Appreciating Hashem’s Incredible World

Sometimes people may wonder, “Do I really know that there is a G-d in the world? Can I actually prove it, if I was forced to debate the subject?”

Anthony Flew was one of the most outspoken atheists in the twentieth century. He was a professor in Oxford University, and in 1984 wrote The Presumption of Atheism where he claimed that the starting point is that a person has to assume atheism that there’s no G-d that exists, and if a person really wants to believe that there is a G-d then the burden of proof is on them. Ultimately, on December 9, 2004, the Associated Press reported that Flew, then 81, had renounced his atheism declaring all his previous books obsolete. When questioned in an interview, “What could possibly have made you change your opinion so drastically?” Flew responded that he began to study the design of the world and after intensive study concluded that Super Intelligence is the only good explanation for the origin of life and the complexity of nature.

This should come as no surprise to a Jewish mind. When one takes a few moments to focus on the complexity and beauty of our wondrous world it is nonsensical to think that all this could have come about without a Creator. This idea of looking at the world, observing nature, and recognizing, “Wow clearly this was created by the Ribbono Shel Olam,” related to the early writings of the Rambam who questioned in Hilchot Yesodei Hatorah, “How does a person come to love and fear Hashem?” The sage answered that when a person is mitbonen, when they think about, look, and analyze all of Hashem’s incredibly wondrous creations in the world aone can assert the vast wisdom in each, “She’ein lo erech v’lo ketz,” there is no end to the awesome wisdom of all creations. Then, a person is miyad immediately, loves, praises, and has a great desire to come close and understand Hakadosh Baruch Hu. If we want to develop our relationship with Hashem further, stop and inspect our surroundings within the borei olam, our stunning universe. On this stroll, or on an airline flight, observe the trees, and birds and grasp the entirety of the world, and ponder the enormity of the galaxy. The more one studies this astounding beauty and perfection, the deeper one will appreciate that there is a Creator.

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