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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The number of no’s is astounding. How does Judaism even continue to exist when the majority of Jews aren’t even religious? [/quote]

You can be religious without believing in an afterlife. [/quote]
If you don't believe in reward and punishment, you may be technically keeping the commandments, but not religious. [/quote]

Christian here.  I have studied both the new and old Testaments (the first five books are, essentially, the Torah).  My understanding (and this may well be wrong) of the Jewish concept of reward and punishment is that a Jew (by following the 600+ rules of Judaism) can earn a place in heaven.  Is that untrue?  FWIW, Christians believe that no one, on their own, can earn a place in heaven; we have to rely on the Grace of God for that (and follow two rules: Love God, Love Your Neighbor as Yourself).[/quote]
That is wrong. Jews believe pretty much everyone gets a place in heaven unless you deliberately don't observe the 613 commandments or in non Jews case, don't keep the 7 laws of the sons of Noah.

Now, I'm telling you what Jewish thought is.

Individual Jews can believe anything they want. There are Jews who believe in jesus. That doesn't make it Jewish thought, just because there are Jews who believe in it.

So too, reward and punishment (and an afterlife) is basic Jewish thought, even if there are Jews who don't believe in it (or in the Jewish bible for that matter).[/quote]

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