The Principles Of Reform Judaism: Monotheistic Religion

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Judaism began around 2000 BC, four thousand years ago, when the main founder, Abraham, made a divine covenant with God. Judaism is a monotheistic religion and a set of practices followed by the Jewish people. It is one of the original three Abraham faiths, which also includes Christianity and Islam. Judaism is the belief that there is on single God who created the universe and in which every Jew can have an individual and personal relationship with. In this religion, Jews believed of the covenant with god, the covenant with god is an agreement made between God and Abraham. In this covenant, God promised to bless Abraham and his descendants if they worshiped and were faithful to God. Other of the many believes in the Jewish religion are, …show more content…
These branches of Judaism relate to the same beliefs, yet in different times and different places where they practice their rituals. Orthodox Judaism in which it claims that both books, the Torah and the Oral Torah (two of the first five books of the Hebrew Bible) are more authoritative and fixed regarding Jewish doctrine and observance. This branch of Judaism came after and was formed by some principles of Reform Judaism, One example as to how strict Orthodox Judaism is that they have to uphold the revelation that God gave Moses on mount Sinai that was supernatural and divine. Conservative Judaism formed in the 19th century while they share many similarities with Reform Judaism it is quite different from the rest of the branches of Judaism. They try to adapt to the modern life yet they uphold the laws of Torah and Talmud. These Jews can have an open mind and can question anything even regarding origins of creation; he or she may come to her own conclusion. Reconstructionist Judaism is a modern Marian base Jewish movement, in which its ideas is base on Mordecai Kaplan. This belief views Judaism as an evolving civilization. Reform Judaism is a form of Judaism that was founded by the philosopher Moses Mendelssohn. This branch mainly involves in ignoring the beliefs in the Orthodox branch and adapting to modern beliefs and …show more content…
My religion is Roman Catholic. In my religion, we believe in only God, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. We believe our Lord Jesus Crist who is the son of God and his resurrection from the cross in which he was hanged because officials believed he was changing the people in Nazareth and Galilee. We, follow ten amendments or laws, and believe in Virgin Mary the mother of Jesus. Theses Ten Commandments are very similar to the Ten Commandments in the Jewish Religion. Judaism is different from my religion because we do not have more than the Ten Commandments, we do not believe in the covenant of God, and also attend to a different type of church in which the ritual is called a “mass” and is celebrated every Sunday of every week. Our preacher or teacher dresses in a white gown and carries the symbol of our daily bread. We also have a different sacred book; it is called the Catholic Bible. Yet Judaism and Catholicism can be seen as siblings or religion. They both share the same beliefs on how people should act toward each other and respect other subjects as well as other living and physical

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