Posted on 06/03/2015 3:46:03 PM PDT by lbryce
You’ll need to die to find out.
Quite interesting.
Another perspective: our manifest existence is limited. Some things are possible; some not. Why? Instead of asking how something came from nothing, it’s more instructive to ask how and why a limited something came from unlimited possibility.
...so that 3 different values of D are found to satisfy the criterion that the area of a sphere of diameter D be equal to t at the beginning of time...."
Describing the existence of a three dimensional mass of some sort as a predicate for the appearance of matter is a distinction without a difference. It is a description of pre-existent matter creating itself, not...
Spontaneous uniform creation of matter,...
For all of Heim's mathematical calisthenics and convolutions, he has come nowhere near to describing any mechanism where matter allegedly arises from nothing.
From the first moment on the universe begun to expand,...
Heim would do well to re-acquaint himself with Newton's Laws of Motion.
FReegards!
With 32 mystical paths of Wisdom engraved Yah the Lord of Hosts the God of Israel the living God King of the universe El Shaddai Merciful and Gracious High and Exalted Dwelling in eternity Whose name is Holy He is lofty and holy And He created His universe with three books (Sepharim), with text (Sepher) with number (Sephar) and with communication (Sippur).
Kaplan, Aryeh (2004-03-15). Sefer Yetzirah: The Book of Creation in Theory and Practice (Kindle Locations 434-449). Red Wheel Weiser. Kindle Edition.
Sefer Yetzirah now begins to define the word Sefirah, the Hebrew designation for the divine emanations that form the basis of creation. The Hebrew word for book, Sepher ( ), has the same root as the word Sephirah ( ), except that the former is masculine and the latter is feminine. These three books are said to be text, number, and communication. The Hebrew word for text here is Sepher ( ), which literally means book.Number is Sephar ( ), from which the English word cipher is derived. Communication is Sippur ( ), which more literally is telling. These three divisions respectively represent quality, quantity, and communication. These are the letters, numbers, and the manner in which they are used. These three books correspond to the three divisions of creation defined by Sefer Yetzirah, namely, Universe, Year, and Soul. In more modern terms, these would be called space, time and spirit. Universe refers to the dimensions of space, year to time, and soul to the spiritual dimension.
Kaplan, Aryeh (2004-03-15). Sefer Yetzirah: The Book of Creation in Theory and Practice (Kindle Locations 710-721). Red Wheel Weiser. Kindle Edition.
Heim’s three spheres are the three books. His theory maps with observed reality and with the Word of YHVH.
This holds no meaning for me. Care to clarify?
Aryeh Kaplan attempts to quantify "God spoke" and makes the whole concept a lot more difficult that it needs to be.
In the end he's resorting to throwing around a lot of numbers un-tethered to any objective measure and still winds up tangling himself up in tautologies with regard to mass and matter.
Aryeh Kaplan expresses mere conceit by trying to place the power of God into some mathematically defined box.
FReegards!
Aryeh Kaplan (who died in 1983) was translating an ancient, difficult text. He didn’t project ideas into ‘Sefer Yetzirah’ that weren’t there.
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