tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7898782635470765614.post4459439035916417375..comments2023-09-11T17:58:13.764-04:00Comments on The Rebbetzin's Husband: Useless Theological QuestionsThe Rebbetzin's Husbandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14977193945074906534noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7898782635470765614.post-45647122783040571022012-11-09T04:40:19.611-05:002012-11-09T04:40:19.611-05:00"There is nothing rational in believing that ..."There is nothing rational in believing that what a person can experience is all that exists." <br /><br />We can only say with a level of certainty what is true. What we say we 'believe' is the product of our experiences including irrational and rational thoughts. There is nothing rational in believing that what a person does not experience can be believed.<br /><br />Perhaps God is just evil. What's so bad about God being evil if he wants to be? If he is happy watching people suffer, who is to say he is wrong? He is God after all. It is entirely futile to discuss about God's will. His will could change anytime to anything too. What if he made himself non-existent? Or evil? Or unreasonable? Why must the answer to these questions be satisfying?<br /><br />If you do not want to abandon the torah, you should not abandon the koran, new testament, book of mormon too. The reasoning is the same. The attempt to say what actually comes from God or is willed by God or the nature of God is futile. As long as two different answers surface it is impossible to tell.<br /><br />Therefore live as though he does not exist just as all of us lived as though Zeus, Thor, Hercules, Asagor, Shiva, Krishna and Archilles didn't exist. If he turns out to exist and turns out to be a tyrant and deceiver there is nothing we can do either. <br /><br />Read Richard Dawkins, Christopher Hitchens, Hector Avalos, Sam Harris, Michael Shermer, David Hume, Socrates, the Prophet Muhammed, Paul the Apostle, Buddha, Vedas. <br /><br />Study one religion, and you'll be hooked for life. Study two religions, and you're done in an hour - UnknownJoel Limhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09390365148871037848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7898782635470765614.post-23931001467786334042012-10-27T16:11:52.559-04:002012-10-27T16:11:52.559-04:00regarding the other anonymous's comment: you a...regarding the other anonymous's comment: you are correct, but there is no reason to believe anything that has no evidence. Of course there may be evidence, but then it is rational. If there isn't evidence, then one can imagine anything and say it is possible. No?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7898782635470765614.post-52783858819570093252012-10-26T00:34:17.943-04:002012-10-26T00:34:17.943-04:00Al-
But is "avoiding issues" a rational ...Al-<br />But is "avoiding issues" a rational thought process?<br /><br />Melech-<br />I'm not at that level.The Rebbetzin's Husbandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14977193945074906534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7898782635470765614.post-27901788006009198152012-10-25T15:15:43.068-04:002012-10-25T15:15:43.068-04:00Rambam's introduction to his mishnah commentar...Rambam's introduction to his mishnah commentary:<br /><br />הקדמת הרמב"ם למשנה <br /><br /> ועוד שכל הפעולות האלה משותפות הן לו ולשאר מיני בעלי החיים, והמדע הוא שמוסיף במהותו ומעתיקו ממצב למצב, ממצב שפל למצב נעלה, לפי שהיה אדם בכח ונעשה אדם בפועל, שהאדם לפני שילמד אינו אלא כבהמה, כי לא נבדל האדם משאר בעלי החיים אלא בהגיון, שהוא חי בעל הגיון, רצוני במלת הגיון השגת המושכלות, וגדול שבמושכלות השגת אחדות הבורא יתעלה וישתבח וכל הקשור בכך מן המדעים האלקיים, לפי ששאר המדעים אינם אלא כדי שיוכשר בהם עד אשר יגיע אל מדעי האלקות, והדבור על הענין הזה בשלימות יארך מאד.<br />Melechhttps://docs.google.com/document/edit?id=1ZfHfZsLh2qYBM6Q6Qp18csQvYQMBUOvjfwPCRn9iyJknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7898782635470765614.post-25304210809872273872012-10-25T03:53:58.176-04:002012-10-25T03:53:58.176-04:00"There's nothing rational about believing..."There's nothing rational about believing in the existence of god."<br /><br />What breathes fire into the equations?<br /><br />There is nothing rational in believing that what a person can experience is all that exists.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7898782635470765614.post-45064645780611386002012-10-25T01:08:06.301-04:002012-10-25T01:08:06.301-04:00There's nothing rational about believing in th...There's nothing rational about believing in the existence of god.Alnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7898782635470765614.post-15417600237280441822012-10-24T19:16:50.393-04:002012-10-24T19:16:50.393-04:00Adam-
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True - b...Adam-<br />True.<br /><br />Joel-<br />True.<br /><br />Bob-<br />True.<br /><br />Al-<br />True - but is "avoiding issues" a rational thought process?The Rebbetzin's Husbandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14977193945074906534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7898782635470765614.post-38779228469886206352012-10-24T14:39:37.472-04:002012-10-24T14:39:37.472-04:00All these issues are avoided once you realise that...All these issues are avoided once you realise that there is no god.Alnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7898782635470765614.post-64402786614655707502012-10-24T07:50:15.006-04:002012-10-24T07:50:15.006-04:00We have to recognize that our understanding can ne...We have to recognize that our understanding can never be like HaShem's, no matter how much He reveals to us or lets us discover.Bob Millernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7898782635470765614.post-70206031256739029932012-10-24T05:33:03.242-04:002012-10-24T05:33:03.242-04:00If I'm not willing to change my ways due to th...If I'm not willing to change my ways due to the answer, the question doesn't matter much to me. <br />=============================<br />but keep un mind that many folks will want to resolve the dissonance rather than not think about it (of course they might just say I'll continue to think about it but be a good soldier and wait for the olam haemet for answers, or they might say perhaps hkb"h gives tests that the best result an individual might achieve is a high failing grade or they might say [lo aleinu] i can no longer accept)<br />KT<br />Joel RichAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7898782635470765614.post-50473550547014098002012-10-24T03:59:02.328-04:002012-10-24T03:59:02.328-04:00Theodicy was not a problem for polytheism because ...Theodicy was not a problem for polytheism because there was no expectation in the first place that the gods would have any interest in man's good.<br />By limiting the number of gods to one does not necessarily create a problem. It is only by the limitation and decision that he is only good does a problem arise. Once you have both of these premises in place you can say that there is free-will. Or you can do like I do and say that God is the thing in himself [das Ding an sich].<br />But in either case not much progress has been made on this question for a few thousand years. <br /> Avraham https://www.blogger.com/profile/07822433921393627746noreply@blogger.com