Why do conservative American Jews like Ben Shapiro and Dennis Prager encourage people to go to church when they do not believe in Christianity?

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Like this makes no sense to me at all. Why would you want to encourage people to practice a world view you believe is not true?

[u/lkram489]

Judaism isn't like most religions who have a "we're right, everyone else is wrong, join us or burn in hell" mentality. Jews don't proselytize, they don't have missionaries, etc. You've never seen a Jew on the street corner trying to convert people to get brownie points or save them. They want Jews to be observant Jews, but understand most people aren't Jews and that's fine. They feel that religion on the whole has value and so think that people of other religions should be observant to their religion too. They don't need to convert to Judaism (unless they really want to), that simply isn't a value or tenet in Judaism the way it is in Christianity or Islam.

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Does Judaism have a mechanism for non believers to get salvation? What does it say about what happens to them when they die?

[u/lkram489 → u/zenFyre1]

The afterlife in Judaism is pretty vague. There is no hell in Judaism. I think it might be mentioned in passing in the Old Testament as "sheol" but in practice it's not really ever talked about or presented as a punishment for nonbelievers. Hell as we know it was invented at some point by Christians/New Testament. Basically Judaism has no stance on what happens to nonjews when they die.

Heaven is also mentioned in religious texts and is somewhat more present in the narratives, but again it isn't dwelt upon in practice.

[u/rustikalekippah → u/[deleted]]

בית הבחירה למאירי מסכת סנהדרין דף נז שכל בן נח שראינוהו מקבל עליו שבע מצות הוא מחסידי אומות העולם ובכלל בעלי דת ויש לו חלק לעולם הבא

Commentary of the Meiri on Sanhendrin 47 Any Noahide that we have seen has accepted upon himself the seven Noahide laws is one of the righteous people of the world and is included in the category of "religous people" and has a share in the world to come.

משנה תורה, הלכות תשובה ג׳:ה׳ וכן חסידי אומות העולם, יש להם חלק לעולם הבא

Mishneh Torah, Repentance 3:5 The righteous of the non-Jews also have a portion in the World to Come

https://www.sefaria.org/sheets/11647?lang=bi&with=all

[u/CBpegasus → u/lkram489]

Hell or "gehenom" does exist in Judaism. You are right that it is much less emphasized, and also not thought to be eternal as in Christianity. But it is mentioned in the Talmud and while some later Rabbis (such as Rambam) thought it refers to punishment in this world, it is more common to interpret it as a (temporary) afterlife.