Saturday for Jews: Innovation & Extremes
Keywords:
Sabbath; Jews; Friday; Innovations; Extremes.Abstract
This research paper analyses the reality of Jews’ self-created divine Saturday and its obligation which has proved themselves as a mismatch to human nature and thus, caused deviations in their religion. This research work targets to understand the reasons, and motives of self-created righteousness to outline a possible solution. It is aimed to highlight the damages caused due to self-created righteousness, by discussing the problems Jews are struggling with, till today in practising Saturday obligations. Even after thousands of years, Jews are unable to find the balance to work out these undivine obligations of Saturday. When we analyse, we see that blind following of deviated leaders and not knowing the original divine text, are the key problems that give rise to such false beliefs. We see that Muslims are on the same track, putting obligations not defined by Islam and facing the same dilemma. The study has shown that the problem can be resolved by providing the knowledge of original divine text to common people. This will give them the ability to reassess their beliefs and will provide them with the intellect required to reject the false ones. This study provides the direction and recommendations to develop an educational system that will bring the masses out of this dilemma towards correct beliefs that harmonise with their inner-self.
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