main || up a level || post article || search || archive Re: Ethical Monotheism by Carly on 2003/06/05 04:23:29 GMT-4 I answer to your questions are that Ethical Momtheism is the foundation of why we are Jews. It originated in the Shema, "I am your Lord G-d, The Lord is one." It is here that we see that we dedicate ourselves only to G-d. There is no real reason why we do, it is just considered a statute, we do it because G-d has told us to. Nothing can limit the actions of G-d for He is above nature and divine, if anything perhaps you could say it does the complete opposite because we are all worshiping Him, just one G-d and not lots of G-ds, in which case it would be limited. Ethical really means the way that people act towards each other and that we shoud act decently as it is G-ds primary demand of us to do so. Ethics is really morals and standards, but there is a book called Ethics of the Fathers (Pirkei Avot) that could help you on how we define what is ethcial and what is not. I hope that helps you out! I am a Jewish Studies A-Level student in London so hopefully my information answers your questions! Bear in mind that Judaism is a religion of asking one qusetion and having a thousand different answers! It is relevant to ourselves by how we judge things. From Carly. Post Reply Name Email Title Please keep title brief and descriptive. (ex., "Looking for Relatives in Amsterdam") Comment Attachment (You can attach a file to your reply which can then be retrieved by other readers. Try to keep the file sizes below 500Kb in order to conserve network and server resources.) JHOM.com reserves the right to review posted comments and to remove those it finds offensive or inappropriate.   main || up a level || post article || search || archive Search Readers' Exchange