“The logical argument is this: How does the atheist explain existence? Why is there anything? To that, the atheist has no answer.”
― The Rational Bible: Genesis
― The Rational Bible: Genesis
“When you are joyous, look deep into your heart and you shall find it is only that which has given you sorrow that is giving you joy. When you are sorrowful look again in your heart, and you shall see that in truth you are weeping for that which has been your delight.”
― The Prophet
― The Prophet
“On the Sabbath, we are prohibited from milacha, to affirm there is more to our life than work: human beings have value even when not producing.”
― The Rational Bible: Genesis
― The Rational Bible: Genesis
“To paraphrase the American rabbi and theologian Milton Steinberg (1903-1950), the believer has to account for the existence of unjust suffering; the atheist has to account for the existence of everything else—for the world, life, consciousness, beauty, love, art, music. It would seem the believer has the upper hand.”
― The Rational Bible: Genesis
― The Rational Bible: Genesis
“Whether or not one accepts this last explanation—which I first heard from an Orthodox rabbi—the human being could indeed be regarded as part animal and part divine because human life is a constant battle between the animal and the divine.”
― The Rational Bible: Genesis
― The Rational Bible: Genesis
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