Consistency in the interpretation approach

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asked 4 years ago

Hello Rabbi!
Regarding the age of the world accepted in the scientific community, I noticed that the “excuses” given on the subject are quite “hindsightful”. I mean, it feels to me that only after the theory of evolution came along did they say that it was *also* possible to see this in the Torah. Among other things, Rabbi Kook talks about this in “Nebuchi Hador”. He writes there that if he wants to interpret it that way, he can.
My question is, what is the correct answer? What is the real age of the universe according to Judaism? Every time a new theory emerges, will they try to show that it *also* can be heard from the scriptures?

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מיכי Staff answered 4 years ago

Evolution is not related to the age of the world but perhaps to the age of life. Whoever says it appears in the Torah, ask him why. I am not saying that. The question of what is the age of the world according to Judaism makes no sense. The age of the world is a question of fact. What does it have to do with it according to Judaism or Islam? If the world is 1000 years old, then that is its age according to Judaism. And if it is 14 billion years old, then that is its age according to Judaism. What needs to be shown is at most that the new theory is not hidden from the Scriptures nor that it emerges from them. It is not.

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Avia Yosef Miller replied 4 years ago

That is, the rabbi says that Judaism does not touch on this point and therefore there is no need to try to adapt scientific data to it?
Actually, there is no right answer… it is a gray area that whoever chooses to integrate science into can do?
There is no one right answer?
Why not say that the world was created in six days and we are done? It is simply what is written…
Thank you!

מיכי Staff replied 4 years ago

What I'm saying is that the concept of 'Judaism' is vague. Facts are not facts according to Judaism or Islam. They are examined by the question of whether they are true or not. The explanation and the facts suggest that the world probably exists much longer. It also says an eye for an eye.