Is studying God's world a waste of time?

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  • September 18, 2011 1:16 am at 1:16 am #599424
    Abelleh
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    I was wondering how some people can consider studying God’s brilliant (sometimes referred to as science) world a waste of time? After all, if he did create it for us, shouldn’t we learn about it?

    September 18, 2011 1:36 am at 1:36 am #810468
    tro11
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    Yes if that interests you.

    September 18, 2011 2:00 am at 2:00 am #810469
    Josh31
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    Devarim 4:32 encourages inquiring about all that came before you from creation onwards, and from the end of the heaven to the end of the heaven.

    September 18, 2011 2:03 am at 2:03 am #810470
    sam4321
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    If in that time you could be learning Torah surely you should learn. since one was commanded to learn Torah and not other subjects(unless necessary for Torah learning.

    September 18, 2011 2:09 am at 2:09 am #810471
    Abelleh
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    I don’t think many people would argue with that. But I was shocked to see some people say studying science is bitul torah. Another issue that could arise is the contradictions that arise between science and Chazal. chazal thought lice spontaneously generate, eating rotted fish was healthy, and the sun travels under a firmament at night, etc. But i doubt this would be much of a problem, seeing as the rishonim cover it from almost all angles.

    September 18, 2011 2:19 am at 2:19 am #810472
    sam4321
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    Its all relative,it all depends where a person is holding in life.If one is learning all day then to him it is,but if a person is not learning anyways and by learning these topics will help strengthen their emunah then why not.

    September 18, 2011 2:25 am at 2:25 am #810473
    am yisrael chai
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    I believe it was Rav Hutner ztz”l who said that his objection to YU’s ???? ???? (Torah and science) slogan is that it makes it seem as if science is not part of Torah…

    September 18, 2011 2:37 am at 2:37 am #810474
    bombmaniac
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    Abellah why chould they not have been wrong?

    September 18, 2011 3:07 am at 3:07 am #810475
    tickle toe eitus
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    If you study the Torah, you will learn *all* about Hashem’s world.

    September 18, 2011 3:16 am at 3:16 am #810476
    am yisrael chai
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    tte

    Sorry, I didn’t learn much calculus in Torah shiur.

    Perhaps I was absent that day.

    September 18, 2011 3:35 am at 3:35 am #810477
    tickle toe eitus
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    Learn Torah and you’ll learn math.

    Learn some more Torah. 🙂

    September 18, 2011 4:33 am at 4:33 am #810478
    am yisrael chai
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    tte

    One can learn some math within Torah; however, show me where I can learn about functions, integration, disks and shells.

    September 18, 2011 4:36 am at 4:36 am #810479
    tickle toe eitus
    Member

    or about nouns and pronouns.

    September 18, 2011 4:13 pm at 4:13 pm #810480
    ronrsr
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    Why would He have created such an orderly, ruled world and given us curiosity and a big brain, then not expected us to study it?

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