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Questions about "God Plays Dice"

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Hello Rabbi Avraham,
First, I read your monumental book. It's unfortunate (but understandable) that it doesn't get the exposure it deserves, like, for example, "A Brief History of Humankind" (in my opinion, simplistic and pretentious utopian nonsense). A few questions:
1. Regarding the creation of life. Don't certain life forms come from nothing – worms, for example?
2. You claimed at the beginning of the book that there would be no distinction between theism and deism, and later – between atheism and pantheism. However, you then brought Einstein as an example of faith. But Einstein himself, as I know, claimed that he believed in the way of Spinoza – that is, a pantheist, which is consistent with the way you presented the way he believes, or at least a deist (in any case, not a theist who believed in a private supreme providence).
3. You wrote that the study of prayers is such that its hypothesis cannot be refuted. On the other hand, one could say that it cannot be confirmed either: perhaps the connection between prayers and improvement was coincidental. And why cannot it be refuted? If I myself prayed – I heard the commandments of God, I labored, I chose life – but I did not find it, and neither did rain fall on my land nor did grain and wine grow – isn't this a type of refutation? After all, there is a linear connection in monotheism between actions and results; if that connection is not found in reality? If a righteous person has bad things to do, a wicked person has good things to do – isn't this a refutation?
thanks,


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thanks. 1. As far as is known today, there is no spontaneous creation of life. Although in the evolutionary description there was in the past (when life first arose. Abiogenesis). 2. Einstein's faith was probably pantheistic. I didn't understand the question. By the way, in my opinion pantheism is nonsense or trivial (reality is reality and it is called God), or inconsistent (there is God and there is nothing besides material reality), or meaningless (God is the soul of the world and not the world itself, and yet God is the world). I think I address this a bit in the second notebook on the site. 3. The fact that you prayed is not enough. Did you pray enough? On purpose? And maybe you will still be answered? Maybe more people need to pray? And besides, you don't know what would have happened without the prayer (maybe it would have been worse, and you were actually answered without knowing). All the best, Michi ———————————————————————————————————————- Asks: Regarding Einstein: So according to you (pantheism is nonsense), he was a heretic (since he was a pantheist). And broadly: If so, it turns out that there is a dichotomous division – theism/atheism (with all its derivatives: deism, pantheism). I hope to be answered, but I prayed three prayers a day on purpose, I blessed, and others also prayed. But regarding others: a case such as the murder of Gilad Sha'ar, Naftali Frankel, and Eyal Yifrach. An entire nation prayed for them. ———————————————————————————————————————- Rabbi: Indeed, he was probably an infidel. Another possibility is that he was a secret believer who did not understand his own faith. It is always a problem with contradictory or empty concepts, whether to accept them and say that the man is stupid (we are talking about Einstein), or to assume according to the principle of grace that he did not understand or formulate himself well. I think theism and atheism are by definition a dichotomy: theism versus non-theism. Pantheism is a failed attempt to add another category in the middle. I didn't understand your last sentence: I hope to be answered, but I prayed three prayers a day on purpose, I blessed, and others also prayed. But regarding others: a case such as the murder of Gilad Sha'ar, Naftali Frankel, and Eyal Yifrach. An entire nation prayed for them. You asked whether the thesis of answered prayers is refutable, and I said no. What does it say here? Is the case of the three boys the refutation? Your eyes can see that the entire religious community was not really impressed by this. I agree (for me, the token fell on the case of Nachshon Waxman, very similar) that it clearly seems that there is no answer. But this is not a sharp logical refutation. Absolutely not.

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