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Few (if any) Jews believe in eternal damnation. Generally speaking, Judaism places very little emphasis on the afterlife, and there's no widely-held doctrine ab
by cipheredStones 5y ago
Few (if any) Jews believe in eternal damnation. Generally speaking, Judaism places very little emphasis on the afterlife, and there's no widely-held doctrine about it. To the extent there's a shared belief at all, it's that everybody goes to a place called Sheol, without differentiation by merit.
- hackinthebochs 5y agoThat's so strange that Christianity and Judaism can have such divergent views on the afterlife. I guess it never occurred to me (as a former Christian) that Christian views on the afterlife are totally derived from the new testament.
- NateEag 5y agoThere's a good case to be made that modern evangelical views on the afterlife aren't even based on the NT. Annihilationism (cessation of existence, "the second death", "fear him who can destroy body and soul", etc) is much closer to what's in the NT than the widely-accepted Infernalism (eternal torture in hell). That's how it reads to me, anyway, after decades of reading the Bible.
- kaba0 5y agoIsn’t that mostly a middle ages creation? The whole Dante’s Inferno and related imaginary is not based on canon as far as I know. Jesus was much more practical in my view and placed much more emphasis on helping others through real means.