Q&A: How Did We Get This Far
How Did We Get This Far
Question
Hello Rabbi,
Rabbi, you gave the example that if a concrete infinity existed, for example on the time axis, then we would not be able to reach the beginning of the axis (now), because one cannot “set out” from a concrete infinity.
So I wanted to know why it is different with the Creator, and how we reached the present point, since He always existed.
Answer
You have not reached a point within the Creator, but rather a point on the time axis. The Creator is not necessarily a concrete infinity. You can assume that He is as great as we wish (a negative formulation).
Discussion on Answer
What does it mean, from the Creator’s perspective, to reach some point? You are assuming a concrete infinite time, but time is a potential infinity, not a concrete one.
Ah, so the answer is that He is a potential infinity.
At first I understood you to mean two different answers.
As if the world is not a continuation of God in the causal sense, but rather was created and exists parallel to Him.
Thank you
I didn’t understand.
What does it mean that I haven’t reached a point within the Creator? After all, He existed before the world. So the Creator would have had to go through an infinity—which is impossible—and then create a world. Isn’t that so?