Orthodox Questions... (Torah, HaShem, scriptures, pray, Israel)

[jewscout]

Originally Posted by jvbrentjr

In what ways does your church beleive God has revealed Himself to mandkind?

He created man?

i don't think i fully understand the question...

[ssrt]

Originally Posted by jvbrentjr

In what ways does your church beleive God has revealed Himself to mandkind?

I suggest you create a new thread in the general Judaism forum (instead of the Orthodox), where you will likely get several answers to your questions.

[Harmonious]

Originally Posted by jvbrentjr

In what ways does your church beleive God has revealed Himself to mandkind?

There are lots of ways that we believe that God revealed Himself to mankind.

He created and spoke to the first Man and Woman. That is a start.

Seven generations later, He spoke to and protected and rescued Noah.

And a few generations after that, Abraham rediscovered God, and God spoke to Abraham. And to Isaac, and to Jacob, and to Jacob's children.

Between all of this talk, and miracles, and a back-and-forth relationship people have with God, we know that God has revealed Himself. Some miracles that exist in today's world are not quite as open as splitting the Red Sea, but people who are perceptive can find all kinds of miracles.

God reveals Himself in many ways, all the time.

[NoahideHiker]

Originally Posted by kefa5

*['Orthodox Judaism doesn't only rely on the "Written Torah," as you described; they also rely on the extensive rabbinical commentary on the Torah covering the past 2000 years..."]

***Traditional [i.e., Rabbinic] Judaism as we know it today is NOT so much the religion of Moses and the prophets as it is the religion of the rabbis who lived and taught over 1500 years LATER. Instead of being the religion of sacrifice and blood atonement as prescribed by the Torah...it is a religion WITHOUT sacrifice and blood atonement, in spite of the Torah.

Some of Judaism's most sacred books did not even exist before the late Middle Ages. Christopher Columbus had already discovered America before the Code of the Jewish Law used by Orthodox Jews today reached its final forms. And the "traditions" keep on growing...and growing....and growing to this very day.

Kefa

I can't decide if your post is more pretentious (for answering for Orthodox Judaism) or just plain ignorant (for the numerous theological and historical mistakes).