Western Civilization Impact On Western Culture

Judaism is a monotheistic religion that positions a lot of focus on deeds. The Jewish ancestry is very common among the western hemisphere because it compromises one-third of its population. The Western Civilization even had a major impact on the ancient Jews. This impact was that the Western Civilization might have conquered various uncertainties about life, which were once the ideas of ancient Jews. When deciding what it was that the ancient Jews possessed that had the most impact on the Western Culture, one would say it included, the history of the civilization, the land that covered the entire civilization, and lastly the people that made up this civilization. Even though the land, history, and people were very important to the …show more content…
The Jewish religion is considered monotheistic. They believed that believing in more than one God would cause a person to have loyalties that were separated. For a person to be able to understand the full meaning of God one must understand two things. First, a person must realize that another human being did not bring them into this world. They must understand that someone higher than them, such as the God, only has the ability to create life. The second reason a person must understand is that in some situations a persons control can be limited. This can include anything from a bad storm that sweeps in and destroys one’s house or a piece of furniture that one may not be strong enough to move. A person must realize and accept that they cannot complete every task in this world, because only one person can do that, God. The ultimate goal of the Jewish religion, meaning of God, was not to be monotheistic but to explain the ultimate importance of the character of their God being understood as one. Their God is considered for being a God of righteousness and God of love and one who demonstrates his loving compassions and blessing in everything he …show more content…
There was a specific group of people that were extremely important for the meaning for justice to occur, these people were known as prophets. These prophets are who have shaped the Western Civilization and made it what it has become today. One aspect that places a major part in a person’s future is the social order and how a person obtains it to their society; also how they obtain their personal dealing to a part of a larger society is important. There were different types of prophets, two of which included the Pre-Writing Prophets and the Writing Prophets, both of these prophets were known for challenged each other. The Pre-Writing Prophets included people known as Elijah and Elisha and were known for challenging people. There were two things that were relatively different about these prophets one were that they could receive visitation rights, but they had to be alone. “And the second, the divine spoke through them more clearly” (Smith 289). The Writing Prophets included commonly known people such as Jeremiah and Isaiah. They were known for challenging dishonesties found in the social order and overwhelming various organizations. The prophets allowed the Jewish people to see a larger purpose for their life and allowed them to set higher standards and saw God’s calling to straighten out their life and establish justice, or there would be consequences. Therefore, every