No, it does not. Cats are not self aware. They will hiss at their own reflection. To a cat, a mouse is just a self moving ball. They have no idea they are causing pain, and they most certainly aren’t playing with the mouse for the purpose of causing pain. Sorry, you are just wrong on this one.
On God, there is no need in any debate regarding the existence as there can be no proof one way or the other that can be transferred from one person to another. That’s why it’s called “witness”. However, on the teachings, The Old Testament was such a radical departure from human nature, that it was incomprehensible to the other human populations around it. Kings and Leaders viewed themselves as Gods. Judaism put all humans on the same level, with the Supreme Power residing in the Life Force. Since God is undefinable, we describe God in our likeness, so, it’s not likely that God is an old white bearded man sitting on a cloud. But that doesn’t mean that a higher intelligence or purpose doesn’t exist. Think of some of the unexplainable scientific principles, such as everything that exist or can exist already exist, or, energy can neither be created nor destroyed, or the u limited vastness of the Universe. Think about the relationship between the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd dimensions! A line can not fathom the existence of a plain, and a plain can’t fathom an object with depth. Thus, it would follow, we cannot fathom a “being” or object of the Fourth or Fifth dimension. A being that lives outside of our concept of time and space. So, we call it God. Then there is entropy, the natural state of things is for perpetual expansion. Life itself is a force against the natural law of entropy.
Judaism also put in place teachings that quelled Man’s Sexual Desires and the debilitating relationships formed by it. Before Leviticus, there was only one Sexual Relationship, the penetrator and the penetrated. The penetrated was always viewed as the lesser of the two. For women, since they were always the penetrated, they were perpetually second class citizens. Boys and men who were penetrated lived in a state of shame, but their was no condemnation of the rape of men and women .... or animals, or tree stumps, or whatever the penetrator could penetrate. Judaism elevated women to co equals, giving them value beyond just the penetrated, a being worthy of love and respect, and that a man should direct his sexual desire towards his wife alone, and leave other men’s wives alone. There are even references in ancient Egyptian writings about this peculiar institution in Judaism against homosexuality and their devotion to their wives.
Of course, we don’t have an electrical device than can detect “God”. Even if we did, there would be no way for us to interpret it, because again, we can’t fathom God. What we do have is a life, and a sense of coincidence vs serendipity, vs devine interaction. Those of us who have experienced a god moment will testify to Gods existence. We don’t know what it is, but we know it is there.
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