Atheists - Jews claim Torah influenced whole world? That includes YOU?

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Look for article - "What would a world without Torah look like?"

Here's some interesting parts from the article:

(as in polytheistic societies today), where the literacy rate was generally 1/10 of 1%. Even ancient Rome, which needed a literate ruling class to administer its far-flung empire, boasted a literary rate of only 10-15%. Not only did Greece and Rome not deem it beneficial to educate the masses, but they viewed education as a potential danger to the stability of society.

The Torah innovated the idea of education for all.

The right to life, which the American Declaration of Independence considered "self-evident," was not evident to any society in the world before or after Sinai, except where the Torah's influence penetrated.

Into a world where killing for convenience or sport was the universal norm, the Torah introduced the concept of the sacredness of life. "Do not murder," 

When the Torah laid down the principle of equal justice before the law, the rest of the world must have laughed. 

The division of time into seven-day units punctuated by the Sabbath, a day of rest, is an invention of the Torah.

Without the Jews, we would see the world through different eyes, hear with different ears, even feel with different feelings. And not only would our sensorium, the screen through which we receive the world, be different: we would think with a different mind, interpret all our experience differently, draw different conclusions from the things that befall us. And we would set a different course for our lives.

The Torah introduced a purposeful God, with a plan for human history. If humankind will obey the commandments -- the Divinely ordained blueprint -- then a utopian world will ensue. The future will be different -- and better -- than the past. Thus the Torah introduced linear time. In so doing, it catapulted humanity into a world of meaningful moral choices, where human beings could create their own destinies, forge their own futures.

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The purpose of this question is to evaluate the core foundations of Judaism. It seems that Atheists and the free-thinking community is afraid of critiquing this religion. As I am intellectually honest, I refuse to hide from being called anti-Semitic.

Anonymous · Accepted Answer

I am atheist and I also believe that the Torah influenced the whole world.

Anonymous · Answer

>The division of time into seven-day units punctuated by the Sabbath, a day of rest, is an invention of the Torah.

Babylonians go there first - sorry about that.

>Into a world where killing for convenience or sport was the universal norm, the Torah introduced the concept of the sacredness of life. "Do not murder," 

Child sacrifice was ok though. Oh - and the babylonians got the "do not murder" bit before you as well.

I would detail the rest of your lies - but I can't be bothered right now.

Certified Jewish Geek · Answer

What you posted praises the Torah; where did you get the impression that you've said things that are antisemitic?

I'd say a reverence for life, equal justice, having a weekend, and having an educated population are good things.  If that's your idea of antisemitism, you need to work harder LOL.

Wing · Answer

If you are associating the right to life with the Torah, I highly suggest you carefully read it again (without using drugs).

But yes, the Torah has influenced the whole world.  Also, religion wasn't such a bad idea when we had 0 science to help explain things for us.

Ray Patterson - The dude abides · Answer

Interesting idea but factually false. A number of these concepts came to Judaism from Mesopotamian codes of law. Others were simultaneously developing in India. It's arrogance, and interestingly you seem to be using that arrogance to demonize Judaism. That's quite perverted.

Anon · Answer

Everyone tries to claim their religion affected the world the greatest. Just the other day there was a muslim posting an article on how muslims are the fathers of the scientific method, and that atheists are horrible people for "claiming" it. It stopped being amusing after the second time.

Demetri · Answer

It obviously influenced the world. But claiming to instill morals, prevent killings? That is absolutely absurd. Fighting over the Holy Land has lead to huge amount of deaths and wars. I do not oppose the religion however is has to feel superior and lie in the process, as most religions do,

? · Answer

A lot of those claims are not actually substantiated with evidence.  Quite frankly, several ASIAN societies prove them wrong.

And some of those claims are sheer nonsense, like that last.  Absolute nonsense.


You can't just claim things like this without evidence.

you generation of b&#39;tches · Answer

Thomas Edison, American inventor (1847-1931).

"I have never seen the slightest scientific proof of the religious ideas of heaven and hell, of future life for individuals, or of a personal God."{Jesus}

"I do not believe that Christian teaching should ever be introduced into the public schools of the United States."

"So far as religion of the day is concerned, it is a damned fake... Christianity is all bunk."

“So far to believe Jesus I just believe him as a fool.”

Anonymous · Answer

Judaism isn't so much of a notion procedure as Christianity and Islam are. The Jewish way of life celebrates alternate views and views. There are no obligatory doctrines, and doctrines don't seem to be on the very middle of Judaism as they're in Christianity, the place the whole thought is salvation and also you have got to suppose to be saved. Judaism is extra founded on moral/ethical concepts. So numerous Jews see Judaism as an ethnicity, a cultural heritage. Should you were born and raised Jewish, should you reject the concept of God, you're nonetheless Jewish culturally and ethnically. Because of its lack of hard doctrines, Judaism itself tends to be slightly agnostic, open-minded. I consider you are not able to relatively name your self Jewish when you do not consider in God in any respect. But then, suppose you read the brand new testomony and made up our minds that Jesus was an fine trainer and also you were going to are living your existence following his recommendation. But although you believed Jesus, you failed to feel what men and women mentioned about him. You did not consider he was once the Son of God, or God, or even holy. You failed to feel in salvation, simplest in the principles Jesus taught for habits here on the earth. You possibly an atheistic Christian!

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