<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;"><DIV>--- On <B>Thu, 10/29/09, Micha Berger <I><micha@aishdas.org></I></B> wrote:<BR></DIV>
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<DIV class=plainMail>On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 12:04:56PM -0700, Harry Maryles wrote:<BR>: I wrote a post about it yesterday. It has thus far generated 121<BR>: comments. The discussion going on there is excellent.<BR><BR>I find the same old discussion of science and Torah, and maaseh<BR>Bereishis in particular, to have been way overdone. I am surprised that<BR>after 5 years, people aren't as weary as I.<BR><BR>What I want to know is the resulting issue of mesorah and emunas<BR>chakhamim when you have to deal with rabbanim who consider your position<BR>to be kefirah. As RSZN's question put it:<BR>: what would you tell the BT how to handle, when his kid's says didnt<BR>: exist......</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<DIV>Although you're right about this discussion being old and overdone this has a somewhat different Kneitch -and very relevant to Chinuch and the future of our children. </DIV>
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<DIV>If Mechanchim refuse to recognize what was - until a few years ago - legitimate alternative explanations of the Sheshes Yemei Bereishis that factor in what we know about natural history from scientific inquiry, then the chances of producing skeptics will increase. The easy access to all kinds of information about the age of the universe and <SPAN>the</SPAN> existence of dinosaurs etc. is bound to raise serious questions about the dogmatic literal approach that this Mechanech insists is the only way to teach the Sheshes Yemei B'reishis.</DIV>
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<DIV>How you gonna keep em down on the farm after they've seen Paree (Paris)? </DIV>
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<DIV>This is a serious concern that should not be glossed over because of Torah/science fatigue.</DIV>
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