B"H
The sun possesses so many of the characteristics of the Ho ly
One, it could be easily misidentified as the Creator of the
Universe. I can further imagine that such mythical beliefs circulate
in the minds of anyone who ever looked at the sun; wanted to be
nourished directly from pure energy therefrom e manating. Do we
not reinforce our image of the unity in creation by attributing
human characteristics or character traits to being s with specia l
powers that influence events, ergo the behavior of angels (such as
accompany one fro m the house of worship to his Shabbos table) -
a being structurally construed out of the spirit of majesty and
possessed of eternal purpose? The Judaic response to idol worship
need not deflect other people's belief system nor provide defense
of its own. Ancient strictures were mapped out by the Jewis h
scholars; to give people a means to wean themselves fro m paga n
practices. Jewish survival is enough for those of us who worship
Hashem to provide the light of Torah to the nations ; there is a
place for Judais m in the world , and it seems that we have our work
cut out for us to prove its worth to humankind. Our magnitude is
servitude.
One might try to reach Hashem by incantations, or enactments
of group prayer services, and celebration; festive banquets,
dra matic dance, costume, and dra ma tic supplements to entertain
the human senses. Since we ponder the significance to believing
in Hashe m, let us analyze our knowledge of "the unknown," a
potential being with neither form, nor substance and exclusively
beyond the realm of perceptible sensation. Could Darwin have
formed a co mprehensive theory of the process of evolution wit h
no knowledge of bio-molecular structure, or should his theory o f
species differentiation be updated to include the ato m. Even as this
data is being conte mplated, we are unaware of such as may be
never known; the human brain is mentative only where measurable
dimensions in terms of perceptible quantities are calculated. The
human mind has no physiological appa ratus to co mprehend
Omnificence, the hydrogen ato m is as close to it as one can get.
Omnificence dwells in a realm of super-conscious adherence to
religious or otherwise viable historical articulat ion of the
unknown; to give people identification within themselves about
the propriety of their wisdo m, to be faithfully incorporated into
the collective reality-consciousness of one's own human culture.
Political doctrines of an elite few governing the masses , polemics
of philosophy and art, religious doctrine, and economics are all
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