[Skooz]

These laws were made by men attempting to put into detail the laws created by God.

OK. Here's a wager:

Memorize the five books of Moses. Obey every word. Never fail to live up the the letter of every single word written. Do everything they say to do in exactly the way they say to do it. Every day.

Do this for one year.

Succeed, and then get back to me.

[AppyPappy]

Can't do it. Don't need to do it. The sin debt has been paid.

[Alouette]

Memorize the five books of Moses. Obey every word. Never fail to live up the the letter of every single word written. Do everything they say to do in exactly the way they say to do it. Every day.

Do this for one year.

Succeed.

You're making the assumption that this is an all-or-nothing, do-it-all-perfectly-without-a-single-mistake or you plunge into the pit of Hell.

That's not what we believe. We believe in striving, always striving to observe G-D's commands. If there are occasional slip ups and stumbling, repentance and prayer are available. G-D is a forgiving G-D, who rewards the good and punishes the bad.

Unlike other religion which would send a soul plunging into the pit of Hell even if he did everything else right but failed to acknowledge the "new" savior and put faith in the original.

[Gingersnap]

"Succeed, and then get back to me."

Watch out! Some of them might succeed and require you to memorize the New Testament and obey the scriptures about loving your neighbor and avoiding sin. LOL!

I've never had the impression that Judaism was a religion of works (at least in the present day). It's a religion of mitzvot and covenants. Of course, ours is supposed to be a religion of salvation and some of us screw that up pretty badly.