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Offline zachor_ve_kavod

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Very important quotation from Rabbi Steinberg
« on: November 20, 2008, 02:32:42 AM »
The next time somebody questions your belief in G-d by citing human suffering (as in "What kind of G-d would allow for such suffering as there is in the world?), you can remind him of this remarkably rational argument made by Rabbi Steinberg:

"The believer in G-d has to account for one thing--human suffering; The non-believer has to account for everything else."

There is a great deal of wisdom in that statement and it is worth remembering, I think.

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Re: Very important quotation from Rabbi Steinberg
« Reply #1 on: November 20, 2008, 02:45:00 AM »
The next time somebody questions your belief in G-d by citing human suffering (as in "What kind of G-d would allow for such suffering as there is in the world?), you can remind him of this remarkably rational argument made by Rabbi Steinberg:

"The believer in G-d has to account for one thing--human suffering; The non-believer has to account for everything else."

There is a great deal of wisdom in that statement and it is worth remembering, I think.

Shalom Zachor,

It was precisely the issue of human suffering which made me more of a believer...

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