
Kabbalah: Secret Teachings (Jewish Mysticism; Secret Teachings; Esoteric Judaism; Qabala)
Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World
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The Cobalistic View of the Law of Moses as Divine A
An outsider's view of the law of moses might look at it from an outsideer perspective. It looks like various laws are based on conventions that, you know, the israelites would have had before. And so there's a rational basis for it, even though it's not intrinsically required. The restriction of the jewish priesthood to one family line may also be seen as historically conditioned. But if that doesn't intrinsically have to be that way, then maybe other things, like the pork taboo, can play a role and receive a divine blessing in their own right.
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Kabbalism is a school of Jewish mysticism that's made a celebrity splash. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli continue a conversation with Dr. Justin Sledge about the controversial millennia-old Kabbalah teachings about God, the creation of the world, the origin of evil, and the afterlife.
