Judaism started when a guy named Abraham claimed some "new" god spoke to him and told him that he was the one true god. Now I really find this story hard to believe. Gods never just speak to mortals from the sky. They either appear to them or send some sort of sign (like a burning bush or a new-born baby). Also, good gods don't lie to their followers (talking about the "one true god part"). A much more likely story is that Abraham was a paranoid schizophrenic who dilluding himself that there was only one god. There I go bashing monotheism again. The reason I'm doing so much of that in this particular article is because Judaism is the religion that first made the rediculous notion popular. I believe monotheism was developed from a superficial need for some sort of efficiency that people thougt polytheism didn't have. Basically, nonsense. Anyway, the voices in Abraham's head told him to kill his son, Isaac. Thus, Judaism was born.
Later on, a guy named Moses became Judaism's main prophet when he supposedly spoke to Yahveh (new God), who was taking the form of a burning bush. Now compared to Abraham, Moses's story is much more believable. This time, Yahveh sent a sign, and he didn't lie. There was no, "I'm the one true god" stuff going on this time around. However, the next time Yahveh had a little chat with with Moses, he have him the 10 Commandments. These were full of lies, such as there only being one god. They also said you shouldn't kill anyone. If you can't kill anyone, what are you going to do to all the men in the villages that you pillage? You can't rape them like the women, because this so-called god condemns homosexuals to an eternity in Hell (whatever that is, sounds to me like they stole Queen Hel's name and added an "l"). Therefore, 10 Commandments = big no-no.
The above events are collected into what Jews call "The Torah" (there they go, writing down what should be told orally) and what Christians call, "The Old Testament." The Torah, of course conveniently leaves out the part about Jesus's own people (Jews) handing him over to the Romans. The same Romans that got their asses kicked by Germanic Tribes (aka - Vikings' brethren) about a couple centuries later. Long live Odin!
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