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To: nickcarraway
Despite this belief — that the God of Judaism is the God of all humanity — Judaism never insisted that non-Jews needed to convert to Judaism. Thus, Jews never forcibly imposed Judaism on non-Jews. But, unlike all their pagan neighbors, the Jews rejected the gods of everyone else. And this infuriated Antiochus. He hated the Jews’ monotheism.

While the Jews never forcibly imposed Judaism, Christians and Muslims drew the logical conclusion and forcibly imposed Christianity and Islam. However, it is also not clear that Judaism was the only pre-Christian monotheistic religion. There are monotheistic elements in some sects of Hinduism, Zoroastrianism, and Yazdism.

7 posted on 12/22/2022 11:27:20 AM PST by FarCenter
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To: FarCenter

the Jews rejected the gods of everyone else.


Not according to what I read in the OT. Official position vs what they actually did.


8 posted on 12/22/2022 11:36:47 AM PST by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere.)
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To: FarCenter

I would point out that the statement “Jews never forcibly imposed Judaism on non Jews” is false.

Around 100 BC the Jewish king of judea, john hyracanus, invaded Edom and forcibly converted them to Judaism.

One of those forcibly converted was Herod the great’s father.

Incidentally the Idumeans ie Edomites, ended as a people in 70 AD when they died defending Jerusalem against the Romans


10 posted on 12/22/2022 12:24:18 PM PST by Cronos (.)
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To: FarCenter

Hinduism at best is Henotheism, with the concept of Ishwara as being the primeval God from whom the others emanate. But that belief dates from after Christianity reached India in 52 AD.

Zoroastrianism until Zurvanism, the sect promoted by the Sassanid empire starting from 224 AD, was sternly dualistic with Ahura Mazda, the god of light, being equal to Aingra Mainyu, the God of the lie.

As for Yazdiism, I believe it post dates the arrival of Jews in Babylon


11 posted on 12/22/2022 12:27:55 PM PST by Cronos (.)
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To: FarCenter

“Jews never forcibly imposed Judaism on non-Jews.” Of course not. Gentiles were despised. Christ himself ordered his disciples to have nothing to do with them, and he himself only had relations on, as I recall, three occasions before appearing before Pontius Pilate and meeting his death. Before Paul came along, and the world was changed through the intercession of the heavenly Christ himself, gentiles and jewry were an anathema.


14 posted on 12/22/2022 2:02:06 PM PST by Bookshelf
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