2007-03-21 04:43:29 · 18 answers · asked by Hatikvah 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Lab Grrrl: Yes I know that monotheism originated with one of the pharoahs, but it only lasted as long as that pharoah lived. Judaism made it permanent!
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2007-03-21 04:52:12 · update #1
Asterick: You got it backwards. Christians believe in original sin -- Jews believe we were born as a clean slate and become good or evil according to the choice we make.
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2007-03-21 04:59:17 · update #2
Eartha Q. The places you mention are not a mystical place called hell. If you read Deuteronomy in Hebrew, you will find that the root word for sheol is "question." Therefore when one goes down to sheol, they go down to the *unknown." Gehinnom was a valley where the "street people" lived. You can still see it today from the ramparts of the Old City in Jerusalem. It has been cleaned up and is now a beautiful park.
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2007-03-21 05:04:14 · update #3
MishMash: No, our hell is not an "eternal" anything. We have a short period of "cleansing" similar to the Catholic purgatory.
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2007-03-21 05:06:56 · update #4
I do, and so does anyone you has seriously looked at Judaism. Sadly many Christians do not realize this,
2007-03-21 04:49:04 · answer #1 · answered by Quantrill 7 · 6⤊ 0⤋
the Pharoah that did that made it a legal statement. Judaism didn't make it any more permanent than anyone else. They merely established it as a Religious Law within their society. And even then they didn't follow it (if you believe the stories in the Old Test are literal - how many times did God send the Jews into slavery for following after others? I know he wasn't too happy with Solomon for doing it and he was supposedly a wise man).
I certainly realize that hell and eternal punishment are Christian Concepts - derived from Pagan ones (Where do you think they got Hades from?). Though the Pagan punishment normally isn't eternal... it's just till you learn your lesson. And I have yet to have a Jew tell me I'm going to hell for not believing. ;-)
2007-03-21 12:12:34 · answer #2 · answered by riverstorm13 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's very strange, because hell Is mentioned may times in the bible, and these are( just a few) from the Old Testament only.
Deuteronomy 32:22
For a fire is kindled in mine anger, and shall burn unto the lowest hell, and shall consume the earth with her increase, and set on fire the foundations of the mountains.
Isiah 5 Sheol developed a huge appetite,
swallowing people nonstop!
Isiah 14
Down with the underground dead,
down to the abyss of the Pit.
Isiah 57 send them all the way to hell and back
Hell is compared to other things in all these scriptures
Abominable branches (Isaiah 14:19)
Compared with » Ashes under the feet (Malachi 4:3)
Compared with » Bad fish (Matthew 13:48)
Compared with » Animals (Psalms 49:12; 2 Peter 2:12)
Compared with » Blind people (Zephaniah 1:17; Matthew 15:14)
Compared with » Bronze and iron (Jeremiah 6:28; Ezekiel 22:18)
Compared with » Briers add thorns (Isaiah 55:13; Ezekiel 2:6)
Compared with » The bulls of Bashan (Psalms 22:12)
Compared with » Carcasses trodden underfoot (Isaiah 14:19)
2007-03-21 11:54:25 · answer #3 · answered by Eartha Q 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Dear L'Chaim,
Not only are they NOT Jewish, they are NOT Christian concepts either.
Oh yes, stacks of churches belch out that tripe, however, do not confuse Christianity with christendom.
Christendom is a counterfeir, hypocritical abomination.
They stole ideas like hell-fire (as well as the trinity and immortal soul) from the ancient Babylonians ....who were neither Jewish, nor christian.
2007-03-21 11:50:55 · answer #4 · answered by Uncle Thesis 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Yes hell and eternal punishment are punishments for not following Christian Theology; these are damnations for people who were once good that might turn "evil". In Jewish theology, however, it is thought that we are sinful to begin with and must make our way to salvation through the higher power, this ussually achieved through following Mosaic Law.
2007-03-21 11:50:53 · answer #5 · answered by Asterick E 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
What the Jews believe, or believed, has nothing to do with today's Christianity, which is based on the teachings of Jesus Christ and the apostles, plus whatever else any particular group chooses to add to the mix.
2007-03-21 14:03:20 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
From what I understand about the Jewish concept of hell, it is an eternity in the absence of God, not the fire and brimstone version so popular amongst Christians.
2007-03-21 11:53:02 · answer #7 · answered by MishMash [I am not one of your fans] 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I only knew about that late last year! Before that...I didn't know what I was thinking of. Anyways, I must say it makes a lot of sense...the Jewish sense of *hell*!
2007-03-22 03:15:05 · answer #8 · answered by -♦One-♦-Love♦- 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I do. One reason I prefer Judaism to Christianity.
2007-03-21 11:51:47 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
How many people realize that? I would say at least 10 million.
2007-03-21 11:54:49 · answer #10 · answered by Ivri_Anokhi 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋