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Judaism is an ancient monotheistic religion, with the Torah as its foundational text (part of the larger text known as the Tanakh or Hebrew Bible), and supplemental oral tradition represented by later texts such as the Midrash and the Talmud.
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Oh father Abraham, what kind of people are these Christians? Their own meanness teaches them to suspect other people!
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― The Merchant of Venice
― The Merchant of Venice
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I regard monotheism as the greatest disaster ever to befall the human race. I see no good in Judaism, Christianity, or Islam -- good people, yes, but any religion based on a single, well, frenzied and virulent god, is not as useful to the human race as, say, Confucianism, which is not a religion but an ethical and educational system.
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― At Home: Essays 1982-1988
― At Home: Essays 1982-1988
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