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THE HUMAN CONDITION Factfile – The human being 1. The origins of human life: 2. The different parts that make up a human being: 3. The things which make life happy and enjoyable: 4. The things which make life unhappy and difficult: 5. The essentials for human survival: 8 RMPS: WORLD RELIGIONS – JUDAISM (INT 2, H) © Learning and Teaching Scotland
The concept and image of God THE HUMAN CONDITION According to Jewish law, a Jew is any person who is born to a Jewish mother, irrespective of the mother’s marital status; or any person who has gone through the formal process of conversion to Judaism (see Overview section, p3). Jewish people live in different continents of the world, speak different languages and hold different views about the ways in which Judaism should be observed. However, those who are committed to Judaism in some form share the belief in one God. This belief affects the way Jews interact in the world as everything one sees, hears or experiences is a meaningful encounter with God. Judaism is thus monotheistic like other religions such as Christianity and Islam, which came later. The fundamental belief in one God is declared twice every day in the Shema which Jews recite every morning and evening. Its opening sentence states ‘Hear O Israel, the Lord is our God, the Lord is One.’ This pronounces the belief in one God to all Jews, who are referred to as the children of Israel. This can be found in the Siddur, and in Deuteronomy 6:4. God is the creator of the universe, the father, lawgiver, king, mentor, and judge of humanity. There is much literature that is related to God in the Bible, and He may be considered as the ‘guiding light’ of the Bible for the following reasons: • He knows everything – He is omniscient. This knowledge includes all the past, present, and future free actions of human beings. His infinite wisdom and goodness explain His sense of justice and ability to judge. • He is also all powerful – He is omnipotent. He is compassionate, gracious, slow to anger, abundant in kindness and truth, forgiving iniquity (great injustice, wickedness), transgression (breaking a moral law) and sin (breaking a religious law). (Exodus 34: 6–7) • He exists everywhere at the same time – He is omnipresent. Jews believe that God is very different from human beings. He is not a physical entity. God is infinitely above and beyond everything else that exists (transcendent) or can be imagined. But although He may be far away in the heavens, yet He is also near to listen to our prayers. In prayer, Jews address God as ‘You’. Jews do not require an intermediary to communicate with God as they can directly communicate with Him. Man can have a relationship with God, but while RMPS: WORLD RELIGIONS – JUDAISM (INT 2, H) 9 © Learning and Teaching Scotland
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