The first five books of our Bibles are called the written Torah, Pentateuch, or the Books of Moses.
When asking people what the purpose of Torah is, we get varied responses. Some will say it is a book that teaches us how to live a life acceptable to G-d. Some will say it is the beginning of our faith. Others will say, it is about creation of the universe, creation of the people of faith, and creation of Israel. None of these are wrong. But is there a more subtle purpose for it. After all it was given to Israel after leaving an oppressive nation both physically and philosophically (Exodus 20:2).
It is interesting to note that no less than three religions use the Torah as their declaration of legitimacy for their religion. The three are Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. How can this be? These three religions are very dissimilar and in many cases they are in opposition to each others' teachings and beliefs.
The answer is simply, that each religion implements the Torah as its base document for their religions beliefs. Each religion has it own doctrines and agenda. In short each has its own propaganda machine that redefines the Torah into a tool for the good of the religion. The Torah is placed secondary to the goals of the religious establishment. Rather the religions should be transforming itself for the GOOD of Torah.
Torah's purpose is to exhaust religion. It is meant to dismantle religious fallacies. What is left are the sparks of Truth that were hidden within the religion and raise them up for all to see. When that is done, religion will become passé and as such we will be drawn closer with a direct (Israel = Direct to God) relationship to our Creator with no intermediaries.
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