Reddit reviews Beyond a Reasonable Doubt

Shmuel Waldman

https://www.amazon.com/Beyond-Reasonable-Doubt-Shmuel-Waldman/dp/1583308067

well the one thing that intrigued me about Judaism is how the whole system just points to the realization of god. there's a reason why Jews are so rich, so smart, low divorce and crime rate. the torah is a perfect instruction manual for life and the reason it has so many laws is because humans have so many flaws. the restrictions of being a jew are really opportunity for a better life.

for me i had to overcome the fact if the torah was really divine and is gods knowledge, or was it man made crazy cave man stuff from thousands of years ago..but if you take the time to investigate the authenticity of the torah all fingers point to god. you know unlike the rest of the world we believe humans were actually smarter back in the day and that are great grandparents were not apes. this is easily proven by just learning torah YOU must know that its no easy task to learn and how much knowledge there is. the oral torah is there to explain the written torah , the mishnah is there to explain that , then you have commentator explain that, then rashi explaining what that guy meant and we are here in 2011 breaking our heads trying to understand it from the bottum up. and when we do its a very real and euphoric moment. ......also the torah has things installed in it that in no way possible could be written by a human. think about this psychological argument . imagine we are living three thousand years ago and you're a member for a select committee to write the torah, your goal is convince people that this is a divine document given to you by god. in addition to obvious laws like dont kill or steal would you put kashrut on the list ? if we really wanted to sell this document to the world. not only that, the torah explains what signs a animal needs to be kosher then goes out of its why to name 4 animals that have 1 sign and not the other. How would the authors know such a thing? was Moshe a zoologist exploring the world. its a lot of credibility to put on the line ..to this day we have 5,000 known species of animals and constantly finding new ones ,and not once has there been a find that went against the torahs explicit claim ..no human trying to pass off a forged torah as divine would deliberately include statements which are bound to be proven false ,and risk exposing himself of fraud..only a supreme being can know for certain the characteristics of every animal in the world, because he created them!

this is just one small example like a drop in the bucket .
2 books that really helped me out was
http://www.amazon.com/Permission-Believe-Rational-Approaches-Existence/dp/0944070558
a book explain god through science , logic , history , etc
next one is http://www.amazon.com/Beyond-Reasonable-Doubt-Shmuel-Waldman/dp/1583308067 this book just proves in every way why judaism is real, amazing books and there is free audio classes for both..

and know even if you went off the derech every jew is still a diamond and even if a diamond falls in the mud ,all you have to do is polish it off to reveal its value again.