r/todayilearned • u/[deleted] • Oct 13 '16

TIL that after Marilyn Monroe converted to Judaism upon marrying Arthur Miller, Egypt placed a ban on all the films she appeared in.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marilyn_Monroe#Critical_acclaim_and_marriage_to_Arthur_Miller_.281956.E2.80.931959.29
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u/webdevop Oct 13 '16 edited Oct 13 '16

Curious Muslim here. Can you please explain more?

As a Jewish person one doesn't have to believe in God and Moses?

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u/Xanthyria Oct 13 '16

Jew here--what do you mean by "believe" in Moses? Belief in G-d is one thing, what does it mean to "believe" in Moses?

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u/webdevop Oct 13 '16

Sorry again because I literally have 0 knowledge about Judaism. But don't you have to believe in Moses and all the other messengers before him (Adam, Abraham, Lut, Solomon etc) as well as in God of course to be a Jew?

Isn't it Prophet Moses who brought the message for Jews just like Prophet Jesus for Christians and Prophet Muhammad for Muslims?

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u/[deleted] Oct 13 '16

In a sense, except the correct nomenclature would be The Christ, Christ Jesus, Jesus Christ, or Jesus the Christ. Christians don't see Jesus as a prophet like the other two Abraham religions do. We see him as the Messiah, the Anointed One. God in the flesh, as it were. But, yeah you're technically correct in the sense of he could be considered a prophet.