To jews, do you believe in One God ?

Question

To jews, do you believe in One God ?

If you do believe in One God, what happens to the rest of the people who do not believe in your God?

Mr Obvious. I know Judaism is monotheism. My real question is where do Jews believe that nonJews will go afterlife

Answer 1

Just agreeing with Nechama.

Jews dont have any definitive views of the afterlife and do not believe it is a wise use of time and effort to dwell upon it. What views we do have do not give any preferential treatment to Jews over non-Jews.

There is the belief that when the Messiah finally comes to usher in the Messianic age. All will be resurrected, both Jew and Non-Jew to enjoy the time of the Messiah, however righteous Jews get the privilege of being resurrected in Jerusalem.

Its one of the things I really love about my religion. We teach that Judaism is not necessarily the only way, it is just our way.

Answer 2

Yes, Jews only believe in one God.

Unlike Christianity, there are no concrete definitions of the Jewish afterlife and almost nothing on an idea of hell. Most Jews would agree that there are such things as the 'righteous of the nations,' meaning non-Jews who are righteous enough to go somewhere 'good' after the die.

Answer 3

Yeah they believe in the God of money. And those who don't believe get sent to the bad place - Alabama.


Seriously now, how ignorant are you of religions to not know that Judaism is a monotheism? Judaism is the basis for Christianity and Islam. You know, which billions of people believe in. Kinda hard to be ignorant of that...

Answer 4

Well to begin with their is really no concept of eternal damnation in Judaism.

Also it is no need for someone who is not Jewish to convert to Judaism, they can if they wish, but they are not punished if they do not.

As for the afterlife, you will know for sure, after the end of your life.

Answer 5

Jews, Muslims, Christians, they all worship the same God, the God of Ibrahim.

Mohammad (peace be upon him) was also a messenger of God, who never claimed to be God, the same way Jesus or Moses never claimed to be God, nor did they ever say worship me.

Muslims believe in the message of Jesus the massaya (peace be upon him) who said:

Matthew 4:10
"You shall worship the Lord, your God, and him only you shall serve"

Mark 12:29:
"the Lord our God, the lord is One"

Muslims believe in Islam (that means to surrender to God), and that was the same message given by Jesus and Moses, and all great prophets sent by God to human kinds.
Islam purifies earlier misconceptions and contradictions caused by human beings, changes made by human beings in the message of Jesus and Moses. Go to ww.todayislam.com

Answer 6

Shema Yisrael Adonai eloheinu Adonai ehad pay attention, O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is One Jesus isn't in "our" Bible - our Bible is the Tanakh - such as the previous testomony yet diverse. we do no longer have faith that Jesus grew to become into/is God or the Moshaich - a human transforming into God is thoroughly against each little thing we have faith.

Answer 7

"To jews, do you believe in One God ? ... Mr Obvious. I know Judaism is monotheism."

Monotheism = Belief in one God.

Judaism is the foundation upon which all later montheistic religions have been built. So to ask if Jews believe in one God is the equivalent of asking if Christians believe in Christ.

I see that you're trying to say that the point of your question is to ask what happens to non-believers in the hereafter, but technically, you did ask two questions. The first one, since you already knew that Jews believe in one God, is what is called a "rhetorical question," that is, a question to which the asker does not expect an answer. Since you asked your questions on a forum called "Yahoo! Answers," this hardly strikes me as appropriate.

Now, as for your second question...

Personally, I've always found it fascinating that, among the accusations commonly thrown at Jews and Judaism is the charge of elitism. A story is told of a gentile who once approached Israel Zangwill, a noteable British-Jewish writer, and said to him that he always found Jews to be suspicious of outsiders, clannish, and rude. Zangwill is said to have replied: "Yes, two thousand years of 'Christian Love' have made us very nervous." Anyway, to get back to your question, a lot of people assume that the concept of Jews as the "Chosen People" (one of the most misunderstood and abused religious doctrines ever - for a clearer understanding of the idea behind it, check out the following: http://www.aish.com/literacy/concepts/The_Chosen_People.asp ) necessarily consigns all non-Jews to Hell. Allow me to clear something up: Christianity teaches that those who don't accept their G-d burn in Hell for all eternity. Islam teaches that non-believers will burn in Hell. I'm not sure where they got this from, but it wasn't us.

People make a lot of assumptions based on the fact that Jews don't go seeking out converts. Of course, the reason we don't seek out converts is because we don't assume it's God's will that every person should become a Jew, and we don't believe that you need to be one of us in order to have a relationship with God. However, for those who wish to join us in our unique historic mission, conversion is an option open to everyone. Other religions damn all those outside the faith to, as a result of divine wrath, unimaginable agony for all eternity, yet, we Jews are the elitists because we don't proselytize. Sadly, the irony seems to be lost on most people.

Now, Judaism does prescribe Seven Commandments for humanity, based on the covenant between God and Noah (whose descendants constitute the entire human race), as opposed to the covenant with Abraham (whose descendants, via Isaac and Jacob, constitute the Jewish People). Among those commandments are imperatives not to worship false gods (for example, idols) and not to curse God. According to most opinions, Islam (not Islamism - a fascist political ideology, claiming Islam as its inspiration, that is what motivates many terrorists) satisfies the requirements of the Noachide Laws. Many opinions say the same for Christianity. Both, of course, are off-limits to Jews, because they are a step away from the ideal, and the Jew, whose soul was at Sinai when the Torah was given, is supposed to know better. (But for complete pagans, the transition to Christianity or to Islam is seen as a step in the right direction theologically). Still, even an orthodox rabbi will tell you that Jews, Christians, and Muslims all worship the same God -- though Christianity messed it up a little with the doctrine of the Trinity, a clear compromise with paganism.

Okay, so it's like this: The Torah is quite explicit when it comes to denouncing polytheism and idolatry. But God is fair. And it hardly seems reasonable to punish someone strictly on the basis of the beliefs of the family they were born into. When it comes to one's fate in the afterlife, God is the judge, not us, and I'm sure He knows what He's doing. What I can tell you is that no less a Jewish authority than Maimonides himself is quoted as saying that "the righteous of all nations have a portion in the World to Come". "All nations," in this context, refers to all the non-Jewish nations of the world. So, that should give you something to think about. Though Judaism has no tolerance for idolatrous religions, I find that it preaches greater tolerance for individual human beings, whatever their religion, than a lot of other faiths do.

I hope you find this information helpful, and if you require any further assistance, feel free to contact me directly.

Answer 8

judaism has a wonderful concept called a "righteous gentile"... belief isn't needed... just doing what is right.

Answer 9

Only God (Allah) (SWT) exists!
There is ony One God (Allah) (SWT)

If someone says there is more than One God (Allah) (SWT), they are living a life in a state of duality!

Salaams

Answer 10

yes they do.