Q&A: Request for special attention to the site "Ethologica" (at least like the attention given to igod
Request for special attention to the site "Ethologica" (at least like the attention given to igod
Question
Has the Rabbi heard of the site called "Ethologica"? Explanation of the question and why it matters: I searched online to see whether there is any person at all trying to respond to the Rabbi's books from an atheistic direction, and on that site a young anonymous person who does not identify himself by name (at least from what I understood from a quick browse) rather bluntly formulates a whole series of responses to the book God Plays Dice. At first glance it didn9t seem to me that he was serious, but after I looked around a bit more I understood that he9s not such a loser. From what he says, it seems that he read the book in full (that was my impression), and since I read the Rabbi's book some time ago I9m not so up to date on the subject anymore (and therefore it9s hard to ask a concrete question). But in my opinion, if the Rabbi gave special attention even to the videos of the "Messianic Jews," then this at least is also worth individual attention.
Answer
I already addressed this (I think there is something about it here on the site. You can search). I don9t think the criticism is significant. He does indeed speak with great confidence, but as is known, confidence is no substitute for the quality of the arguments.
Discussion on Answer
In the line: "As for the claim in the fifth article, Rabbi Michi addressed it in every possible place," I meant Ido9s sixth article, not the fifth.
Hello.
I read all of Ethologica9s articles carefully, and the only ones that are really relevant to the claim of the existence of God are articles 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7.
See here a response article that I wrote to his seventh article:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bws0Lni1BgE-bWhxZm8zWURrZVE/view
And see here a response article that I wrote to his fifth article:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1oGDe7oV2YfSMS6wGXzcCHncph9jgjz6O
For most of what he says in the fourth article, I9m embarrassed to respond. The only interesting point in it was answered by Rabbi Michi here:
https://mikyab.net/%D7%A9%D7%95%D7%AA/%D7%91%D7%99%D7%A7%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%AA-%D7%A2%D7%9C-%D7%94%D7%98%D7%99%D7%A2%D7%95%D7%9F-%D7%9E%D7%9F-%D7%94%D7%AA%D7%9B%D7%A0%D7%95%D7%9F/
As for the claim in the fifth article, Rabbi Michi addressed it in every possible place regarding the difference between an argument from outside the laws and an argument from within the laws; see his article, 'A Systematic Look at the Relationship Between Evolution and Faith.'
I would really like to write a response to the third article, but there simply isn9t any argument there, not even a bad argument (and I9m really not joking, I9m completely serious, check me on it).