You might think so but when Jews say all the time there is no such thing as Satan or Hell in Judaism and then we dig around to see is is yetzer hara and gehenna, those things tell me the opposite. Jews are always the ones claiming they are mutually exclusive religions, not the Christians.
well, that’s not true. It is not a capital offense to declare oneself the Messiah. I’ll ignore the rest of your post.
You should dig deeper.
Are you really saying that you have never heard a Jew say that there is no hell in Judaism? Because in the ten years I’ve been discussing religion like I do now, many Jews say this until I show them what the sages say about Gehenna, then they are silent about it.
What’s so important about building a Temple. Extra Knowledge We Muslims believes that…
there is no clear dogma in Judaism regarding heaven or hell, other than they exist. FOr the most part, Jews believe that after a purification period, we go to “heaven”. THe concept of a Christian Hell was certainly not part of Judaism before christianity. So if anything, the concept of Hell in Judiasm is an adaption of Christian beliefs, not a rejection of them.
Wasn’t Christianity one trend among others in Judaism, actually even before it was called Christianity? I thought there was room for many different trends… At one point, Valke2, the Christians, at least those who were born Jewish, used to go to the Temple or to synagogues, and then, the Jewish authorties said that anyone who would call themselves disciples of Jesus of Nazareth would not be admitted there any more. So they were kinda forced out, you see.
Well, what of it? What then is Gehenna to you?
This sounds quite like the Christian notion of Purgatory, which is exactly that!
Forget the flames and pitchforks for a moment…
There was room for different sects and Christianity was really a sect of Judaism for 100 years more or less. As to how this ended, I’d have to do a little research. But I don’t really dispute anything here.
Originally, nothing more than a burning garbage dump. It evolved more into a concept of a kind of purgatory rather than hell. The concept of Gehenna being equated to Hell is first set forth in the the Christian Bible, in two of the Gospels. In a very few, special cases, the soul stays there for eternity, and that is only according to some Rabbis.
Yes, it is much similar to purgatory than to hell.
Then where do the people who did unspeakable wrong and don’t even repent from having done them, according to Judaism?
Of course, since they WILL reach Heaven, while those going to hell WON’T at ANY time!!!
I thinkit was more like 40 years until the revolt in 70 (?) when the Temple was destroyed. The Christians heeded the warning of Matthew 24 and fled while the non-Christians fought and died. Besides creating resentments, this action highlighted the differences in beliefs and priorities. Soon thereafter the excommunication prayer-curse was introduced into synagogue prayers.
Do you mean the Catholic concept of Hell which is temporary Purgatory for some. Or eternal Lake of Fire for others?
I don’t believe christians would agree that hell and purgatory are the same thing.
Catholics should, not many Protestants.
I’ll try to speak for the Catholic viewpoint. Hell is permanent, and there is no love, nor joy in Hell. God is not present in any form in Hell. It is painful because you realize and know that you desperately want God, but you can’t have God.