Gerald Schroeder "God according to God"

I am just about finished with the above book, found in my college library. I will leave a few links to where you can learn more about this book and the author Gerald Schroeder.
It is published by Harper Collins.

This man is a MIT trained physicist. So he is smart. He uses analogies from physics quite a bit. I have had a lot of science training so I think I mostly understand those parts. He tries to make it simple. But it does take a while to work through the images to get to his analogy. I think it is worth it.

But the thing that makes this book unique is that he is coming to the idea of a created universe from a pretty strictly Jewish point of view. He goes through what we would call the old testament, he calls it that too. But he also uses the Jewish commentaries a lot. He also quotes the Jewish sages of Europe Rashi and Maimonides. He wanted to include theologians of the era before the scientific revolution to show that God revealed things that seem modern to men before the Big Bang theory was created. He wants us to know that God revealed how he created the universe to the writers of the Bible and those who commented on it later.

When he quotes modern scientists and theologians he almost exclusively restricts himself to men who have Jewish sounding names. Without saying so this seems to be scientific creationism from a distinctly Jewish perspective. This seems unique to me. These Jewish minds do not share the same taboos that Christians have. I love it.

Much of his ways of reading the Bible are conjecture. But they are fun conjectures. I think those open to new vantage points will very much enjoy this book. But some of his ideas could be off putting. I hope no one will consider these ideas as sacrilegious. I do not think they are.

Most of what he says cannot be proved either way. That is the thing about this whole area of thought. No one was there. There is little evidence, all evidence is very indirect. It is place where imagination is paramount.

Let me try to continue with some examples over the next few days. This is will get me out of politics. Life has been much too political lately. There is no salvation except through Jesus. Even though "we won" I do not feel like celebrating. Next time we may like "lose". But without Jesus and a righteous country everyone will still lose. There must be repentance from self centered behavior. I know many on both sides work for justice in the public sector. But the vast majority of people vote their pocketbooks and know virtually nothing about the issues involved. I guess even if people did know more how would it be better? Yes, just thinking about this depresses me.