> In talk.origins I read this message from "Charles C."
> <charles_casey@opt_online.net>:
> [snip]
>>
>>Exactly, the Old Testament 613 Mitzvot. No man could keep all of those
>>laws and if you failed at one you failed at them all and were destined
>>to go to hell.
>>
> Just an aside, but that is not what is required of a Jew, at
> least not in the sense you suggest. Breaking one of the laws does
> not sentence one to hell. One obeys the laws because that is
> required to live a Jewish life on earth, in this life, for this
> life.
> While the concept of an afterlife does exist for Jews, it does
> not have the emphasis that it does for Christians.
Well, the emphasis on an afterlife has varied over time and
between different groups of Jews. And that's true even if
you don't consider Xtians to be a Jewish sect.
Certainly, I don't hear much from any modern strain of
Judaism emphasizing an afterlife. But, as you say, it's
there, and rabbinic Judaism is not a religion known for
ignoring even minute details. :)
rich
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