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Originally Posted by equazcion
I'm not sure what you mean by this. Yes, I do come from an exclusive tradition, but that exclusivity hardly entitles me to exclusive love from God. As was mentioned in the original post's quoted article, Judaism believes that everyone is loved by God, but the Jews have a special responsibility to him.
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What I'm getting at is that Judaism developed in a tribal time/place among competing gods. Maintaining an exclusive group identity was crucial to survival. Christianity developed first as a minor Jewish sect but being mostly unsuccessful embraced its mission to the gentiles. Expansion became critical to its survival. Of course that is just my construct of it, I don't know how it squares with official histories.