interesting to know their reason and how they reconcile that with his death. We can't know that this undercuts the case for Jesus' resurrection if we don't know what their rationale is. Christianity is more logical than Judaism because it solves the problem of sin that Judaism doesn't. Pro has decided to stop responding that point and acknowledge that Judaism hasn't solved that problem. I thought of some other things to say, but I guess it wouldn't be fair to Pro for me to bring up new stuff now since he wouldn't have a chance to respond if I did. ConclusionThank you all for coming to tonight's debate. Please vote.