{"id":1106,"date":"2017-02-06T14:53:46","date_gmt":"2017-02-06T20:53:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.draherin.com\/?p=1106"},"modified":"2017-02-06T15:00:27","modified_gmt":"2017-02-06T21:00:27","slug":"beyond-intelligent-design-from-the-upcoming-book-wisdom-to-heal-the-earth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.draherin.com\/2017\/02\/06\/beyond-intelligent-design-from-the-upcoming-book-wisdom-to-heal-the-earth\/","title":{"rendered":"Beyond Intelligent Design &#8211; From the upcoming book, Wisdom To Heal the Earth."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.chabad.org\/library\/article_cdo\/aid\/3545736\/jewish\/Beyond-Intelligent-Design.htm\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.draherin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/hIXk9969390.jpg?w=1140\" alt=\"\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Some 500 years ago, Rabbi\u00a0<span class=\"glossary_item\">Isaac<\/span>\u00a0Arama wrote that there is another way to perceive the infinite Creator.\u00a0<span class=\"pullquote\">If we look with open eyes, we will discover the signature of an unknowable Creator within the knowable patterns of nature.<\/span>\u00a0If we look with open eyes, we will discover the signature of an unknowable Creator within the patterns of nature we know so well. We will see and we will comprehend the impossible.<\/p>\n<p>And we have.<\/p>\n<p>For one thing, we have found universal constants. Which is a great puzzle. Our universe is composed of finite parts, constantly moving, decaying and restructuring. How is it that in every part of the universe we observe, and for all of time that we can surmise, the gravitational constant remains the same, the ratio of light, energy and mass remains the same, along with several other mysterious\u00a0<span class=\"glossary_item\">numbers<\/span>\u00a0that never change in a universe defined by change?<\/p>\n<p>Rabbi Arama would answer, \u201cAha! The signature of the Artist, an unchanging G\u2011d.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.chabad.org\/library\/article_cdo\/aid\/3545736\/jewish\/Beyond-Intelligent-Design.htm\">More&gt;&gt;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some 500 years ago, Rabbi\u00a0Isaac\u00a0Arama wrote that there is another way to perceive the infinite Creator.\u00a0If we look with open eyes, we will discover the signature of an unknowable Creator within the knowable patterns of nature.\u00a0If we look with open eyes, we will discover the signature of an unknowable Creator within the patterns of nature [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1107,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.draherin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/hIXk9969390.jpg?fit=500%2C446&ssl=1","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5MjSO-hQ","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":681,"url":"https:\/\/www.draherin.com\/2015\/08\/13\/the-mitzvah-campaign-of-tefillin-the-rebbes-mitzvah-campaign\/","url_meta":{"origin":1106,"position":0},"title":"The Mitzvah Campaign of Tefillin - The Rebbe\u2019s Mitzvah Campaign","date":"2015-08-13","format":false,"excerpt":"In 1967, prior to the Six-Day War, the Rebbe launched the now famous Tefillin Campaign, which encourages all Jewish men to perform the mitzvah of tefillin. 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