#i just deeply enjoy being jewish n feel very lucky to have grown up with it

[madeoftwinklingstars]

something i think is really interesting about judaism is that there are movements that simply. do not believe that the torah (the main book of judaism) was written by god. i mean in what other religion would this be widely adopted. why hasn’t similar ideas spread further? what makes judaism different from them? while orthodox claim that jews who believe this are heretical, they are still forced to engage with these arguments that the torah was simply written by people trying to make sense of the world. there are also multiple movements within orthodoxy that force them to engage with this argument as well— like the fact that there are orthodox individuals who believe in science and evolution. if the torah is wrong about adam and eve, what else could it be wrong about? it’s so just so interesting to me.

#jumblr #jewish #twinkling.talks #obviously this isn’t everyone’s experience #but i think judaism has been able to weather all these massive movements because it is a religion all about questioning itself #and arguing. thinking about how #the rabbis were arguing about something and god was showing them signs n they were like U DONT GET A SAY IN THIS. lol #also the way there is no true hell so therefore there is nothing to be afraid of when you die #u get out in the washing machine or u can be reborn :) who knows we do not care #i also rly enjoy that the way you make sure people are remembered is by always saying their name #n if u want that person to actually suffer u say let his name be destroyed! #i just deeply enjoy being jewish n feel very lucky to have grown up with it