Othelos wrote:Exactly - traditional. Modern lay Christians almost never do.
Who is to define what is normal regarding Christianity here? The Eastern Orthodox generally follow this practice after all and the consider themselves as to be 'modern lay christians'.
Othelos wrote:Why are you grilling me on the Jewish faith when the context here is Christianity?
I am aware that Christians don't follow all OT rules, which is exactly what I'm talking about.
Because referring to a specifically Jewish practice that is not observed today seems somewhat silly, especially given the fact that Judaism itself changed enormously in its structure from the time of writing of Genesis to the time of writing of Daniel. To make statements concerning the Old Testament without any acknowledgement of the context that it appears in seems foolish. After all, why did Christianity not follow on all Jewish practice? Surely there must be some reason as to why the kippah, tzitsit and tefillin are not worn by Christians in prayer?