Saturday, January 12, 2019

Biblical monotheism, in which ethics (justice, compassion, human dignity) constitute the meeting point of God and mankind

From Lord, Execute Judgment Against the New Pharaohs and Their New Pagan Gods by David P. Goldman.
Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks comments, “The plagues were not only intended to punish Pharaoh and his people for their mistreatment of the Israelites, but also to show them the powerlessness of the gods in which they believed. What is at stake in this confrontation is the difference between myth – in which the gods are mere powers, to be tamed, propitiated or manipulated – and biblical monotheism, in which ethics (justice, compassion, human dignity) constitute the meeting point of God and mankind.”

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