What do the Judaic concepts of monotheism and the soul reinforce about the significance of existence, life?
Part I of II
Judaism did more than expand upon the western idea concerning the size of the Causative Force; it carried with it the concept of eternity being within reach of all humans.
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The idea that all humans have a soul which in turn is tied to eternity, provided a whole new way of looking at the individual.
Now life, the individual, was not just important, but rather the individual was important because the individual was tied to eternity.
How this was important was not understood. It was understood, however, that a tie to eternity would most probably not occur unless there was a significant reason.
Now life in the West was beginning to take on some significance in terms of our sensing this to be true.
In short, life was beginning to have value and the possibilities were beginning to open up to the idea that the value could be important to the Causative Force Herself.
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