Is there really a G-d?
Is there really a G-d?
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The nature of G-d is one of the few areas of abstract Jewish belief where there are a number of clear-cut ideas about which there is little dispute or disagreement.
The fact of G-d's existence is accepted almost without question. Proof is not needed, and is rarely offered. The Torah begins by stating "In the beginning, G-d created..." It does not tell who G-d is or how He was created.
Jews believe that all existence in heaven and on Earth comes from God, and that God alone should be worshipped. Jews may describe the nature as of God as:
The nature of G-d is one of the few areas of abstract Jewish belief where there are a number of clear-cut ideas about which there is little dispute or disagreement.
In general, Judaism views the existence of G-d as a necessary prerequisite for the existence of the universe. The existence of the universe is sufficient proof of the existence of G-d.
G-d can do anything. It is said that the only thing that is beyond His power is the fear of Him; that is, we have free will, and He cannot compel us to do His will. This belief in G-d's omnipotence has been sorely tested during the many persecutions of Jews, but we have always maintained that G-d has a reason for allowing these things, even if we in our limited perception and understanding cannot see the reason.
Personally I believe that G-d is an all knowing, omnipotent, intelligent energy; According to Albert Einstein energy and mass are different forms of the same thing. Einstein's assertion of General Relativity has been proven accurate to five decimal places. The universe indeed had a beginning. To have a beginning then there had to be a creator, a G-d!
The Minbari on Babylon 5 believe that the universe itself is conscious in a way we can never truly understand. It is engaged in a search for meaning. So it breaks itself apart, investing its own consciousness in every form of life. We are the universe trying to understand itself.
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G-d is in all places at all times. He fills the universe and exceeds its scope. He is always near for us to call upon in need, and He sees all that we do. Closely tied in with this idea is the fact that G-d is universal. He is not just the G-d of the Jews; He is the G-d of all nations.
The Exodus and revelation at Sinai remain undisputed historical facts. Witnesses are the greatest proof in a court of law – how much more so, the eyewitness account of an entire nation! That is certainly a most scientific proof of the existence of G–d. Although we cannot see Him – like the blind man who can’t see color – our ancestors witnessed this revelation and transmitted the fact as both an oral and a written tradition. It may be for this reason that in the first commandment G–d says, “I am the L–rd your G–d who brought you forth from the land of Egypt.” The creation of the world is a much more complex and amazing phenomenon than the Exodus from Egypt, so why didn’t G–d say, “I am the L–rd your G–d who created heaven and earth”? One possible answer is that scientists today still question the origin of the cosmos and some ignore the G–d issue. When G–d communicated with the Jews, he made the communication very personal. “I am the G–d you have witnessed taking you out of Egypt, and who now is talking to you.” The people did not need any philosophical proofs. Their own eyes saw and their own ears heard. They were witnesses to the stand at Sinai. That is the greatest proof!
Shemot (Exodus) - Chapter 24
15 And Moses went up to the mountain, and the cloud covered the mountain.
16 And the glory of the Lord rested on Mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it for six days, and He called to Moses on the seventh day from within the cloud.
17 And the appearance of the glory of the Lord was like a consuming fire atop the mountain, before the eyes of the children of Israel.
18 And Moses came within the cloud, and he went up to the mountain, and Moses was upon the mountain forty days and forty nights.
G-d Still Creates
G-d Still Creates
The important statement for Judaism is that God did in fact create the world; an evolutionary process did not simply happen by itself, but was set into motion by God.
When the Bible speaks of God creating the world in six days, it may be speaking figuratively. The word yom (day) in the creation story can hardly be proved to be referring to a day of twenty-four hours. After all, the sun itself was not created until the fourth "day," so it is impossible to argue that the first three "days" were days as we know them. A more appropriate way to understand the creation story is that God created the universe in six stages, and each of these stages may have taken millions of years, or twenty-four hours, or instants. In short, Judaism insists that God created the world, that he created it in stages, and that he continues to maintain the universe which he created. The specific details of the creation process are not central to Jewish thought.
The Midrash says: God created many worlds but was not satisfied, and left the world he was satisfied with.
Rabbi Moshe Ben Nachman (1194–1270) writes: In the first day God created the energy (כח) "matter" (חומר) of all things, and then he was finished with the main creation. After that God created all other things from that energy.
Some midrashim state that the "first week" of Creation lasted for extremely long periods of time. See Anafim on Rabbenu Bachya's Sefer Ikkarim 2:18; Midrash Bereshit Rabbah 9.
G-d isn't bound by time and space (which He created). Isaiah 40:28 says; ‘…
Yeshayahu- Isaiah - Chapter 40
Yeshayahu- Isaiah - Chapter 40
28 Do you not know-if you have not heard-an everlasting God is the Lord, the Creator of the ends of the earth; He neither tires nor wearies; there is no fathoming His understanding.
We are impressed that God made billions of galaxies with billions of stars in them and suitably so, because that is one of the reasons for making them. But as mentioned, size is not an issue for God. Stars are relatively simple structures as they are just great big balls of gas.
It is often asked, ‘Just because the Bible teaches about God creating intelligent life only on Earth, why couldn’t He have done so elsewhere?’ After all, Scripture does not discuss everything, e.g. motorcars. However, the biblical objection to ET is not merely an argument from silence. Motor cars, for example, are not a salvation issue, but we believe that sentient, intelligent, moral-decision-capable beings is, because it would undermine the authority of Scripture. In short, understanding the big picture of the Bible message allows us to conclude clearly that the reason the Bible doesn’t mention extraterrestrials (ETs) is that there aren’t any. But think about it, if one of the prophets of the bible would have seen a Space faring ship, how would he describe it? What words would he use? Human language is an evolving language based on what we know.
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Yechezkel - Ezekiel - Chapter 1
Yechezkel - Ezekiel - Chapter 1
16 The appearance of the wheels and their work was like the appearance of crystal, and the four of them had one likeness, and their appearance and their workings were as a wheel would be within a wheel.
To suggest that G-d didn’t create other worlds is to put limits on G-d.
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