Question: As you know, Im not a believer. I am a logical person -- I only believe in things that can be logically proven. But I was just interested: Why do you always write G-d? Answer: We do not write G-ds name in a place where it may be discarded or erased. Treating G-ds name with reverence is a way to give respect to G-d. So even though on a computer the name is not really being erased (and perhaps is not really there in the first place), and G-d is only an English term used to translate G-ds holy name, it is in keeping with this respect that I write G-d in my emails and on-line articles. This causes problems. No matter how many times I write G-d, the spell-check on the computer has no idea what I mean. G-d is not in its dictionary, and it wont accept it as an addition to the dictionary. So the computer comes up with all types of suggested corrections: Go, Do, Gday. And often half the name ends up on a new line: G- d. I guess I shouldnt expect any better. No matter how smart a computer is, certain things are beyond it. How would you program a computer to have respect for G-ds name? It is unreasonable to ask a computer to relate to G-d, because G-d is not a logical concept -- He created intellect, and He cannot be captured by His own creation. A computer is limited to logic, so it cant handle spiritual concepts. Just as a metal-detector will beep when a gun is passed through it, but it cannot pick up a persons thoughts or intentions, intellect can grasp logic and rationale, but it cannot detect the Divine. But a human is not a computer. Intellect is not where we begin and end. We have a soul that is beyond intellect, and our soul detects G-d because our soul sees G-d. Jewish faith is about getting in touch with the soul that knows G-d already, without needing any proof. This is not negating intellect -- it is transcending it. How do you get in touch with your soul? Ask G-d. Hell tell you.
Posted on: Fri, 01 Aug 2014 23:23:11 +0000
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