[Avodah] Anthropic Principle

[Zev Sero via Avodah]

On 12/31/2015 01:34 PM, Micha Berger via Avodah wrote:
> The more philosophical rishonim had a problm with miracles that defy
> nature. I don't mean the Ralbag's extreme position, but even the Ramban
> and Seforno both deal with the question of how the need for such things
> do not represents flows in Hashem's initial design. Wouldn't a Perfect
> Creator make a system that doesn't need the occasional tweaking?

Why not just say that there isn't any flaw, but Hashgacha is a different
system than nature?    I've been reading a lot of Malbim lately, and
he's heavily into that worldview.  For instance I've just been reading
him on Yonah, and he says that they did teshuvah only for stealing but
not for AZ, so Hashem cancelled the miraculous punishment He had planned
for them, and instead left them to the forces of nature that they
worshipped.  Had there been a natural disaster in the offing, He would
have let them die, but since there wasn't one they were safe.  Had they
done proper teshuvah He would have protected them even from that.

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                And if anyone should ask me the reason why I'm doing that
                I'll say "It's a Jewish thing; if you have a few minutes
                I'll explain it to you".