[Avodah] Creation eternal heretical - hashkafa question

David Riceman driceman at optimum.net
Thu May 13 06:34:17 PDT 2010


RCM:
<<Basic hashkafa dictates the fundamental reason for the creation and 
existence of the universe is the desire by HKB"H to exercise his hatava 
which requires a recipient.>>

This is the RaMChaL's opinion, but it is NOT the Rambam's.  See MN III:25.

<<HKB"H is outside of zeman and He and his ratzon are never changing and 
"eternal" [for lack of a better word - quotes because this word implies 
time]. This requires that the existence of creation be always present 
[to comply with His ratzon to be maitiv] and "eternal" despite parshas 
Bereishis that seems to imply otherwise?>>

It seems to me that your second sentence is predicating time of God, 
while your first sentence is ambiguous.  But time is a property of the 
world, not of God; and God's exercising of His hatavah takes place in 
the world.  It is not incorrect to predicate will of God, but it should 
follow that it is incorrect to predicate time of God's will.

Perhaps if you try to rephrase your problem more precisely you will see 
how to answer it.

David Riceman




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