The four elements in Jewish literature
By Prof. Yossi Rivlin. This article shows the imagination of religious people, how they use the science of their times to interpret the Holy Writ. Science, which is constantly being scrutinized, changes based on new findings while the Holy Writ, which claims to be eternal, becomes a source of scorn and of mockery.
How to measure time; what are the ages of rocks and geological sites?
By Prof. Oded Navon, Hebrew University of Jerusalem's Institute of Earth Sciences, and Dr. Mordechai Stein, a researcher at the Geological Survey of Israel in Jerusalem. This essay explains how time is measured and the age of rocks and geological sites. It clarifies, even to a person not expert in the field, upon what researchers rely when they determine the age of the planet Earth and utterly negates the religious
Clarification of the Words of the Lubavitcher Rebbe
This essay is aimed at Chabad Chassidim, who rely blindly on the words of their rabbi.
What the Sages Knew About the Shape of the Earth
We will show that the Sages thought the earth was flat and covered by the dome of the sky, that it is the center of the solar system, and that the sun revolves around it.
The knowledge of the Sages on the structure of the world
The dome of the sky, which includes windows to that the sun may rise and set through them, the 7 firmaments above each other, and above them all -- G-d.
What the Sages Knew About Fish
We show that Chazal erred in the signs of fish, and so permitted the forbidden.
What the Sages Knew About Animals
We will show that the Sages were not expert in the number of pure animals and their strange distinction between animals and wildlife.
What the Sages Knew About Pi
We will clarify Chazal's errors in relation to the circumference of a circle and its diameter (pi).
Dealing with the Contradictions Between Torah and Reason
We show 7 different ways the religious insulate themselves from reality and reason, which contradict their faith. We answer the rabbis who defend their faith and their god from the writings of Daat Emet.
Archeological Findings Help Determine the Era in which the Torah Was Written
An illustrative excerpt from the book Reishit Yisrael by Prof. Israel Finkelstein and Neil Asher Silverman.
