@mott555 said:
Looks like a way for Jews to be pedantic dickweeds and claim they deserve heaven because "technically" they didn't violate the law.
Religious pedantic dickweeds. They'd fit right in here at TDWTF.
Actually, Jews believe that all non-Jews will go to heaven if they follow only the seven basic
Noahide laws: Prohibition of Idolatry, Murder, Theft, Sexual immorality, Blasphemy, eating flesh taken from an animal while it is still alive and the requirement to establish courts of law. So if you don't do any of those things, as far as Jews are concerned you can do whatever the fuck you want and believe in whatever you'd like, and still go to heaven. According to Judaism, only Jews have to follow all the crazy laws, everyone else gets a free pass along with the right to follow any religion they choose (as long as it doesn't conflict with the Noahide laws). This jives pretty well with the fact that Judaism is one of the only major religions that don't proselytize. It does not want anyone to convert (and in fact purposely makes it hard for anyone to do so), and goes so far as to look unfavorably at, or even prohibit, proselytizing (unless the other party actively shows interest).