(June 12, 2024 at 11:13 am)zebo-the-fat Wrote: your idea of proof is not the same as mine, and I also know how to spell god!
You have not stated your ideas of appropriate proof, so I cannot tell whether they are to be considered valid. I simply state the fact that over two and a half millenium ago it was stated that Israel would be dispersed, and then completely returned to its homeland, both of which did happen.
Is not one's idea of proof in regard to the existence of G-d related to one's willingness to entertain possibilities that you, as well as I, might be wrong in our beliefs? If you do not examine the information available, you are making your decisions based on an emotional reflex related to your belief that you, and only you, could possibly be correct, much as many other religious people do when saying passionately that everyone else is wrong.
I do not expect you to agree with my beliefs, merely to admit that there are facts that cannot be lightly dismissed without appearing, or indeed being, closed-minded, by refusing to examine the proofs offered. It is factual that Israel was warned very long ago that they would suffer dispersion for not obeying YHWH, and also told that they would be brought back into their homeland in due course of time. They were dispersed, and they were brought back.
As for spelling the word 'god' as G-d, in my parlance 'god' refers to the powers and principalities that adhere to specific areas of land, which have tended to be worshiped by the local tribes that inhabited them, while G-d is a reference to YHWH, the Creator, and spelled with a dash to suit the strictest Jewish halacha in regard to writing the word with appropriate care, which when destroyed improperly is a breach of Torah.
