Again...where do you get this stuff? Karaites are not mainstream Judaism. Judaism that accepts the Tanach and the Oral Law is mainstream Judaism. There are many many commandments that are impossible to keep because the Torah does not give explict instructions, for example:
Which four species do you use on Sukkot? How do you not eat blood when cooking? What does it mean "bind them as a sign upon your hand and a reminder between your eyes"? What exactly does it mean you shall do no work on Shabbat? What constitutes work?
You have to have the Oral Law to practice Judaism.
I dont gloss over Kabbalah. I said some take it too far.
Christianity has its syncretic elements, with a remnant that is not.Are you comparing Jesus Christ with Joseph Smith?
There is no such thing as Christianity that is not syncretic. It is an offshoot of Judaism. Mainstream Christianity incorporates virgin birth, ressurected god, a god-man, eating of a god-mans flesh and drinking his blood, human sacrifice for forgiveness of sin...these are all nonjudaic and foreign to the Hebrew scripture but NOT foreign to other religions of that era. No, I am not comparing Jesus to Joseph Smith...the apostle Paul? yes. The gospel writers..yes.
I dont know who Pike is, never heard of him. Kabbalah should only be studied by Jews and Noahides. It should only be taught by an Orthodox Torah observant Jew, trained to do so.
“Again...where do you get this stuff?”
I suspect the voices in his head.
Sarah Palin is a Jewess. Pope John Paul II was a Jew. These and other fascinating suppressed facts are found all over the ‘net and believed by posters on FR. Did I need to remind you how kooky the stuff is in the Religion Forum? Spillover is inevitable.