06-09-2019, 03:45 AM
Someone here had posted once, what I feel is one of the wisest and relevant sayings, I think by Menachem Mendel. It is easy to paraphrase because it was easy to memorize. Not everything thought should be said. Not everything said should be written. Not everything written should be published and not everything published should be read.
There is so much wisdom from those few words! I seem to fail regularly following the first and second. Never written anything worth publishing but I have read quite a few books of little quality. I don't think the Rational Bible is one of them. Yes, it is opinionated and there are areas such as Chapter 1, where assertions are made such as what G-d happens to be preoccupied with along with his creation of the world as what appears to be factual. He has also devoted a chapter reconciling science with Genesis.
I couldn't debate this kind of topic even if I wanted too. However, Stephen Hawkings, an atheist, theoretical physicist and cosmologist had written some books, worded for the average layperson, (sometimes I fit that role) and had made the argument on the Big Bang Theory, the expanding universe, space/time and all that other technical stuff. He has stated that a god is not necessary for creating the universe. Personally, I listen to the physicists when it comes to matters of the cosmos.
Dennis Prager wrote that Genesis 1 does not seek to teach science, but rather it seeks to teach wisdom and that is why I chose to read this book. I'm interested in some of those thoughts. I believe the Torah has much to say about wisdom.
There is so much wisdom from those few words! I seem to fail regularly following the first and second. Never written anything worth publishing but I have read quite a few books of little quality. I don't think the Rational Bible is one of them. Yes, it is opinionated and there are areas such as Chapter 1, where assertions are made such as what G-d happens to be preoccupied with along with his creation of the world as what appears to be factual. He has also devoted a chapter reconciling science with Genesis.
I couldn't debate this kind of topic even if I wanted too. However, Stephen Hawkings, an atheist, theoretical physicist and cosmologist had written some books, worded for the average layperson, (sometimes I fit that role) and had made the argument on the Big Bang Theory, the expanding universe, space/time and all that other technical stuff. He has stated that a god is not necessary for creating the universe. Personally, I listen to the physicists when it comes to matters of the cosmos.
Dennis Prager wrote that Genesis 1 does not seek to teach science, but rather it seeks to teach wisdom and that is why I chose to read this book. I'm interested in some of those thoughts. I believe the Torah has much to say about wisdom.