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Why Did God Create The World?
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The most fundamental question to a religious life is, "Why did God create the world?" This question gets sidetracked by another important question, "Why is their suffering?" Can you answer one without the other? No. But, even when you sort out suffering you're only half way to getting a handle on the creation question. Half answers are good lies. There is a third question that needs sorting out. "What is love?"
Jewish law is a system. But a system for what? At it's heart it's a system that helps us understand love and how to hold suffering. It's a map of life guiding us to stand up against the tragedies of life and how to open ourselves up to love.
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