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posted by [personal profile] eftychia at 05:24am on 2012-05-26

"In the 1960s two scientists[*] practically by mistake stumbled onto one of the greatest discoveries of modern science. They picked up of an unexplainable static on a measuring device leading them ultimately to discover the background static of the 'big bang,' [...]

"Just as there is a background sound permeating all the universe as a result of the initial instant of the big bang, we can say similarly that there is a spiritual background voice in the world resulting from the giving of the Torah at Sinai, an event that actualizes God's purpose for creation. Just because we don't hear the sound of the big bang doesn't mean it's not there. Similarly, just because we don't hear the voice emanating from Mt. Sinai everyday doesn't mean it's not there to be heard."

-- Rabbi Avraham Arieh Trugman, 2012-05-25

[*] I believe he's referring to Arno Penzias and Robert Wilson discovering the cosmic microwave background radiation.

[To my friends celebrating Shavuot this weekend, a blessed holiday to you!]

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posted by [personal profile] skreidle at 02:09pm on 2012-05-26
Similarly, just because I don't hear the braying of the unicorns at Valhalla, doesn't mean they weren't there, too!

(Of the three, only the Big Bang has real, currently measurable aftereffects.)
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posted by [personal profile] redaxe at 03:58pm on 2012-05-26
One rather wonders exactly what sort of "spiritual background noise" the Torah is for Buddhists, practitioners of Shinto, neopagans, etc. The rabbi's hidden assumption that the entire world is on the Judeo-Christian or Musilim axis is disturbing, at the very least.
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posted by [personal profile] allburningup at 01:29am on 2012-05-29
I don't know who this rabbi is or what he believes. But if he believes that some things are true about God and some things aren't, then naturally he would have to believe that some people are mistaken about God regarding certain things. That doesn't require any assumption that the entire world belongs to an Abrahamic religion. It would just mean he thought they were mistaken.
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