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To: Knute; All
So Jewish Holocaust victims who kept their faith to the end are doomed to Hell?
31 posted on 03/27/2008 5:07:20 PM PDT by Ken H
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To: Ken H

According to Christians. Pathetic concept if you ask me.


44 posted on 03/27/2008 5:20:35 PM PDT by ItisaReligionofPeace
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To: Ken H

In Christianity, if they did not accept Jesus Christ as the Messiah, yes. In Judaism, no.


72 posted on 03/27/2008 5:51:21 PM PDT by pillut48 (CJ in TX --Soccer Mom and proud Rush Conservative with no dog in the presidential race now *sigh*)
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To: Ken H
So Jewish Holocaust victims who kept their faith to the end are doomed to Hell?

From Joseph Telushkin, renowned Jewish writer/scholar:

According to Judaism, what happens in the next world? As noted, on this subject there is little material. Some of the suggestions about afterlife in Jewish writings and folklore are even humorous. In heaven, one story teaches, Moses sits and teaches Torah all day long. For the righteous people (the tzaddikim), this is heaven; for the evil people, it is hell. Another folktale teaches that in both heaven and hell, human beings cannot bend their elbows. In hell people are perpetually starved; in heaven each person feeds his neighbor.

All attempts to describe heaven and hell are, of course, speculative. Because Judaism believes that G-d is good, it believes that G-d rewards good people; it does not believe that Adolf Hitler and his victims share the same fate. Beyond that, it is hard to assume much more. We are asked to leave afterlife in G-d's hands.

224 posted on 03/28/2008 12:04:54 PM PDT by Yaelle
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