It seems a little grandiose
2007-09-20 18:31:41 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
no.
Jews have a concept of a "Righteous gentile" which is basically a non-jew whos led a good enough life to get the "fast track" and have a better afterlife.
Judaism has no eternal hell, and no devil.
in fact Judaism even allows for belief in reincarnation!
theres nothing in Judaism's general belief that teaches or gives the impression that non-jews are doomed to some horrible negative afterlife. really it just basically says its up to God and its not our problem.
we trust God with our own afterlife, and that of everyone else. adn we see God as just and loving and forgiving, so its really not a problem.
Judaism is generally about this life, not the next.
the chosen ones thing is really just that we were given the long version of the rulebook. this isn't even a good thing all the time, as knowing all the detailed rules, we're responsible to follow them, where those who do not know them, are not held accountable for breaking laws that didn't apply to them.
the chosen thing isn't all good, it has its sucky parts too. higher standard and all.
non-jews tend to have a confused ooncept of what the whole chosen thing means as well. it does not mean, in general, (and jews are not generally taught) that jews think they are better than others, or any such like.
2007-09-20 18:38:20 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 0⤋
Jews believe that everyone can go to heaven. As long as a person keeps the 7 Noahide laws and are righteous gentiles they can go to heaven. The 7 laws are:
1) Do not eat an animal while it is still alive
2) Do not curse G-d
3) Do not steal
4) Set up a court system for justice
5) Do not kill
6) There is only ONE G-d. Do not worship anything/one else (e.g.: idols, ...)
7) Do not have immoral relationships
2007-09-23 15:50:32 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
the subject is you misunderstand what "chosen" skill. Jews have faith God chosen them to stay by employing the regulations revealed to them at Mt. Sinai, and set an occasion to the international, which replaced into pagan on the time. The form of those regulations is around 613 final time all and sundry counted. in addition they have faith that non-jews can earn merely as plenty prefer in God's eyes by employing following the 7 Noahide regulations. In different words, jews have faith non-jews get off plenty much less stressful. 2d... All branches of judaism settle for converts. Converts, in Judaism, are to be seen no in any different case than the different jew with the exception that they won't marry a member of the priestly type or that person might lose their prestige as a clergyman (yet somewhat some unusual regulations persist with to the priestly type actual priesthood can no longer be shown and is seen honorary). The Israelites continuously welcomed converts between them. the parable that jews do no longer enable converts stems from the fact that many rabbis used to deter people from changing to judaism. the clarification is, they believed there replaced into no clarification for the guy to transform, as jews have faith righteous non-jews have a place interior the dominion of God besides, and changing might advise you will possibly then would desire to stay with 613 regulations rather of seven. it is prevalent in some orthodox branches of judaism for a rabbi to disuade a means convert three times in the past intending with the conversion technique. 0.33, because of the fact all and sundry can convert to judaism, it is in no way a race. There are white jews, black jews, Asian jews, etc.
2016-10-09 14:06:53 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sigh. Here we go again.
I am Jewish. We believe any person that lives a good life can go to Heaven.
The chosen people actually means choosing. God asked who would keep his Torah and we were not the first pick. We were the third but we agreed therefore we have 613 commandments to keep. We chose to keep the Torah so God chose us. It does not mean we are better than any other group of people and any Jew who uses it that way is not understanding the term at all.
2007-09-20 22:30:46 · answer #4 · answered by Feivel 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Jews believe non-Jews can achieve salvation from God.
Jews are expected to follow 613 mitzvot (commandments) that are ways of demonstrating their love of God, by maintaining a pure spirit and a pure body. Non-Jews achieve salvation by following the 7 Noahide laws, which is a lite version of the Ten Commandments, with a civilian-justice component thrown in.
The idea of being "Chosen" is that the Jews were selected to facilitate the arrival of the Messiah by performing the Mitzvot. Kind of God's Soldiers.
2007-09-20 18:40:27 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Give me a break.........How many Christians have we seen on here praying for people who don't believe in Jesus? More than I could ever count. Even Atheists might think they are grandiose because they think they are scientifically smarter to know there might not be a heaven. I think your statement borders on anti-semitism to only think the Jews would think only like that.
2007-09-20 18:36:42 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
1. No, they don't believe what you've said, or at least not more than people in other religions.
2. The "chosen people" is misconstrued as "grandiose."
2007-09-20 18:36:10 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
They were chosen by God under the covenant of the Old Testament. The New Testament is a new covenant with man through Christ.
He who was first shall be last, and he who was last shall be first.
2007-09-20 18:39:44 · answer #8 · answered by redeyesrich 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Every religion believes that their adherents are the chosen ones. DA
2007-09-20 18:35:54 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
no. the talmud teaches that "the righteous of all the nations have a share in the world to come."
2007-09-20 18:39:37 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 1⤋