What Are Judeo-Christian Values?

Judaism and Christianity are the only two religions that share a sacred text and a fundamental set of values. These values created and sustained Western Civilization. But now many want to discard them. If we do, at what cost? Script: Have you ever heard the term, “Judeo-Christian values?” I suspect you have. Can you name any of those values? I suspect you can’t. But you should because Judeo-Christian values are the moral foundation of Western civilization. As the great British prime minister Margaret Thatcher put it: “The truths of the Judeo-Christian tradition are infinitely precious, not only…because they are true, but also because they provide the moral impulse which alone can lead to that peace…for which we all long.” Mrs. Thatcher was a believing Christian. I am a believing Jew. While we have different theologies, we have the same core values. And as far as society is concerned, moral values are far more important than theologies. T