Wednesday, October 29, 2008

Here Gosse Nothing...

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One particularly obnoxious objection against resolving the age of the universe is the attempt to "pasul" it as a Christian idea si...

Parshas Noach: Evidence for a Global Flood?

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When I was younger, much much younger, I had a plan. I and a couple of my friends where going to be missionaries. Well not just missionaries...
Friday, October 24, 2008

Because to dan l'kaf chov is a lack of "Derech Eretz"

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This is adapted from a comment made on the post at the Divrei Chaim Blog hachanos for mitzvos - how NOT to buy an esrog or build a sukkah ....
Sunday, October 19, 2008

Parshas B’reishis: In the Beginning, Brias HaOlam according to the Torah and the contemporary scientific understanding

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The most obvious challenge, though perhaps not the most difficult one, which modern science presents to Torah Judaism is the radically diver...
Tuesday, October 7, 2008

"Guiding" Principles: The Guide for the Perplexed and today's Age of the Universe question

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While I have done more than a bit of touring the J-Blogosphere, those which I visit quickly became basically canonized and remains very simi...

Falsification

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I have long noticed that there are those who participate in inner-Orthodox discussion who seem downright flippant about the notion of heresy...
Monday, October 6, 2008

Big Tent or a Clean House?

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I like people, and I like to get along. All in all I am more comfortable with an Orthodoxy where those who don't agree 100% are comforta...
Thursday, September 25, 2008

Yom Teruah is "Rosh HaShannah"

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It is well known, of course, that the Chumash identifies the month of Nissan (during which we were redeemed from Egypt) as the beginning of ...

I'm Sorry

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Wow, I cannot believe I've gone almost the entire week without a post! I apologize to all my readers. That you have borne this in silenc...
Sunday, September 21, 2008

What Problem?

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In order to find a suitable approach to understanding the relationship between contemporary scientific theories and the creation of the worl...
Friday, September 19, 2008

Beitzei Kinim—Lice (?), Mice (or Squirrels), and Spontaneous Generation III

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In arguing that it is not reasonable to suggest that "our lice" are different than those mentioned by Chazal, Rabbi Slifkin argues...
Thursday, September 18, 2008

Beitzei Kinim—Lice (?), Mice (or Squirrels), and Spontaneous Generation II

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In the previous post I argued that we may be trying to infer to much to argue that their description of the reproduction of kinim and simila...
Wednesday, September 17, 2008

Beitzei Kinim—Lice (?), Mice (or Squirrels), and Spontaneous Generation

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In a number of places throughout Torah literature one finds themselves confronted with passages which suggest that certain species do not re...
Tuesday, September 16, 2008

Dixie Yid - Thoughts on life and Chassidus: Yesh Boreh L'Olam - There is a Creator! - New Song - Not Yet Released

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Dixie Yid - Thoughts on life and Chassidus: Yesh Boreh L'Olam - There is a Creator! - New Song - Not Yet Released Reminds me of the Mid...
Sunday, September 14, 2008

Endangered Species: Sheidim and Habitat Destruction

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In a number of passages scattered throughout the Talmud we see references to the existence of creatures known as “shiedim” (שדים), typically...
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