God, Judaism and all that followed: A Philosophical reflection

By Aharon Nathan

The recurring theme of this book is to highlight some fundamental questions at the heart of our Jewish tradition and to give tentative rather than definitive answers. I have tried to question the prejudgements that we grow up with which cause us to accept assumptions on which our faith is anchored. Being an Empiricist I believe that our knowledge of existence comes from what we see, sense, feel and perceive of the world around us: the phenomena of our five senses. That however should not necessarily ignore our innate make up, the Noumena, which we are born with.Essentially we are made of the same substance or matter as all other creatures and beings. This assumption derives logically from my understanding that, like other creatures, we are subject on the one hand to the same unalterable Laws of Nature and on the other hand to the evolution over generations of Nurture which are rooted in, and influenced and nourished both by our physical as well as by our social environment. My theme echoes the Biblical dual gift of Chukim and Mishpatim: Laws of Nature and Moral Imperatives. Einstein's famous phrase that God does not play dice with Man (Chukim) and Durkheim's definition of religion as "Society Deified" (Mishpatim) combine to sum up my argument.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1796874663
• ISBN13: 9781796874662
• Release Date: February 2019
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 141 Pages
• Weight: 0.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.2" x 0.3" x 6.1"