i know they actually go to hell but i mean what do jews think happens to them when they die?

Hitler burned and tortured Jews on Earth; for this we call him evil.

God burns and tortures Jews in Hell; for this Christians call him good.

quote:Originally posted by Mike Dogg:

God burns and tortures Jews in Hell; for this Christians call him good.Many Christians believe this, though I know I don't. Why would God torture good people, even if they didn't believe exactly what He wanted them to? I don't believe in the traditional view of Heaven and Hell. You obviously can't divide everyone on this earth as being "good" or "bad." There has to be somewhere in-between.

As for where Jews thing they go, I don't know.

When I asked a Jewish friend of mine he told me that there is no hell for Jews, that it's all different levels of heaven.

Of course he's an idiot so he might be wrong...

Can anyone confirm/debunk that ?

yep, no hell for Jews...

For the old school jews they don't believe in an afterlife at all, same with the secular.

Their some jews in the middle though who are practicaly christian except they don't believe jesus was god.

The Tanakh and the Talmud never specify what happens in the after-life. Judaism is focused on life, not what happens afterwards. Some Jews believed in reincarnation, through Zoroastrian(and therefor Christian and Muslim) influence most Jews believe in a Heaven, less believe in a Hell. But its a personal belief, Judaism does not have an official answer.

quote:Originally posted by Mike Dogg:

Hitler burned and tortured Jews on Earth; for this we call him evil.

God burns and tortures Jews in Hell; for this Christians call him good.



If you look at the actual bible strictly there really isn't that much "torture" involved in the afterlife unless you add much to it.

[This message has been edited by Boblong (edited 03-13-2006).]

quote:Originally posted by Boblong:

If you look at the actual bible strictly there really isn't that much "torture" involved in the afterlife unless you add much to it.





Bible has different views on hell it seems. It says that hell is a "lake of fire" where you are burned for your eternity and basically suffer 24/7. Then it says that it's just a place "away from god", where your soul basically gets "erased". So question arrises then. Do you really suffer eternally when you go to "hell"?

cus the jews themselves killed jesus and it is forever they're curse.. so now they die in ovens. hah

I break into the mourge and steal there jew gold.

Is it possible to be Jewish without being racially Jewish?

I know that being a Jew has become kind of a race, along with a religion but it still seems kind of weird when people refer to themselves as half-jewish. I mean, it's not like people can call themselves half-christian or half-muslim.

But whatever, I should stop trying to hijack this thread.

This is one of the biggest misconceptions about Judaism. Orthodox Jews do believe in an afterlife including hell.

The Tanakh (or 'Old Testament') only mentions the afterlife obliquely, so it has been inferred by some that Judaism has no doctrine on this subject. It is true that we're a religion very focused on how we live, not what comes next. However, the Talmud, the Midrashic literature, and the Kabbalistic teachings all touch on this subject.

Essentially the Jewish heaven, referred to as Olam HaBah (the World to Come), involves our resurrection to stand in the presence of God (an ecstatic experience). We also have a purgatory, and, for the especially bad, an eternal hell. Kabbalists even believe in reincarnation.

Anyways, here's some more information on all that: http://www.simpletoremember.com/vitals/jewish-afterlife-beliefs.htm