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II would like to know if there is any historical or scriptural explanation for the WHY for creation and mankind. I learned that God crested us to Love Him out of freewil, but I don't know where that came from.

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what does Judaism have to say regarding Hannah Arendt’s theory that evil is passive, banal rules following as opposed to a form of active conscious evil?

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Is existentialism, a western/continental philosophical movement founded primarily by Fyodor Dostoevsky, Friedrich Nietzsche, and Søren Kierkegaard, compatible with Judaism? I ask as Joseph soloveitchik studied Kierkegaard

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What is Judaism’s perspective on the debate of the principle of univocity of being and whether it is true or not? I could see a non univocal argument supporting Kierkegaard’s notion of the suspension of human good to serve God’s good in the akeida

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I am a Christian, and in my Scripture engagement group today, the question the question was asked; "If God is the God of Israel and defends Israel then why did he allow not only the tragedy of Oct. 7th, but why does he permit the continued fighting?"

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My understanding of Judaism is that God is one and indivisible. If this is the case, how can a soul be a "divine spark" of God, or part of God in any way, isnt this a division?

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Shalom. I recently got to know that there is a Jewish sector whose name is Jewish Universalism. It is founded by Steven Blane. Thus sector claims that Judaism is open to anybody. It seems that it is one form of Reform Judaism. It is running Sim Shalom group. Is it OK for Jews and gentiles to participate online service of this denomination? Thank you.