Please educate me about Judaism?
Lundi, septembre 8th, 2008The burning hell with torment in fire for eternity is a christian invention. God uses the afterlife to provide ultimate justice and for the wicked to seek some sort of final redemption.
We are focused on life and how to live it on earth, and to make it a heaven by loving our neighbor, which is really hard sometimes, or we can make it a living hell here on earth. We don’t believe that Hell is a punishment, but a process of refinement for the soul to rinse free of all the wrong choices and so that it can enter a state of paradise.
In world war two, many who experienced the holocaust by the Nazis with the atrocities, “Now that was really HELL” and now their souls are in “Heaven”
Yes, we study and believe the Tanach (Old Testament)
No, the Tanach does not talk about “a hell of torment with fire for eternity”
That idea comes from Constantine who used that method to scare people into converting to christianity. Many of the beliefs are from Zoroastrian mixed with the New Testament (which we call the christian Bible) That is why Jews don’t believe in hell.
The Jewish movements that you mention are different forms of Jewish religions. They are divided groups and all don’t agree on the same belief. Some don’t even believe in G-d.