Christians are taught to love their enemies, and to bless those who persecute them. Do any religions teach the opposite of this?
2007-12-27 11:14:01 · 13 answers · asked by oniatario 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
The Pharisees taught that. There is no such command in the scriptures. The idea could have been a manipulation of Gen 12:3
Mat 5:43 reads "Ye have heard that it hath been said" not "It is written." It was a Phariseacal teaching.
2007-12-27 11:19:33 · answer #1 · answered by Caveman 5 · 0⤊ 5⤋
I can't speak about the other religions, but this is not a part of Judaism.
We are forbidden from rejoicing at the pain of our enemies. We can rejoice at being delivered from them, but not in their misfortune or misery.
Every Passover, we pour from our glass of wine (wine is symbolic of joy) because of the pain of the Egyptians who perished in the Red Sea. They were pursuing us, in order to kill and/or enslave us. Yet we don't rejoice at their pain; our joy is diminished by it.
Likewise, we are taught that Miram and the ladies celebrated with tambourines and rejoiced when we were delivered across the Red Sea, but didn't start until the pursuers were dead, because it would have been wrong to celebrate while they were dying.
The pain and death of our pursuing Egyptian captors is also cited as the reason we don't recite a full Hallel (a joyful selection of praise hymms from Psalms that are recited on holidays) on Passover.
In the Talmud (Brachot 10), there's a beautiful passage where Rabbi Meyer (a Talmudic sage) who was taunted by people of his town. His wife, Bruria (also a Talmudic sage) overheard him praying that these sinners would die, using a line from Psalms, "evil must perish". She admonished him, saying that this meant that the sin must perish, but not the sinners. He immediately began to pray that the sinners' sins would end, rather than their lives. They repented, and everyone lived happily ever after.
2007-12-28 08:25:56 · answer #2 · answered by Juggling Frogs 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Judaism does not teach its followers to curse. The Hebrew languagedoes not even contain a single curse word.
2007-12-27 20:50:41 · answer #3 · answered by kismet 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
christians and muslims are taught to disrespect their enemies and try to convert them at every step. so in a way, yes, they do teach to curse your enemies. Judaism calls non believers gentiles, but they aren't really malicious about it.
2007-12-27 19:20:15 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
You might like to recall that Jesus was a practising Jew and that without Judaism, there would be no Christianity.
Judaism certainly does not teach one to 'curse' enemies. But we do allow for self defence if one's life is in jeopardy. That is pure common sense, after all.
2007-12-27 19:18:11 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 0⤋
The old "eye for an eye" has been grossly misinterpreted over the centuries. The rabbis interpreted this to mean monetary compensation--PERIOD.
As to your question--Judaism does not teach us to curse our enemies.
2007-12-27 19:19:06 · answer #6 · answered by Mark S, JPAA 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Islam
2007-12-27 19:32:59 · answer #7 · answered by Susan M 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
no, I've never heard anything in Judaism that would lead one to think that.
in fact in Judaism we don't even consider ourselves the ONLY way to God. but simply one way... and we do not consider "everyone else" to have eternal torment or anything like that.
very little, if any of what jesus taught, morally, was not already in Judaism.
2007-12-27 19:18:19 · answer #8 · answered by RW 6 · 5⤊ 0⤋
Islam
2007-12-27 19:17:07 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
The god of the old testament told his chosen people that he would bless who they bless and curse who they curse, if they met his specifications.
Jesus taught just the opposite in the new testament. He taught in Christianity to bless those that curse you.
2007-12-27 19:24:37 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋