tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543853523791774463.post1119190428740862836..comments2023-10-06T11:13:20.836-04:00Comments on Izgad: Shivhei ha-Ari and the Decline of the GenerationsIzgadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03869626126435460209noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543853523791774463.post-32093523713436174462008-07-18T15:00:00.000-04:002008-07-18T15:00:00.000-04:00Gerald Schroeder was a major influence on me, back...Gerald Schroeder was a major influence on me, back when I was in middle school, helping me accept evolution and a 13-15 billion year old universe. <BR/>Recently though he has gotten involved with intelligent design, which I am not happy about. <BR/><BR/>The concept of a decline in the generations was a basic part of Greco-Roman and medieval Christian thought. The concept of "progress" stands as Izgadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03869626126435460209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543853523791774463.post-38125499573127738292008-07-18T13:25:00.000-04:002008-07-18T13:25:00.000-04:00Perhaps this is from left field, but I love the wr...Perhaps this is from left field, but I love the writings of Dr. Gerald Schroeder...which discuss science as a function of religious teachings (I am oversimplifying, but he makes a good case of how the Torah and science to <B>not</B> in fact contradict each other).<BR/><BR/>As far as yeridat ha-dorot...I believe that to be true. Non-Jews have a similar concept in that in "the end of days" the Miss S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10887805742474651903noreply@blogger.com