tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post2764170588023136504..comments2024-03-05T21:22:43.426-05:00Comments on parshablog: A survey of Modern Orthodox beliefs about age of the earthjoshwaxmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03516171362038454070noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post-78276894297550369882009-04-06T14:49:00.000-04:002009-04-06T14:49:00.000-04:00DADA as well.to clarify, by contradict, I mean "ap...DADA as well.<BR/><BR/><I>to clarify, by contradict, I mean "appears to contradict" such that there is something to grapple with</I><BR/>Oh, didn't see this until after I took the poll.Baruchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08051421355654178857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post-18687740124174480522009-04-06T08:37:00.000-04:002009-04-06T08:37:00.000-04:00I did not fillin the form because i Do not have a ...I did not fillin the form because i Do not have a specific belief.<BR/>Is the world 6000 years old or 20 billion years? I have no idea. I think it could go either way. And it does not matter to me which is correct. I know that there are ways to explain all the questions about creation according to both opinions and they are both acceptable to me.<BR/>I am not intellectual enough to care about the details and nuances between them.Rafi G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00699851287106903971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post-7572064348383140282009-04-06T08:30:00.000-04:002009-04-06T08:30:00.000-04:00good point. to clarify, by contradict, I mean "app...good point. to clarify, by contradict, I mean "appears to contradict" such that there is something to grapple with. I would imagine that one could strongly agree with the last two questions. as the question is already out there, i guess people will answer as they answer, and I will have to interpret based on how people answer the combination...joshwaxmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05149022516101476797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post-21218443851502816282009-04-06T04:28:00.000-04:002009-04-06T04:28:00.000-04:00the word "contradicts" doesn't suffice for what mo...the word "contradicts" doesn't suffice for what most MO will hold about this question. as mentioned above- does this mean contradicts the literal story presented there?Jeremynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post-82598201583045036672009-04-05T20:40:00.000-04:002009-04-05T20:40:00.000-04:00DADA (although my recollection had been that it wa...DADA (although my recollection had been that it was more than several billion). I don't believe that HaShem intended sefer Bereishis to have a meaning that had any intersection with the age of the universe question.Josh M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14414532577328945154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post-16574321379809868802009-04-05T16:06:00.000-04:002009-04-05T16:06:00.000-04:00My answers were disagree, agree, agree, disagree.B...My answers were disagree, agree, agree, disagree.<BR/><BR/>But that's only if you hold that B'raishis must be read literally - a belief that I do not hold.<BR/><BR/>IOW, I'm not ready to toss out B'raishis. But I do believe that it cannot be read literally.<BR/><BR/>The WolfBrooklynWolfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03994285019137108636noreply@blogger.com