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To: Ancesthntr

“Do you REALLY think that 31 sentences is adequate to show G-d’s fingerprints all over the universe?”

Do you REALLY think God is inadequate in describing His creation to us? What, He’s not a good enough communicator for you or something?


148 posted on 07/25/2007 7:36:06 PM PDT by Marie2 (I used to be disgusted. . .now I try to be amused.)
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To: Marie2
Do you REALLY think God is inadequate in describing His creation to us?

Do you really think our written language is sufficient?

151 posted on 07/25/2007 7:49:10 PM PDT by tacticalogic ("Oh bother!" said Pooh, as he chambered his last round.)
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To: Marie2
Do you REALLY think God is inadequate in describing His creation to us? What, He’s not a good enough communicator for you or something?

I think that G-d tailored his message to the readers, us relatively (to Him) simple creatures. What kind of Bible would it be if there were 50,000 pages of exacting descriptions of what G-d did? Aside from the fact that no one would understand it (at least not for thousands of years) and therefore not pay attention to it (and I believe us understanding it and acting upon its laws and precepts was His goal), but then we as a species wouldn't have had to use our minds to invent and develop science. Would you say that G-d gave us intelligence for no reason? I wouldn't - I'd say that there are LOTS of reasons for it, among which one is to learn about the world He created (as a means of appreciating Him).

So, no, I don't believe G-d is inadequate in describing His creation to us - it is WE who were certainly incapable of understanding anything other than the simplest allegories some 3,300 years ago (and we STILL don't come close to understanding it, we're just less unknowledgable due to advances in science).

Besides, as the article I linked to in Post #106 says, Jewish sages for thousands of years have known and understood that the description of the Creation is AN ALLEGORY. Its the JEWISH BIBLE, given to Jews in their own language, studied exclusively by them for at least 1,300 years, taught about it by genuine Prophets for a period of roughly 1,000 of those years, etc. Oh, and the knowledge base and traditions didn't disappear just because there arose a new religion roughly 19 1/2 centuries ago...Jews, especially their scholars, have studied and examined the Torah exceedingly thoroughly for those same 19 1/2 centuries. Even if scholars from other religions have studied it, that study has been by FAR, FAR fewer people, so I'd tend - by dint of sheer man-years of study - to give the Jews the benefit of understanding their own Bible better than anyone else. Do you argue with that?

236 posted on 07/26/2007 10:12:53 AM PDT by Ancesthntr
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