LOVE, EMPATHY, GOODNESS, KINDNESS, COMPASSION…ARE OUR FEELINGS AND ACTIONS REALLY JUST A SET OF COLD, BIOLOGICAL IMPULSES?

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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

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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 ...