09-18-2019, 10:08 PM
Greetings everyone,
I have already introduced myself in another topic, so I won't go in details, just the facts that will be useful to the post.
I am actually agnostic, or "deist" as some people call me. I believe in G-d (I will use this writing in here), but I don't follow any religion, for now. However, I am looking for guidance on the path to follow a religion.
It's been an inner search for months now, questionning myself what would be the "ideal" religion for me. I interested myself in the theology of the three main monotheists religions to maybe find a path.
First of all, I didn't say one thing : I am not Jewish, and nobody in my family was for generations.
And I do believe that Judaism, as I said in those terms, checked boxes in my search. I'll list them, though it won't be totally exhaustive :
- I do not believe in the Christ, therefore Christianity is... kind of a dead way. I could maybe accept him as a prophet, but I don't know if I could idolize him in any way. On top of that, the New Testament doesn't appeal to me.
- This may sound funny or childish, but if there is one religious "character" (I am sorry if this word is wrong) that I find incredible, and that I could venerate, it's Moses. His story, his relation with G-d, the Exodus... I could go on and on. I admire what he did, and reading his story and Old Testament parts about him deeply moves me. And globally, the Old Testament is a reading that I do find interesting.
- As a soon-to-be historian, the history of Jews do interest me. I come from a region in France, Moselle, where we have a big Jewish diaspora, and we hosted a lot of Jews during the WWII and helped them find home where few would give them one. We globally have a sympathy for them, and globally they thank us for this. And because I am not a closed mind, I also love Middle Eastern history in its globality.
So my questions are, and I would be very grateful for any answer on those :
- From what I said, do you think Judaism could work for me? Or does it need to be even more than that?
- I know there are many branches or "sects" in Judaism. As a newcomer and from what I said, do you know if any could work for me ? To be honest, I just reckon that there must be "Orthodox" and more liberal Judaism, but that's it. If there's different theology in it, I don't know.
I know those are general questions, and again, I deeply thank you for any answer that you would give me.
Josef
I have already introduced myself in another topic, so I won't go in details, just the facts that will be useful to the post.
I am actually agnostic, or "deist" as some people call me. I believe in G-d (I will use this writing in here), but I don't follow any religion, for now. However, I am looking for guidance on the path to follow a religion.
It's been an inner search for months now, questionning myself what would be the "ideal" religion for me. I interested myself in the theology of the three main monotheists religions to maybe find a path.
First of all, I didn't say one thing : I am not Jewish, and nobody in my family was for generations.
And I do believe that Judaism, as I said in those terms, checked boxes in my search. I'll list them, though it won't be totally exhaustive :
- I do not believe in the Christ, therefore Christianity is... kind of a dead way. I could maybe accept him as a prophet, but I don't know if I could idolize him in any way. On top of that, the New Testament doesn't appeal to me.
- This may sound funny or childish, but if there is one religious "character" (I am sorry if this word is wrong) that I find incredible, and that I could venerate, it's Moses. His story, his relation with G-d, the Exodus... I could go on and on. I admire what he did, and reading his story and Old Testament parts about him deeply moves me. And globally, the Old Testament is a reading that I do find interesting.
- As a soon-to-be historian, the history of Jews do interest me. I come from a region in France, Moselle, where we have a big Jewish diaspora, and we hosted a lot of Jews during the WWII and helped them find home where few would give them one. We globally have a sympathy for them, and globally they thank us for this. And because I am not a closed mind, I also love Middle Eastern history in its globality.
So my questions are, and I would be very grateful for any answer on those :
- From what I said, do you think Judaism could work for me? Or does it need to be even more than that?
- I know there are many branches or "sects" in Judaism. As a newcomer and from what I said, do you know if any could work for me ? To be honest, I just reckon that there must be "Orthodox" and more liberal Judaism, but that's it. If there's different theology in it, I don't know.
I know those are general questions, and again, I deeply thank you for any answer that you would give me.
Josef