Religion concepts and applications

Religion

Judaism and Christianity

European society, politics, beliefs and religion have forgone a lot of changes during the age of Enlightenment in the 18th Century. Initiated by a cluster of intellectuals, social and political movements, the age of enlightenment brought forth several amendments on European Laws that directed the diminution of several laws that restricts and prohibits Jews to intermingle with other people of other sects and worldly experiences. The age of enlightenment served as a turning point wherein Jews are allowed to an education and experience worldly pleasures and familiarity. This new acquired freedom in the 18th century have permitted Jews to non-religious knowledge unlike the old age of Judaism wherein Jews were only confined to their own religion and knowledge surrounding the age old practice and belief of Judaism. Jewish secular movement has also spurred practices of inter-marriage and assimilation in the Jewish community. In the reformed Judaism, the conduction of prayers is done in the vernacular. Traditional Middle Age Judaism does not incorporate translations of these prayers. Middle age Judaism also constitutes the segregation of men and women on all religious activities unlike reformist Jewish practices where both men and women have equal responsibility and function in religious adherence.

Jews around the world observes several events and traditional activities that give homage to the historical events of the Jewish people. They observe Sabbath day in respect to the laws of the 10 commandments given to Moses by God. Tish-bav is an event wherein Jews worldwide conforms to fasting in respect to the five events that befallen the Jewish people. Circumcision is a traditional event among Jewish men and has been also adapted by the Christian world. This is in respect to the covenant made by God to the father of all Jews, Abraham.

Jewish debates and skeptic argument always denotes rejection to Jesus' teachings and gospels.

Various reactions and opinions regarding Jesus have been published ever since Jesus' founding of Christianity. Jewish philosophy in general disagrees in the portrayal of the Jewish clergy in the Christian Bible. Based on the gospels of the New Testament, Jews acted as the murderers of Jesus Christ who in Jewish history is claiming to be the Son of God. Criticizing today's Christian practices such as idolatry which is purely against time old philosophy of the scripture continually arouses negative notion on the true authority of Jesus on his teachings.

Most of the parables of Jesus written in the gospels of the New Testament have survived and prospered in the heart and mind of all Christians. The parable of the Prodigal Son and the parable of the lost sheep are some of the parables that depict the importance given by God towards mankind.