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Rabbi Simon Jacobson
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Though none of you are skeptics, we all meet a skeptic or two in our lives. Below is an engaging series of conversations between a skeptic and a believer regarding fundamental issues of faith and G-d.
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Rabbi Yanki Tauber
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It's not going to happen. Universal brotherhood, swords into plowshares, the eradication of evil... give me a break!
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Rabbi Yanki Tauber
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The more we discuss the Moshiach issue, the more it seems to me that it all boils down to a matter of perspective.
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Rabbi Yanki Tauber
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Do you think the best salesman in the world can sell his product to every human being on earth?
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Yanki Tauber
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What's wrong with a secular “Moshiach”? If, as you claim, we can do better, let's do just that. Let us work for world peace, human rights, universal literacy, a cure for cancer, solutions for hunger in Africa...
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Yanki Tauber
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One of the misconceptions that people have about the coming of Moshiach is that they view it as a radical, earth-shaking event.
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Yanki Tauber
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If humanity has a destiny and goal, if history is the evolution toward a state of harmony and perfection, why the need for the individual human being you call Moshiach?
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Yanki Tauber
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If Moshiach is a king then we're back to totalitarian rule, to monarchs who reign by Divine license. I thought we got over that a few centuries ago.
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Yanki Tauber
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If it’s as simple as all that, if all we have to do is open our eyes to a truth that is staring us in the face, why hasn’t it already happened?
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Rabbi Yanki Tauber
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Everyone is for world peace. But within the miniature universe that is man, ‘‘World Wars’’ are raging. How can we hope to create a harmonious universe if we are forever battling our own selves?
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Yanki Tauber
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You say that G-d created me in His image - but you apply this only to some deeper, quintessential self which desires only good.
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Yanki Tauber
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All we're doing is reinforcing our instinctive visions of reality.You believe, I don't. Of course, we each have logical arguments to support our positions. But ultimately, it's a question of faith.
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Yanki Tauber
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Your Moshiach idea was beginning to look no more ominous than a touching bit of optimism for our ill-fated world. But then I came across something that reinforced my first impression of it.
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Yanki Tauber
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If what you say is true, if, underneath it all, the selfish animal we call ‘‘man’’ possesses a soul that is essentially and inherently good, why have all attempts to uncover it failed so dismally?
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