Anon asked Staff ago

Dear Daat Emet,



What do you think about evolution?

1 Answers
jsadmin Staff answered 23 years ago

The theory of evolution is a branch of the modern research into the phenomena of nature and their development.

If you want to go into this subject in depth, you must turn to scientist who deal with this topic.

If you want to know how we reconcile Torah and science or what we think about the topic, or how we reconcile the scientists’ views with the idea that G-d created the world 5764 years ago, the answer is that the Torah and Halacha are not sources of scientific information. If you read the material we provide, particularly the pamphlets, you will find we list mistakes and errors more basic than when (if at all) the world was created.



All dealing with the ancient or renewed worlds are not relevant to people, because the answer to this question is incomprehensible to us.

The concepts of “In the beginning it was created” and “creation ex nihilo” are incomprehensible because we understand only creation from existing matter. Creation ex nihilo does not exist in our consciousness.



Sincerely,



Daat Emet