"Scientists... recognize that the basic existence of the world is simply the combination and interaction of just two aspects: quantity and quality (matter in which energy is contained, and the energy itself)." – The Rebbe, Mind Over Matter, p.206
ConvergenceProof PositiveIs He or isn't He? That is the question, in this issue at least. Scientists, philosophers, even theologians are divided on the feasibility of proving the existence of the Creator. Is it just a matter of faith or can we somehow wrap our rational minds around the Unknowable?
Rebbe Quote
Out of the Box If you want to understand a given perspective, and especially if you wish to understand a comprehensive worldview, an all-encompassing outlook on life, it is first necessary to rid yourself of any preconceived notions. - The Rebbe, Mind Over Matter, p.18 Read More >>
Featured Article
Proof Positive Scientists and rabbis alike shrink from the task. "Prove G-d? No way! Science deals with observables, comprehensibles. G-d doesn't fit into the equations." So how does the Rebbe pull it off? - Arnie Gotfryd presents the case Read More >>
Soul of Science
Beyond All Odds Did the universe come about by chance or was it planned? The question is timeless, but recent discoveries have revived Rabbi Akiva's "Argument from Design" and catapulted it into the limelight of popular intellectual controversy. - condensed by AG from an article by Philosophy Professor G. Natan Schlesinger Read More >>
Abraham Principle
Akiva's Reply Atheist: "Who created the world?" Rabbi Akiva: "G-d created the world." Atheist: "Show me clear proof." Read More >>
Society
Legendary Change A philosopher, a Muslim, a Christian and a Jew were chatting with a king who was shopping for a religion. No this is not one of those jokes. This is the setting of the Kuzari, the story of how the Khazar nation converted to Judaism in the 12th Century by Spanish-Jewish philosopher-poet Rabbi Yehuda HaLevi. Four links you will like: Read More >>
Worldly Wisdom
When the Mind Follows the Heart For me, as it undoubtedly was for most of my generation, the philosophy of meaninglessness was an instrument of liberation from a certain moral system. We were opposed to morality because it interfered with our sexual freedom. - Authour Aldous Huxley, in Confessions Read More >>