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Survey Ship - Pantheon.

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Orbiting planet – Earth.

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Dominant life form – Human.

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Belief system - Various.

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More information required.

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Scanning for samples.

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Welcome to Survey Ship Pantheon.

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Our mission is to investigate
the culture of your planet

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and you have been selected to
represent your belief system.

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Please state your name.

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Rabbi David Lister.

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Religion?

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Judaism.

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Holy book?

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Torah.

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Holy building?

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Synagogue, sometimes
referred to as a Shul.

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Symbol?

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The Star of David, or a seven
branched lamp called a Menorah.

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You will now be asked
a series of questions

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from the categories on screen.

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You have 30 of your Earth seconds

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to provide a satisfactory
answer to each one.

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Failure to comply will result in
matter dispersal.

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Are you ready?

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Yes.

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Standby. Choose the first category.

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God.

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What do you believe about God?

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We believe that God is a creator, 
just the one,

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and he made everything in the universe,

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and he looks after
people in this world,

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by giving them a spiritual job to do.

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If they do that job very well,
then they will develop themselves,

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and after death, they will be able
to enjoy a special closeness to God.

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Life after death.

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What do you believe will
happen to humans after death?

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A person's body is put in the ground,

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their soul is released from the
body and returns to God.

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The better we have worked in this life

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on doing the things that
God has asked us to do,

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the more we'll be able to
understand and appreciate

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what it's like to be
with him after we die.

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We don't understand much about
what it's like after death,

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but, we know that it's a good
thing to be in that state.

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Beginnings.

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How did your religion begin?

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It started when God spoke to Abraham,

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nearly 4000 years ago.

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Abraham had a family
that went down to Egypt,

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and their descendants came
out of the slavery in Egypt.

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After 210 years there,

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we went to Mount Sinai
in the Sinai desert.

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God came down on the
mountain, spoke to us,

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said the Ten Commandments,

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and then we received
the Torah from Moses.

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Everyday life.

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How does your religion
affect everyday life?

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In lots of different ways.

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We have rules about what we eat,
so all our food must be kosher.

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We have rules about what we wear,

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we're not allowed to wear a garment
that has both wool and linen in it;

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Jewish men are supposed to
wear a kippah on their heads.

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We have to pray.

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We have to behave to each other
in a kind and gentle way,

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and most of all I think,
we're supposed to think about ourselves

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and the world in a
cheerful and positive way.

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Festivals.

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What is the most important
festival in your religion?

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There are many important
times in our year,

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there's Pesach or Passover,

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when we remember and relive
the Exodus from Egypt,

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and there's Rosh Hashanah,
the Jewish New Year,

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which is a big new
start for everybody.

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My favourite festival,
if you can call it that,

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is Shabbat, which happens
every single week,

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that's our Sabbath, starts on Friday
afternoon and finishes Saturday night.

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It's a time when we
can't do lots of things,

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and we have to calm down
and listen to each other.

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Rites of Passage.

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What is a Bar Mitzvah?

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Bar Mitzvah means 'Son of Commandment'.

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It's a time when a boy turns 13,

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and we celebrate the fact
that he's now obliged

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to keep the Commandments like
every other Jewish adult.

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He will normally celebrate
this by going to the synagogue,

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reading a portion of the Torah,
and having a party afterwards.

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A girl will have a Bat Mitzvah, which
means 'Daughter of Commandment',

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when she turns 12,

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and she will also celebrate
this by going to the synagogue

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and perhaps reading a speech.

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Random.

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What's so bad about pigs?

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Pigs aren't such a big deal in Judaism,

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they're part of a
non-kosher group of animals,

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like the horse, the rabbit,

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any animal that doesn't have both
split hooves and many stomachs

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is not kosher and we may not eat it.

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We're a bit worried about
the symbolism of the pig,

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because on the outside it looks kosher,

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'cos it has split hooves,
but inside it only has the one stomach,

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so it's regarded as a faker.

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Thank you. 
Your answers are satisfactory.

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Matter dispersal beams powering down.

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You will now be returned
to Earth human. Goodbye.