Is it true that jewish people do not believe in heaven or hell?
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Jews do believe in Heaven (for the most part) But do not believe in Hell.\n\nBut there is no mention of an afterlife in Torah and it is accepted that performing Mitzvot (good deeds) should not be for the attainment of rewards in the after life.\n\nJews approach the afterlife with hope but feel we have an extraordinary opportunity to live life in the present, and to make it special and worthwhile.\n\nIn other word we like to think there is one, but we know we have this life so let's not squander it.
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Don't confuse not believing in a god with being for or against a god.\nIf you don't believe in a god, you can't believe in a heaven or a hell.
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why do religious people think that everyone needs to be converted or saved?  personally, i believe in a higher being - don't believe in hell being a place where you go, but actually one you create if you live that way.  i believe mostly in karma ... we create our heaven or hell while we are here ... DO UNTO OTHERS AS YOU WOULD HAVE OTHERS DO UNTO YOU
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"hell" does not exist, the idea for "hell" was made up from christianity and copied from the pagan greek/roman religions of the time.\nBuddhists will not go to hell.\nLook in the torah and the tanakh and you will not find a single reference to "hell"... perhaps in the re-written christian "old testiment" you will but that is changed and meaningless
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Isn't it pointless to ask your question then, if you don't believe in either Heaven or hell.....
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i don't believe in a hell .. i do however believe in many levels of spirit world ( heaven if you wish )\nwhat we learn here determines in a sense which level we achieve\ni don't believe in damnation as our spirit is ever growing and learning so even bad actions in this life may have been a great lesson for the next\nthere is proof of spirit ... if you read the right things ... or see a reputable medium ( and i mean reputable as so many fakes out there or ones not knowledgeable enough in what they do )\nand if you get that proof of spirit then you can take that a step further by reading about spirit teachings .. such as silver birch or white feather \none book i found fascinating on the subject was " life beyond the veil " which is a very old book and hard to get a hold of .. but if you manage to .. its well worth the read
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Yes generally Jews believe in Heaven (for the most part) but not Hell.\n\nBut there is no mention of an afterlife in Torah and it is accepted that performing Mitzvot (good deeds) should not be for the attainment of rewards in the after life.\n\nJews approach the afterlife with hope but feel we have an extraordinary opportunity to live life in the present, and to make it special and worthwhile.\n\nIt other word we like to think there is one, but we know we have this life so let's not squander it.
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I think that it could be for different reasons.  \n\nSome people don't want to understand it because it can be scary to look into the unknown (outside the perception of the 5 senses).\n\nI think that the majority of the people are turned off by 1)The wars and killing over religion. 2) Religious fanatics who try to push their religion and beliefs down other peoples thoughts by threatening them with hell or eternal damnation.\n\nThe whole - Believe what I say or you're going to hell! Is a real turn off to some people. And the whole "God Loves You", yet "He's going to send your son or daughter or mother or father to HELL if he or she doesn't believe in what we believe.\n\nI am spiritual and I believe in god, but I never force or make hateful statements such as so-and-so is going to go to hell.\n\nI think that many have perverted the true spiritual meaning of religious texts.\n\nGod Help us All\n\nP.S. Atheists are NOT going to hell. God will show himself to them at the right time in a loving way.
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No, I do not believe that heaven or hell exists.
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no you've got that wrong... Moses and Abraham never saw the promised land... thats NOT heaven.
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There is no single response to your question.  The only belief all Jews share is that God is One -- not three.\n\nGenerally speaking, there is no emphasis on the afterlife.  There is nothing written about it and no one has been there and returned to tell us about it.  Our total focus is on our obligations to God and how we live our lives today.  Our God is just and we all expect to receive just punishments for our sins -- there is no eternal punishment in Judaism.\n\nYes, many Jews believe in reincarnation.  Yes, many Jews believe in resurrection.  "Belief" is a very personal thing in Judaism, but we are judged on our actions, not our beliefs.\n\nYes we worship God in much the same way Christians worship, but many of our prayers are taken directly from the Bible and recited in Hebrew.  When we pray together, nearly all prayers are in praise of God.  We seldom ask Him to do something for us other than to heal the sick.  We seldom point out the evils of others in our services -- we are there simply to praise our God and to reaffirm that we must strive to do what He wants of us.\n\nYou can learn much more at these web sites:\nhttp://beliefnet.com/index/index_10005.html\nhttp://www.jewfaq.org/toc.htm\nhttp://www.jewsforjudaism.org/\nhttp://whatjewsbelieve.org/\nhttp://becomingajew.org/\nhttp://www.asknoah.org/\nhttp://judaism.about.com/\nhttp://www.aish.com/\n\n.
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To not believe in Heaven and Hell is to be truly ignorrant.\n\nEspecially when they are placed right in front of you, here on Earth. How blind can you be? Ofcourse there is a Heaven and a Hell. People just choose to ignore it so they can continue living their sinful ways. They can deny it and argue it all they want, for in the end, they will have to face it eventually.
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The Bible says serve the Lord you God only...and athieists don't believe in God. How can you go to heaven if you haven't excepted God. If you don't believe, you can't recieve anything God has promised.
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i agree harsha. the main problem is that in all semitic relegions they have a belief that they are "chosen" people. ther god or allah is the only true god. their beliefs are the only truth in universe and so on. others are followers of satan and all of them going to hell. they also believe that they are doing a favour to others by converting them. if you do not convert you remain a sinner and going to hell anyway. they even argue that being arrogant and aggressive for conversion is their sacred duty. but you are too stupid to join their camp.\n\n so it is ok if you die. end of the story.
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According to Judaism, all the righteous in the world, Jewish or not, have their portion in the world to come.\n\nFirst and foremost, Jews believe strongly in the concept of Chasedei Umos Haolam (lit. Righteous People of the Nations of the World) that they are abundantly and lavishly rewarded for their good deeds. So, according to the jewish view, salvation is truly for every good-doer or do-gooder in the world, regardless of faith or heritage.\n\nHowever, for a more in depth discussion, this question is quite tricky. First and foremost, the term "salvation" or in hebrew, Yeshua, does not relate to personal salvation, heaven or hell etc.\n\nIt is not an individualistic concept, but is more specifically used in reference to deliverance from exile, a future messianic era where moshiach, lit. meaning "an anointed one", will bring peace to the world and lead the entire jewish nation to congregate in israel at the future third temple. While there is no temple, the jews are considered a scattered people. \n\nThis future period is a time of peace for everyone. It is not exclusionary. The world will presumably be business as usual. But people, enlightened by a high ethical and moral understanding, will get along better with each other. And war and strife and fear will not be a staple of daily life (as they are now, during this period of exile). Thus it will be a time of deliverance from persecution and plague for everyone alike.\n\nAs for going to heaven vs. hell, judaism teaches us not to focus our energies on this aspect of existence so that we don't constantly think about getting rewarded (see ethics of our fathers). And rather do good deeds for the sake of doing good deeds.\n\nAll in all, according to judaism, if you're a good person, you're going to heaven!
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That depends on your own beliefs. Do YOU believe there is a heaven and hell? Do YOU believe you will go to either one of them? If you do, then they do exist. \nIf you don't believe they exist, then you probably won't go to either one.
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no not everyone is right but if you live by the Bible and walk with God daily and have the sweet Holy Spirit with in you than you know you are on the right track and in the Bible  there is no religion just Jesus teaching the word of God. so i know i am on my way to heaven and if some people say there is no God and heaven or hell than one day they will be in hell and they will burn forever.