Q&A: A Logical Existential Question
A Logical Existential Question
Question
Hi Michi,
Lately, all the more so, I’ve been troubled by thoughts about the more distant future.
We see that there is no correlation whatsoever between level of education and enlightenment.
We believe that we are commanded to live in the Land of Israel. Some Christians also believe this and even help us.
But according to Islam, we have no right to be sovereign.
The peoples of Islam are acquiring education and advanced technology, and the multiplication of the Muslim human mass by their technological capabilities worries me.
Do you think it is possible to find a way to remove this future existential threat?
All the best
Answer
Since I have no influence whatsoever, I don’t trouble myself about it.
Discussion on Answer
Hi Michi,
"Like a dog that returns to its vomit," so I return, with some variation, to the subject I raised in my previous letter.
From the media we learn that in the not-so-distant future the world is expected to descend into chaos because of global warming—whether it is man-made or a natural process hardly matters. But since our security problems are immediate, it is vital for us to find ways to make it clear to Muslims that we are all in the same boat. And in all likelihood Allah too would be very happy if we joined hands against the calamities bearing down on us.
I of course have no influence. But you are in contact with many more people with proven intellectual ability; someone has to start.
In all likelihood there are other people thinking in this direction too, but if everyone keeps his thoughts to himself, nothing will move.
Or do you think that my way of thinking is fundamentally mistaken?
All the best and have a good week
A., hello.
I don’t think your suggestion is mistaken, but there actually isn’t any suggestion in what you wrote. I’ve already written to you more than once that saying we should all join hands and fight some phenomenon is not a proposal. It’s like proposing that we should all behave nicely as a solution to the world’s moral problems. The problem is that we don’t do that, and it doesn’t seem that there is any way to persuade everyone to do it. Therefore, if you have a way to make this happen—that could be considered a proposal. Write it out and we can discuss it.
If you believe that the Jewish people have a role, it will be hard for you not to believe in prophecy and providence as well. Otherwise, everything that led to the birth of the people, its consolidation, and its continuity would have its source in falsehood, and how could there be a role for something founded entirely on deception?
Someone who believes in prophecy and providence can see that there is no way for us to prevent the war, the cycles of war, or the wars—depending on interpretation—of the end of days mentioned by the prophets. And not all the nations of Islam will be against us. According to Ezekiel (38:13), Iran and apparently Turkey will indeed be against us, but Saudi Arabia will דווקא be on our side, and Egypt is not mentioned there.
Fortunate are you, and good for you…
At Bar-Ilan and the other universities there are many terribly smart, talented people, and among them also very creative ones.
I think that if you understood the magnitude of the responsibility on your shoulders, you would also find solutions to the issue that I, a poor nobody, raised.
It is no news to you that in my innocence I believe that the role of the Jewish people in world history is not yet over.