Guest Post: On The Difficulty of "Paskening" Science
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Copyright 2014 by David Ohsie. All rights reserved A couple of years ago, Rabbi Slifkin published a post on the difficulties of "Paskening" scientific matters. I'd like to share what seem to me to be some interesting examples that I found in a recently published book. First I'll bring isolated examples of deriving conclusions about science from Torah, without describing the subject matter or personalities involved, by substituting [...] in the appropriate places. I also put in bold arguments that strike me as parallels to contemporary arguments.
Guest Post: On The Difficulty of "Paskening" Science
Guest Post: On The Difficulty of "Paskening…
Guest Post: On The Difficulty of "Paskening" Science
Copyright 2014 by David Ohsie. All rights reserved A couple of years ago, Rabbi Slifkin published a post on the difficulties of "Paskening" scientific matters. I'd like to share what seem to me to be some interesting examples that I found in a recently published book. First I'll bring isolated examples of deriving conclusions about science from Torah, without describing the subject matter or personalities involved, by substituting [...] in the appropriate places. I also put in bold arguments that strike me as parallels to contemporary arguments.