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Podcast: The Great Sources with Rabbi Shnayor Burton
Episode: S8, E2 Jerusalem and Athens: God-Centered vs. Human-Centered Governance, 02
Description: This lecture series is a project of כרם בין תורה לחכמה, generously sponsored by R' Yoel Werzberger
Highlights:
2:15 What is achieved by humans thinking in non-human terms?
4:15 Humans are the most important aspect of reality; viewing the world from God's perspective involves viewing humanity accurately
8:30 The actions are God can be understood only by understanding humans
12:00 God is good only if humans are good
16:00 By bringing things back to God's perspective, we simultaneously value the way things are and remain open to progress
18:00 The tension between progressivism and conservativism
22:00 God's will as the ultimate constant that allows for infinite progress
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