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Posted by David of Broadway on Thu Dec 30 18:15:31 2004, in response to Re: Media Taking Christmas out of Christmas, posted by Rail Blue on Thu Dec 30 15:44:19 2004. Thank you. That was very interesting.Use the numbers however you like, but the basic principles of Jewish theology still reject the possibility of a human being as a part of God. I find the first and last verses particularly interesting. For all this talk of belief, it's not something Jews explicitly worry about on a regular basis. God expects us to observe his commandments, and we try our best to follow suit. The standard litmus test of an observant Jew is whether he observes the Sabbath, and indeed, failure to observe the Sabbath disqualifies a Jew from serving as a witness. (There are other disqualifications, like gambling and dealing in the produce of the Sabbatical year. For more details, see here, p. 70, beginning with "MISHNA III," continuing to the middle of p. 79. This stuff is much easier to follow in the original Aramaic if you can get past the language hurdle.) Belief is assumed and almost never discussed. And, of course, Judaism doesn't have a notion of having to be saved. Each individual has the power to repent; belief doesn't even enter into the picture. That's what Yom Kippur is all about. |
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