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Definition of God and Will

שו”תCategory: philosophyDefinition of God and Will
asked 8 years ago

peace,
The rabbi writes regarding free choice that he advocates that there is matter and spirit, but he does not know what spirit/will is.
That’s a meaningless sentence, isn’t it?
So it is with God. You also know His actions, but you do not speak of His essence.
Therefore, of course, as long as you don’t give a definition to the entity itself, it’s a sign that you don’t really believe in it, because there simply isn’t such an entity if you’re not willing to define it.
Unless the rabbi has a definition for the concept of will or God, then he is welcome to write… until then, he simply does not believe in anything.

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מיכי Staff answered 8 years ago

This is nonsense. I can prove the existence of something and also believe in it without defining it. If I know what matter is, I can believe in the existence of something that is not matter without defining it positively. You know how to define the force of gravity not through its actions? So how do you believe in its existence?

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