Monotheism: a path to Godlessness? (Jesus, ritual, Moses, evolution)

[Sunstone]

Your post beautifully clarifies things I did not understand well enough from Rushkoff on the transition from abstract monotheism to humanism within Jewish culture. Especially this statement of yours helps me make sense of it, "Judaism is about holy society and society is about humanity. This is a rife breeding ground for humanism." I am still not as clear as I would like to be on this issue, but you've given me an approach to work on here. Thank you, Jay!

I suspect I'll have some thoughts to add to this by and by, but I need to mull things over first.

[Sunstone]

Originally Posted by Jay

...while Judaism is societal Christianity is individual/personal (almost narcissistic)...

Is there any link between the anthropormorphic deity of Christianity and the Christian tendency towards individualism when compared to Judaism? I can think of none.

Also, do you think Rushkoff would argue that the anthropormophism in Chistianity prevents or inhibits Christians from developing abstract monotheism to such an extent that they get beyond the need for deity?

[Jayhawker Soule]

Sorry - I just stumbled upon this unanswered question.

While I cannot speak for Rushkoff, from my perspective Christianity is a retreat from iconoclasm and abstract monotheism in the direction of an individualistic, Hellenized idolatry.