Scientific, Halachic, and Scientific-Halachic Issues
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There are different types of issues that confront Orthodox Jews. In this post, I would like to launch a discussion of three categories of such issues. 1. Scientific Issues ...by which I mean issues concerning physical reality. An example would be the topic of the age of the universe. The question of how to treat someone who believes that the universe is billions of years old may be a halachic issue. But the question of the age of the universe itself is clearly, and solely, a scientific issue. An anti-rationalist might insist that the universe is 5771 years old, but he is not denying that it is a scientific issue; rather, he believes that a literal reading of the Torah is a more reliable and authoritative source of information than modern science.
Scientific, Halachic, and Scientific-Halachic Issues
Scientific, Halachic, and Scientific-Halachic…
Scientific, Halachic, and Scientific-Halachic Issues
There are different types of issues that confront Orthodox Jews. In this post, I would like to launch a discussion of three categories of such issues. 1. Scientific Issues ...by which I mean issues concerning physical reality. An example would be the topic of the age of the universe. The question of how to treat someone who believes that the universe is billions of years old may be a halachic issue. But the question of the age of the universe itself is clearly, and solely, a scientific issue. An anti-rationalist might insist that the universe is 5771 years old, but he is not denying that it is a scientific issue; rather, he believes that a literal reading of the Torah is a more reliable and authoritative source of information than modern science.