"Learn to appreciate the wonders of creation... found in the seed of an apple. Master of Appreciation, Rav MIller is at his best at teaching us to appreciate the master designer of the universe"
This is the same great designer that put four, count 'em, four! Disabled and broken DNA sequences in the human genome for making vitamin C.
Or the gene in the chicken that can be easily manipulated to make that chicken's embryo grow teeth.
Go on faith all you want, but please, don't bring biological science into it, your apologies will only look more and more and foolish (we're still waiting for that great convergence of science and Torah...).
bruceleh, the problem is that you expect nuance from science, but none from religion. Torah is very clear that Hashem left slight imperfection in the world, while on the whole perfection is the norm.
Rav Avigdor Miller used to tell people to teach their children to love Rabbonim he would say: "teach your children to love the Lubavitcher Rebbe and teach them to love the Satmar Rebbe". Till this day he has a large Chassidish following
This is the same great designer that put four, count 'em, four! Disabled and broken DNA sequences in the human genome for making vitamin C.
ReplyDeleteOr the gene in the chicken that can be easily manipulated to make that chicken's embryo grow teeth.
Go on faith all you want, but please, don't bring biological science into it, your apologies will only look more and more and foolish (we're still waiting for that great convergence of science and Torah...).
I fail to see your point bruceleh . ..
ReplyDeletehey tzig?
ReplyDeletewhy no snag bashing here?
You know he was a HUGE snag!
Bruceleh
ReplyDeleteelaborate please, I don't follow what you're saying.
Snag10
I say nothing, I'm just posting the youtube clip. You can bash all you like.
Elaborations:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/molgen/
(very elaborate!)
and
http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?articleID=000E9965-99A6-13FB-99A683414B7F0000
bruceleh, the problem is that you expect nuance from science, but none from religion. Torah is very clear that Hashem left slight imperfection in the world, while on the whole perfection is the norm.
ReplyDeleteRav Avigdor Miller used to tell people to teach their children to love Rabbonim he would say: "teach your children to love the Lubavitcher Rebbe and teach them to love the Satmar Rebbe". Till this day he has a large Chassidish following
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