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i believe they have, lol. I.D. guys have thought of these things more

2007-01-28 18:57:17 · answer #1 · answered by rostov 5 · 0 1

There is a great Kabbalistic source that most religious Jews go by. The Kabbala is as old as judaism, it was just recorded on paper few hundred years ago.
In fact, we Jews had this argument long before Darwin came along. Even prior to Middle Ages, but ot took its form in the Middle Ages. Some medieval philosophical rationalists, such as Maimonides held that it was not required to read Genesis literally. In this view, one was obligated to understand Torah in a way that was compatible with the findings of science. Indeed, Maimonides, one of the great rabbis of the Middle Ages, wrote that if science and Torah were misaligned, it was either because science was not understood or the Torah was misinterpreted. Maimonides argued that if science proved a point, then the finding should be accepted and scripture should be interpreted accordingly.

Nahmanides, often critical of the rationalist views of Maimonides, pointed out (in his commentary to Genesis) several non-sequiters stemming from a literal translation of the Bible's account of Creation, and stated that the account actually symbolically refers to spiritual concepts. He quoted the Mishnah in Tractate Chagigah which states that the actual meaning of the Creation account, mystical in nature, was traditionally transmitted from teachers to advanced scholars in a private setting. Many classic Kabbalistic sources mention Shmitot - cosmic cycles of creation, similar to the Indian concept of yugas. Nahmanides' disciple, rabbi Isaac of Akko, a prominent Kabbalist of 13th-century, held, that the Universe is about 15 billion year old - strikingly close to the modern scientific calculations. According to the tradition of Shmitot, Genesis talks openly only about the current epoch, while the information about the previous cosmic cycles is hidden in the esoteric reading of the text.

A literal interpretation of the biblical Creation story among classic rabbinic commentators is uncommon (yet there is universal agreement regarding the literal understanding of the time of the creation of Adam). One of several notable exceptions may be the Tosafist commentary on Tractate Rosh Hashanah, where there seems to be an allusion to the age of creation according to a literal reading of Genesis. The non-literal approach is accepted by many as a possible approach within Modern Orthodox Judaism and some segments of Haredi Judaism.
This information I got from wikepedia. As the easeist information to digets for someone who is not Jewish. If you want to findout more you can post a question about it and I can explain it to you in more complex terms. I had many conversations with Christians who even beleived that the world was several thousand years old and one even told me that the world was born with Jesus Christ. Go figure.

2007-01-30 23:30:22 · answer #2 · answered by MaxNHL 3 · 0 0

Actually, creationists are really bad at finding flaws in evolution -- nobody has done it yet. And, indeed, it is impossible, because evolution is now a proven fact (details on request).

2007-01-29 03:00:15 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 3 1

it is true.
every second spent attacking evolution is a second you could have spent helping those in need. if evoluton isn't real, you should trust god, have faith in him that nobody is going to hell just because evolution was made popular. if you believe in god, it is perverse to rail against evolution.

2007-01-29 03:03:53 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1 0

Creation can't be improved upon. But, it can be changed.

2007-01-29 02:58:24 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0 2

They've revised their hypothesis once, and only once. They're way behind.

2007-01-29 02:59:36 · answer #6 · answered by Lee Harvey Wallbanger 4 · 1 1

i dunno. but creation is a lot harder to believe than evolution. wat do u mean improve creation? they couldnt change much what has been writtien in teh bible right?

2007-01-29 03:01:17 · answer #7 · answered by het.mari 2 · 2 0

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