A question of faith
May 28, 2024 19:07:49 GMT
Post by Stella on May 28, 2024 19:07:49 GMT
We often hear about religious freedom, usually from people in the Christian community who often talk about faith and things being 'faith-based' but what does this all really mean? To be honest I feel that many people when they talk about religious freedom don't actually understand what religious freedom really means, and many seem to be confusing Christianity with Judaism. This is important. Christianity is not Judaism, and Judaism is not Christianity. So let's dig a bit deeper into this.
Let's start with Judaism. Judaism is arguably the world's oldest religion. I personally regard Judaism as a great deal more than a religion. It's an archaic religion, just like Hinduism, and also very similar to Hinduism Judaism is a way of being, it's a an entire set of philosophies, religion, a lot of mysticism, a complete culture and a way of life. It's incredibly difficult to understand what Judaism really means and how extensive it is if you're not Jewish yourself. Out of Judaism we get the Kaballah, we get the westernized concept of Natural Law, in fact the Western concept of law comes out of Judaism.
I regard Christianity as a 'second wave' religion. It can be argued that Christianity is the world's first monotheistic spiritual movement, because essentially Christianity is a stripped down version of Judaism packaged for export. Christianity came into being around the same time as Buddhism in northern India around 5th century BC almost a century after Taoism developed out of the Yin Yang school of the I-Ching as a counter to Confucianism. Christianity started out as an esoteric mystical sect or cult which went against the orthodox teachings of Judaism and for much of its early history practising Christianity was illegal both in the Middle East and the Roman Empire....read more
Let's start with Judaism. Judaism is arguably the world's oldest religion. I personally regard Judaism as a great deal more than a religion. It's an archaic religion, just like Hinduism, and also very similar to Hinduism Judaism is a way of being, it's a an entire set of philosophies, religion, a lot of mysticism, a complete culture and a way of life. It's incredibly difficult to understand what Judaism really means and how extensive it is if you're not Jewish yourself. Out of Judaism we get the Kaballah, we get the westernized concept of Natural Law, in fact the Western concept of law comes out of Judaism.
I regard Christianity as a 'second wave' religion. It can be argued that Christianity is the world's first monotheistic spiritual movement, because essentially Christianity is a stripped down version of Judaism packaged for export. Christianity came into being around the same time as Buddhism in northern India around 5th century BC almost a century after Taoism developed out of the Yin Yang school of the I-Ching as a counter to Confucianism. Christianity started out as an esoteric mystical sect or cult which went against the orthodox teachings of Judaism and for much of its early history practising Christianity was illegal both in the Middle East and the Roman Empire....read more