(12-15-2020, 04:34 AM)robrecht Wrote: Perhaps the biggest difference is that Jewish scriptural exegesis over the centuries has, in my opinion, tended toward humble, dialogical, self-critical, sometimes even a humorous awareness of our limited understanding of the mystery of God, whereas fundamentalist Christian interpretations of the Jewish scriptures seem to always tend toward narrow-minded, dogmatic, anti-Semitic readings.
Why is that? I'm glad that I've never been satisfied with dogmatic and narrow-minded readings but I hear some of it in the Christian world.
I always thought of Judaism as a rigid religion. Since I've been here, this has changed. I find this video mind-blowing:
https://www.alephbeta.org/playlist/shach...ng-prayers (Part 2, this doesn't come automatically)
I have never expected a rabbi saying things like: "It seems strange to me that God just kind of threw together this world in 6 days." Let alone the questions he asks
In the light of what I've learned here, Judaism has obviously the courage to question basically everything without considering it blasphemy (I don't know if I got this right).
Maybe there is more fear in Christianity to come to wrong conclusions and to loose salvation. So in order to keep control you don't ask so much (?).