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Originally Posted by Baraka_Guru
According to my Jewish friend, there is no hell. And he says the Christians got Jesus wrong, because he didn't even fulfill the prophecies right. Yeah, he like screwed up a couple of things, or something.
So I guess we're still waiting and stuff.
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Yeah... Early Jews believed in a rather uneventful afterlife called Sheol. It's interesting to look back on certain religious ideas. For instance, dualism, God and the Devil, most likely comes from the Zoroastrian struggle of Ahura Mazda and Angra Mainyu. The idea of an angelical hierarchy is also most likely taken from the Zoroastrian tradition. The idea of judgment after death is most likely taken from the Egyptian tradition.
Also, when one goes back to Abraham, you see that he worshiped one god, not God...
Anyway, I digress...