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Friday, September 23, 2005

Lazer Beams: It's all the Rambam's fault!

Lazer Brody: "According to the Rambam, Rita and subsequent disasters are the result of those who deny the principle of Divine providence in every creation and every occurrence."

How odd, seeing as how one of the people "who deny the principle of Divine providence in every creation and every occurrence" is... [drumroll] ...the Rambam himself!

This Universe remains perpetually with the same properties with which the Creator has endowed it… none of these will ever be changed except by way of miracle in some individual instances….” (Guide 2:29).

In other words, the Rambam holds that the pattern of nature is basically immutable, meaning he has denied "principle of Divine providence in every creation and every occurrence."

So, in the loony-land of Lazer Brody, if you're foolish enough to accept the Rambam's view of the world, God responds by blasting other people with a hurricane. That's about as stupid as his old idea, which was "if you're foolish enough to live at the bottom of a country led by a President who supported disengagemnt, God responds by flooding your house."

How I wish I was making this up...