Judaism Is More Likely to be True Than False

I. Introduction My partner has used religious pluralism to show that Judaism is most likely false than true. This is because pluralism contradicts 5 of the 13 principles of the Jewish faith (which my partner has rightfully pointed out.) II. Rebuttals A. Observations 1) Universality of Religious Experience My partner has claimed that the experience of god, gods, and the underlying nature of reality is found in nearly every society of every location. Indeed, this is undeniable and an absolute fact. The fact that this occurs is unsurprising to me, and in fact, in line with the Jewish faith. According to the Book of Deuteronomy, false prophets do have the power to perform miracles and predict false prophecies; [1] however, there is a test to show how we know who is and who is not a false prophet.As for the claims in Christianity, all of them can be debunked. The problem with the gospels is that they misquote the Tanakh as well as make several historical errors. [2] [3] 2) Transformative Capability of Religion Indeed, it is undeniable that converts to religion often experience transformation. According to a study that was done by pew research, many new converts to any religion experience a certain zeal that older members do not have. [4] 3) Religious Diversity. Indeed, it is undeniable that many religions exist with exclusive dogmatic claims. Moreover, all religions are contradictory; therefore, they cannot all be true. B. Contentions 1) Unjust/Exclusivist Religious Worldviews are Problematic.i) Unjust exclusion from salvation. I will not deny that a person's location has an impact on religious worldview. According to John Loftus, this is what inspired him for his work "The Outsiders Test for Faith." [5] However, it should be noted that this is not a problem in Judaism. Judaism is not a proseytizing religion. We do not believe you must be Jewish in order to be "saved." This concept is foreign in Judaism. I will explain later on. ii) Lack of empirical confirmation of any single religion. There is a lack of confirmation from almost all religions, except for Judaism. As I explained in the opening argument, the verfication for Judaism is much stronger than ANY other religion because of the national revelation involved. Moreover, it is also clear from the book of Deuteronomy that false prophets can also perform miraces. [6] Therefore, this problems isn't too difficult to overcome. iii) Failure to account for above Observation. See above.2) The Pluralistic hypothesis Solves Exclusive Religion's Problems.i) Religiously all-inclusive. As I already expained, one does not have to be Jewish in order to be "saved." Indeed, it has been suggested that it is easier for GENTILES to go to heaven than for Jews to. There is a such thing as the Noahic laws. These laws were given to Noah after the flood. Those laws are for ALL humanity. They are 7 laws sub-devided in about 100; hence, it solves the all-inclusive problem.ii) Accounts for religious diversity.Explained above. C. Why Pluralism is More ProbableIn my partner's words, "I could concede that all evidence support of Judaism is correct and still hold Pluraism to be true." III. The Case Against PluralismIn part 2, I shall debunk Pluralism and show how it is false rather than true. A. Contradictions amongst religions. If there is a contradiction amongst a set of propsitions, then at least one of those propositions must be false. Religion is a proposition. The problem is, all religions contradict each other. Therefore, all religions cannot possibly be true. At least one has to be false. This is the problem with religious pluralism, all religions contradict each other; therefore it is impossibel for all of them to be the absolute truth. IV. Final Notes As I have mentioned, Judaism does not believe you must be a Jew in order to find "favor" with G-d. Therefore, it solves most of the problems faced by religious pluralism. Thank you. V. References [1] Deuteronomy 13 [2] For examples of misquotes, please see http://thejewishhome.org...;[3] For examples of historical errors, please see Paul Tobin's book "Rejection of Pascal's Wager." [4] "The Zeal of the Convert: Is it the real deal?" http://pewresearch.org...;[5] Loftus, John. "The Christian Delusion." [6] Deuteronomy 18