4. Yes there is good and evil, but Jews believe that people have the free choice to choose whether to be good or evil.
I don’t believe there in good or evil so i will certainly not choose :)
7. WE see ourselves n our religion in a way that seems racist to people who don’t understand the religion and simply want to criticize us. WE see ourselves as the “Chosen People” but that doesn’t mean we think we are superior in anyway. In Judaism, as the Chosen People, our job is to spread the teachings of God to the world.
… i think this is a little arrogant, like most religion (exept buddhism)
This does not mean missiionary work.
Good thing ! Missionaire are making so much problem to “save” people.
Remember, Judaism was the first religion to have things such as a justice system, which the non-Jews eventually adapted.
hey wow, don’t forget Hinduism ! Quite older and there was a justice system (well, it still depent on your definition of a justice system).
The Chosen People means we are on a different spiritual level than the Non-Jews. It doesn’t make us better in any way, all it does is really make our life much harder. It means we are judged differently.
I don’t like the “different”… every human are human, and human are animal. A jew is my comrade in life as much as a chinese.
As a Jew, I have 613 basic fundamental laws that I have to obey while the most any Non-Jew really should obey according to Judaism are the 7 of the Noahide Laws. WE do not believe we are better in any way, we simply have to spread monotheism to the world by showing what is good about it.
You will have to admit that without monotheism they would not have so much religious war…
Nothing more. Life as a Jew is much harder than life as a non-Jew. I cannot eat foods such as pork, shrimpo, lobster or jellyfish. I also have many others rules I have to obey. As a Non-Jew, life is much more fun. You guys can do anything you like without being bound by so many laws.
I don’t want to make fun of your religion, but it always (well, since i am an atheis) make me laugh how much people WANT (really) to suffer for mythological being, the jews, the christians, the shinto.
I hoped I answered your questions adequately. I barely scratched the surface, though, because there are many more discussions on many subjects in Judaism, especially the last question you asked me. I can recommend further readings if you like. If you study Judaism, I think your views on religion might just change a little.
I have respect for some religion like Hinduism and Buddhism, but i still think they will eventually disappear like all religion… but it will take LOTS of time. At least atheism is growing in university; it’s a start :) . And even if judaism does not seem as bad as christianism, i do not think i’ll like it much if there is a god i cannot “see” with my reason. But i will read about it, this is an important religion, the father of two important religion.
Thank you very much for answering so well even to a sinners :)
3 other questions if you have the time/patience…
1; Does animal go to heaven ?
2; Is logic an important thing in judaism ?
3; Does judaism believe in evolution ?