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About the God of religion.

שו”תCategory: faithAbout the God of religion.
asked 5 years ago

Hello,
The Jewish idea of ​​sanctifying natural matter is illusory.
The use of animal skin and its wool as clothing on our bodies and for framing our homes, and in fact, trying to combine the spirituality of religion with physiology, seems to me to be delusional. (It is indeed a brilliant idea!). After all, there is no physiological difference between a person who wears tefillin and a person who does not, and there is no city, including the people who live in it, that is different, and it depends on whether there is intermarriage in the city or not.
To claim that religion and the physical are not dependent, but rather, God created the world, and us, so we must have a role. And the only one who can determine the role is the God of religion. And indeed, he has set physical rules and commandments for us. But there is no spirituality in the physical itself.
This is an absurd claim and I will explain why.
God created the world and people in it. And indeed, we are not here for nothing. Our role is to know our Creator and, in doing so, to be aware of gratitude and acknowledgment. To claim that God wants to test us whether we truly recognize Him and are so prepared to be grateful by keeping His commandments is childish. Is this the God of the ego?!
It is also understandable why there is a God of morality. Because there is a moral obligation to continue to maintain the world in the best possible way so that the recognition of its creatures continues. (I am not talking about the case of human suffering, which comes largely from human choice.)
This is still puzzling, but at least less bizarre.
I would appreciate a response.

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מיכי Staff answered 5 years ago

This is not a Jewish idea. It is an interpretation of various Jewish laws and a certain concept that some people propose. I suggest asking them.
But your other questions are not related to this. Even without this, one can ask whether God wants us to acknowledge Him and show Him favor and why. I think so, as we see in the verse “O God, you will reward this with a scoundrel and not a wise man,” but it is not for Him but for us.

יעקב replied 5 years ago

In fact, every commandment written in the Torah is also related to the physical. And in addition, doesn't everyone who believes in religion also believe in the commandments of tefillin, tzitzit, and mezuzah?!
And what does the Rabbi think about why there are indeed commandments?

הפוסק האחרון replied 5 years ago

The idea that some “spiritual” people are saints is delusional. Judaism brings those delusional people back to the ground of reality.

Towards the end you said things that are in the right direction.

The prophet says that the purpose of knowing the Creator is to learn how to do kindness, justice, and righteousness.

Be wise and know me, for I am the LORD, who exercises kindness, judgment, and righteousness in the earth: for in these I delight, says the LORD.

מיכי Staff replied 5 years ago

I don't know. The orders are probably coming to achieve something, but I don't know what.

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