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Why do we believe the Torah was given by G-d?
by Mrs. Sarah Levi

We know that the Torah was given by G-d via historical fact, just like we know that George Washington, Christopher Columbus, Charlemagne, or Plato lived because of the existing historical evidence. The fact is that the Torah was given in front of approximately 3,000,000 eyewitnesses who transmitted their experience to their children and so on down through the ages.

There is additional reasoning behind our belief in the Torah's divinity. Taking as a given that there is a reasoning Creator Who is the architect of the world (see How do we know G-d created the world?), would it not seem imperative that this Creator would reveal His will to humanity, the single greatest component of creation? Once we believe that the Torah is divine, we must also understand that the entire Torah is divine. This means that picking and choosing which parts of the Torah to follow is unreasonable, and that mankind has not the moral authority to negate even one letter of the Torah.
http://www.askmoses.com/article.html?h=416&o=216

2007-01-22 09:15:40 · 6 answers · asked by ? 6 in Society & Culture Religion & Spirituality

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Alright! Well, I don't take it for granted that there is any creator. And I find it easier to believe that "3,000,000" is a number fabricated by a few people. Please provide more facts about 3,000,000 witnesses. I will check your link.

2007-01-22 09:26:56 · answer #1 · answered by dissolute_chemical 1 · 0 0

What a silly argument. More than 3,000,000 people told their children about Santa Claus last year: have we established, therefore, that reindeer fly?

Mrs. Levi says that the "fact" is... yet, she never establishes how it is a fact. Later, she says "taking as a given..." Ummmmmmmm... this isn't really logic or reasoning. Rather, this is a pretty sad attempt to establish fact where there is none to be found. Try again.

2007-01-22 17:19:49 · answer #2 · answered by Blackacre 7 · 0 0

Why exact would a divine creator need a written book to convey his divinity? Seems like a mortal and humanlike thing to do. Certainly not the act of a god! Could it be that the Torah (and the bible for that matter) are nothing more than the works of men? Nothing divine, nothing holy, nothing supernatural about any of it.

2007-01-22 17:29:47 · answer #3 · answered by ndmagicman 7 · 0 0

The word belief does not constitute Fact ..
The 3,000,000 Jewish witness`s do they have names and records or just folklore passed down through the generations .
That article is just as real as the Norads tracking of Santa Clauses` sleigh every Christmas .How many " Witness`s "
Have seen this on television?

2007-01-22 17:26:36 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

3,000,000 eyewitnesses huh? I've never heard of that one. Who were they? What books did they write about it? Where are the photographs?

2007-01-22 17:22:13 · answer #5 · answered by Gene Rocks! 5 · 0 0

Three million people? Was the the entire population of the known world at that time?

And could you please define anti-god?

2007-01-22 17:26:10 · answer #6 · answered by Sun: supporting gay rights 7 · 0 0

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