Q&A: The singularity point — is it within our experience?
The singularity point — is it within our experience?
Question
Hello Rabbi,
Why can’t one say that the singularity point is “not within our experience,” and therefore it is the thing that does not need a cause?
I saw in the booklet that you discussed why the universe itself cannot be the cause of something, and the arguments do indeed seem convincing, but one can always say that all the things in the universe are the cause of the singularity point, which itself is not within our experience and therefore does not need a cause.
Thank you!
Answer
The singularity point is not some other object, but rather all the matter of the universe in a highly concentrated state. Therefore I do not see how it can be viewed as the cause of itself.
Beyond that, the singularity point is not the cause of the laws of nature, but at most of material reality itself. So in any case it does not answer the difficulty regarding the source of the laws.
Discussion on Answer
Because that revelation did not give us knowledge of His essence. And certainly one cannot infer from it that He was created. If you believe what happened there, then the conclusion is that He created the world and was not created like the things in the world
0(that is, we learned from our experience that He is not like the other things within our experience).
Is God something that is not within our experience? After all, He was revealed to the Jewish people, and potentially He could also reveal Himself, so why is He considered not within our experience?