'Dogma demands authority, rather than intelligent thought, as the source of opinion; it requires persecution of heretics and hostility to unbelievers; it asks of its disciples that they should inhibit natural kindliness in favor of systematic hatred.
- Bertrand Russell, Unpopular essays '
'Philosophy should always know that indifference is a militant thing.': Stephen Crane
2007-07-05 15:52:13 · 6 answers · asked by Psyengine 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
The Will is positive and the Judgment is negative. It was the Judgment of God that negated the people of Jerico and the people in Israel before Israel became its self. Personally I refuse to speak as God or quote a God as if I knew the truth. If dogma was a kind of person, I should say some people in the 'church' have integrity and their Will more informs them for action than their Judgment (I think that is a good thing).....I have a quote for that to follow.
2007-07-06 14:22:18 · update #1
Something like this 'Integrity has no need of rules' meaning those lacking in integrity do. Can't remember who wrote it.
also 'Most of the greatest evils that man has inflicted upon man have come through people
feeling quite certain about something which, in fact, was false." : Bertrand Russell
2007-07-06 14:51:48 · update #2
We are all Gods chosen people. Is it not wonderful.
2007-07-06 14:54:07 · update #3
No. Judaism states that anyone can be righteous and merit the world to come- the Jews through folloiwng the 613 commandments in the Torah, the non-Jews by following the 7 Noahide commandments. Also, ignorance of the law IS an excuse in Judaism- so a non-Jew who has never had a chance to learn any better and is breaking one of the seven Noahide commandments could still be righteous since they cannot break a commandment they do not know about!
So Bertrand Russel evidently did not know much about Judaism- since we have no need to run around being hostile to non-believers, and nor do we entice people to convert, why should we when there is no need for them in order for them to be righteous, from a simpler path.
2007-07-05 21:19:58 · answer #1 · answered by allonyoav 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Why would G-d be indifferent to someone not a Jew?
There are those of us out there like me who are not Jews but who are still protected by a covenant of G-d. And for others, G-d is still there, but they must allow G-d to enter their lives. They are the ones that are indifferent to G-d and what he wants, not the other way around as you suggest.
As to your first quote - you seem to think that dogma religion and faith are all the same things. People now-a-days make the msitake of thinking that the sins of the past of those who claimed to follow G-d dictate the present.
And that following G-d requires a closed heart, mind and a narrow view of the entire world.
It doesn't in the slightest. It is the opposite. It is a freeing experience that shatters the preconceptions of the first quote. The first quote itself is a type of systematic hatred, hostility to believers and persecution to those who believe - the very thing it preaches against for nonbelievers.
How terribly ironic.
2007-07-05 23:00:52 · answer #2 · answered by noncrazed 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Of course not.
Nowhere in Judaism dose it say that God is indifferent to non-Jews.
Each group (and each person) has its own path, one is no less important than the other.
2007-07-05 22:59:07 · answer #3 · answered by Gamla Joe 7 · 5⤊ 0⤋
lets not put words in gods mouth . personally I've never heard from god and don't believe there is such a mouth.
Atheist would conclude indifference is absolute since they don't have a god in the first place many jews haven't either.
2007-07-05 22:57:26 · answer #4 · answered by dogpatch USA 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Not al all.
Judaism teaches us that G-d cares for all humanity.
2007-07-05 23:46:07 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
They might just say it, if muslims are using their guns at the same time.
2007-07-05 22:54:59 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋