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Q&A: Basic Questions About the Fundamental Assumptions of Rabbinic Judaism

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Basic Questions About the Fundamental Assumptions of Rabbinic Judaism

Question

I came across your response about the complexity of the universe and the necessity of a divine existence to create existence, and I’d be glad if you could expand a bit.
1: Who determined that every creation must have a creator?
2: Who said that this creator (if one exists) cares about the existence of human beings?
3: Who said that we, as human beings, are capable of communicating with a creating entity that is not defined by the same matter? (empirically)
4: How can one know that this God made contact with human beings?
5: If God made contact with human beings, how would we know which god is being referred to? As is well known, there are thousands of gods.
6: If we assume it is the Jewish God, how would you prove the existence of the Revelation at Sinai?
7: If you prove the existence of the Giving of the Torah, how would you prove the claim that Moses is God’s messenger, if God Himself did not tell the people of Israel that Moses is His messenger?
8: If you prove that Moses is His messenger, how would you prove that the Torah was not distorted over the generations?
9: If you have proved everything up to this point, how would you bridge the gap between God’s will and human will?
10: If God is the absolute definition of good and evil, why do you expect human beings to worship that God, whose definition of good and evil is obscure and utterly different from the human definition?
11: If God is the creator of everything and is Himself everything, then how do concepts of good and evil exist at all in any absolute way?

Answer

Is that all? Too bad you didn’t also ask for a degree in physics and mathematics in this thread. I can refer you to my book The First Existent.

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