Israel and Humanity - Monotheism and trends Semitic Aryan
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Aryan and Semitic monotheism trends.
We believe we can easily show that the unity of substance in God and, consequently, the pure monotheism of Jewish beliefs are primitive. But it seems that this evidence is obtained at the cost of future realization of this universal empire assigned by God in Judaism Un Here we encounter one of the most sensitive religious issue of our time.
We wondered whether Judaism was a chance to exercise a preponderant influence in shaping the future of this religion, to which the aspirations of turning souls [1] and more detached from the past still dissatisfied with the present religious state. And here is a sentence of condemnation was heard from both sides at once. On the one hand, freethinkers we say that Judaism is a religion old, exhausted organism whose sap, in what was best, spent entirely in Christianity. But the Christian religion, they add, as it corrected and supplemented Judaism which she broke the barriers to a national religion a universal doctrine, has itself had its day now and lost educational value it is evident, therefore, to, more so than Judaism, the oldest and still most imperfect, could not possibly meet the needs of modern societies. On the other hand year, scientists difficulties between us based on ethnology, the differences of geniuses and religious tendencies that separate human races, on the incompatibility that exists between the religious ideal of the Aryan closer to the system of emanation and Semitic monotheism in its sole and absolute form. One even said, speaking of the conflict between religion and science, "that is the trend Semitic concentrated in philosophy, which produced the rupture, because the Aryan trend in science as in religion; still leaning towards the theory of divine emanation "[2]
From these two objections, the first only reproduces much of the argument of Christianity since the day he broke with Judaism and we hope to demonstrate in the course of this work, what he must think. The second, we must, before going further, examine carefully, for there is no doubt that if it was justified, would have forever c'en claims of Judaism to play a role in reconstructions of the religious future.
Let us first consider what is true in these special abilities of different peoples religious viewpoint. Each major race has she therefore has a particular religion and does it as well as many different religions than races in mankind? Nobody would dispute that such an assumption would be absurd if we were talking about science or philosophy would be any less when it comes to religion? Particularism becoming the natural law of religious history and the only legitimate method of interpreting [3] it there would be an certainly very unexpected way to defend Judaism against the accusation often repeated to be a cult exclusively national.
If the objection is made ethnological and easily refuted by the facts, we recognize, however, it contains some truth. We will see more than even Judaism, in a sense, does not teach anything and really must enter Jewish thought in this respect to avoid the problems that appear to contain the doctrine of monotheism. But there is an absolute incompatibility between the varieties of religious forms and the unit in general including Judaism continues to realize is that we deny without any hesitation. Neither in philosophy, we have said, nor a fortiori as regards science, racial differences are an obstacle to unity. Doubtless there are as many ways to understand and enjoy the beautiful and well there are natures, habits and tendencies and the various truth-seeking, as many diverse views that are degrees of intellectual development. But in our opinion, no more religion than in other areas, the apparent diversity precludes the profound unity, the first meeting the differences of race, the second to the general law of the case. Diversity strikes all eyes, but the unit appears to the thinker and there is an explanation of these puzzling similarities reported between distant nations and no contact possible between them.
A careful study shows us a single truth, the subject of efforts of the human spirit and rich variety of aspects that each race will be tapped as suited to his temperament and his particular needs. Let us therefore in if it does not solve the opposition tells us that between the religious aspirations of the Aryans and Semites and those where the theory of emanation, they say the trends characteristic of the first to do it not reconcile with the monotheistic doctrine of the Jews.
This is the solution that some philosophers and scientists need to proclaim the formation of the religion of the future. Burnouf was up there too support of monotheism in Christianity and that if he does not want to lose all control of souls is in a direction opposite to that monotheism must reform [4]. A distinguished disciple of Schopenhauer, Hartmann, [5] told us to turn what should be paid to the generations of Christian orthodoxy is a kind of compromise between pantheism and monotheism Hindu Jewish Christian. "Considering the current state of science, he writes, what is more likely is that the religion of the future, though in general such a religion is considered possible will pantheism and, more precisely, a pantheistic monism (excluding any polytheism) is a monotheistic religion whose deity immanent impersonal world is, its subjective expression, not outside of oneself, but in itself "" ref> Religion the Future, trans. Translation. F. Alcan, P. 174. </ref>. He added that, from the history of religions, "one can not achieve what we want as a synthesis of Hindu religious growth and development Judeo-Christian constituting a form which unites in itself the advantages of both trends eliminating their shortcomings, and thus only become capable of filling the role of religion truly universal "[6]. This form, Hartmann called the Pan monotheism.
What has been somewhat difficult to understand is that a thinker as remarkable claim to found a religion by removing the personality of God, the essence of all worship, all worship, or even any religious sentiment. Because do you design a religion whose God would know not himself? Besides, who does not see the glaring contradiction in the author's system? The personality of God is the essence of Jewish monotheism, delete, hide it in one of two trends that combine claims in the new form, it is no longer so conciliatory to operate between Aryan belief and faith Semitic, but an outright elimination of it in favor of this one.
The same writer also made a confession further underlining the contradiction, but even more valuable to collect at home that he can not be suspected, it appears, to plead the cause of Judaism that we have here to defend. Speaking of efforts to produce a new religion that blends with the modern spirit and purpose of our civilization, has he not said: "It is natural that these efforts are related to traditional religions or because it would be a rash and now frustrated all over again, [7] is because the idea of historical continuity has been imposed on the modern mind like a priceless good, impossible to replace and as to preserve it, no concession should appear excessive eligible "[8].
These traditional religions, Judaism is it able to meet the need for reconciliation between the divine and the human is, says we are the crux of the issue of religion and the greatest current obstacle to preservation of Judeo-Christian doctrines? And if he can provide the key to the desired synthesis, it will not sacrifice the purity of monotheism which is, as we have said, its special characteristic? Christianity, first test of universalization of the Jewish idea, was itself a compromise of sorts that advocated Hartmann as others. But the truth compels us to say that in this mixture of doctrines operated by the Christian religion is monotheism, which has been unsuccessful, if not from the outset, at least in the various historical forms it has successively coated. But the mere fact that Christianity has attempted this fusion of ideas, seems to prove that he met his birthplace in Palestine a doctrine combining somehow the two trends we have described, without necessary as is believed today to get in the Hindu systems and Platonists.
Anyway it is clear that the Karaite Judaism rejects tradition to stick to the letter of Scripture and Rabbinic Judaism, which, while acknowledging the tradition, rejects the Kabbalah, feels neither one nor the other able to resolve the issue and they do look good to go, as they criticized the school Hartmann, as Semitic races alone. We therefore declare once and for all that we mean by Judaism Judaism full including both as authentic monuments, the written law and oral law, the Bible and Tradition, and with them the Kabbalah as the highest expression of theological one and another. This is Judaism that has, we believe, the doctrine can reconcile monotheism Semitic and Aryan trends and thus provide the desired solution. [9]
