The scientific view on evolution and creation and the way religious people (including those of other religions, as well) view evolution; Also a look at what proofs each side has.
Dr. Dumbroff is NOT a scientist and Rabbi Kaplan can't confront reality.
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Doctor Dumbroff is not much of an evolutionary scientist based on the facts he cited, and the Rabbi grossly twists scientific principles to fit his ideas. I agree with the first commentor. In the end, listening to this was a huge waste of my time.
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Maybe you disagree with their ideas and opinions, but a little derech eretz (manners) is in order.
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Rabbi Kaplan admits clearly that the theory of evolution poses no problem to belief in the Torah. That is the most sensible thing he said.
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Give the Rabbi a break with the eggs analogy. He was trying to tell a joke when he said he cant cook eggs and that's why he reads books instead. I am sure the rabbi does know how to cook but he may not know how to learn our books. In a book called Feeding Among the lillies, there is an essay on differant scholars that were effected by the enlightenment movement, Martin Buber and several more included. The author tells a chasidishe story told by a chassid and then tells the same story as told by Buber. After a carfeul analasyis, the author shows how Buber changed some nuances of the story to make the chasidish way of life more distant from the reader.
Notwithstadning you will probably find more useful information in a book called Mind Over Matter.
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Why does Withheld say that Dov isn't a scientist? What eggs analogy is Anonomys talking about?
I enjoyed this recording, but there were problems. Dov describes evolution by means of natural selection well and rightly calls Darwin a genius. However, he said he doesn't like evolution and doesn't explain why.
Kaplan is a good speaker but makes some glaring blunders. While he acknowledges the importance of metaphor he still insists on too literal a reading of Genesis which he uses to dispute biology. He misunderstands the reason why Jews come in many colors; he overestimates the roles of diet and climate (short-term) and underestimates the roles of conversions and intermarriage in Jewish history. The long-term role of climate is important in explaining why humans come in many colors; the irony is that the explanation is evolutionary. He acknowledges that Darwin's theory is beautiful, but he misses that point that its beauty goes hand in hand with the fact that it makes sense.
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