Yuval Noah Harari is an author in fashion - he incites the passions, love and fury; I’m reading his ‘21 Lessons for the 21st Century’: in it, he refers to two beliefs about the source of our desires and emotions, one which is biological, some will view it as heretical, the other, based on religion, some will treat it with derision and ridicule, as if the ...
LOVE, EMPATHY, GOODNESS, KINDNESS, COMPASSION…ARE OUR FEELINGS AND ACTIONS REALLY JUST A SET OF COLD, BIOLOGICAL IMPULSES?
I'm having one of those deep, introspective days.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbHKY363eT4 The Holocaust, the accounts, the stories, the evil, the suffering, it screams at me "G-d, a theistic G-d, to be specific, cannot possibly exist" and, if He does, he ain't for me, not against this backdrop (see *'Epicurean Paradox' below) but stories such as these, stories of mind ...
BELIEF IN (A THEISTIC) GOD IS INCOMPATIBLE WITH RATIONALE
It’s impossible to have a rational debate with someone who invokes the ‘word of God*’. Faith and rationale are not compatible. Read this: http://www.timesofisrael.com/israeli-settler-leader-fires-are-divine-punishment-for-planned-settlement-uproot/ We know (and, by the way, I’m Jewish and I made Aliyah - moved to Israel - in 2012), we know that there are thousands of 'settlers' who share Rabbi Levanon's views and millions ...