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The heart of the matter, is it not?
rhodescholar:
First, let me introduce myself.
I am born conservative jewish to jewish parents, who sent me to hebrew school, and hebrew high school.
I no longer practice the religion - but would fight to the death to defend the right of israel to exist, as I am a supporter on political grounds, which are more than sufficient to justify its existence.
This is because I view jews as a race, not a religion.
That being said, I am no friend of muslims, and would enjoy watching them deported en masse from the West entirely.
As of more recent years, I have come to not only cease practicing or believing in religion in general, as even judaism, which is perhaps the oldest on earth, simply falls apart in a certain context.
What I refer to, is the discovery and confirmation that the earth is the most insignificant of planets, and that the known Universe itself has some 100 trillion stars, with probably 100 times that number of inhabited planets.
If that is the case, much of what judaism and the other organized religions have taught simply falls apart, as it becomes obvious that the tenets of the religion are simply inapplicable when considering the nearly infinite (to a human mind) volume of sentient species out there.
I would suspect that none of these species practice judaism, or any known religion to us, so the strictures that we jews are the chosen - chosen, amongst 1 quadrillion species? - ones, just becomes absurd.
I initiated this thread with an open mind, to learn if there are some answers to my thoughts...
Moshe92:
I think that if anything, the fact that the universe is so large and so complex shows that there must have been a G-d who created it.
Lisa:
If G-d doesn't exsit, then who created the universe. As Chaim asks, how can something come from nothing?
rhodescholar:
--- Quote from: Moshe92 on November 12, 2009, 09:05:42 PM ---I think that if anything, the fact that the universe is so large and so complex shows that there must have been a G-d who created it.
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The other side of that coin is that the universe exists simply because it is comprised of chemical substances that CAN survive inside it.
To my point, there is no elements or description in judaism that address the undeniable fact that there are trillions of other sentient species out there.
rhodescholar:
--- Quote from: Lisa on November 12, 2009, 09:08:53 PM ---If G-d doesn't exsit, then who created the universe. As Chaim asks, how can something come from nothing?
--- End quote ---
If you follow the Big Bang theory, the Universe merely destroys itself and is reborn about every 20 trillion years.
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