Over My Dead Body: Some Grave Questions for GodIn this compelling "autobiographical" account of life and death, Rabbi David Forman takes the reader on an intensely challenging journey of self-discovery. Dramatic and comic, intellectual and emotional, Over My Dead Body: Some GraveQuestions for God addresses primary concerns about God that occupy all of us. |
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Some Grave Questions for God David J. Forman. " Impending death not only prompts questions of one's own life , but also about God's role , or lack thereof , in it . It is at death's door that we are most vulnerable and seek answers , so ...
Some Grave Questions for God David J. Forman. " Impending death not only prompts questions of one's own life , but also about God's role , or lack thereof , in it . It is at death's door that we are most vulnerable and seek answers , so ...
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... God Decide to Create the World and Human Beings in Their Present Form ? . . Question # 7 How Should We Address and / or Describe God ? . - Question # 8 - What Constitutes Divine Personality Traits ? - . Question # 9 What Are God's ...
... God Decide to Create the World and Human Beings in Their Present Form ? . . Question # 7 How Should We Address and / or Describe God ? . - Question # 8 - What Constitutes Divine Personality Traits ? - . Question # 9 What Are God's ...
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... God Have a Special Relationship with the Jewish People and the Land of Israel ? . . . Question # 32 - - Is God a Zionist ? . . Question # 33 - - Can Empiricism Prove God's Existence ? Question # 34 - - Is God " in the Details ...
... God Have a Special Relationship with the Jewish People and the Land of Israel ? . . . Question # 32 - - Is God a Zionist ? . . Question # 33 - - Can Empiricism Prove God's Existence ? Question # 34 - - Is God " in the Details ...
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... God from the vantage point of someone who is about to die would loosen all inhibitions . It would be as if I were ... God's role , or lack thereof , in it . It is at death's door that we are most vulnerable and that we seek answers ...
... God from the vantage point of someone who is about to die would loosen all inhibitions . It would be as if I were ... God's role , or lack thereof , in it . It is at death's door that we are most vulnerable and that we seek answers ...
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... God will accompany me on my new journey into the unknown . To quote the Psalmist : " Even though I walk through the ... God's Heavenly core ( Al - Dat ) is feminine . Angel of Death comes over to you and taps you THE BEGINNING OF THE END 19.
... God will accompany me on my new journey into the unknown . To quote the Psalmist : " Even though I walk through the ... God's Heavenly core ( Al - Dat ) is feminine . Angel of Death comes over to you and taps you THE BEGINNING OF THE END 19.
Contents
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How Should We Address andor Describe God? | 45 |
What Constitutes Divine Personality Traits? | 47 |
What is the Relationship Between Guilt and Responsibility? | 105 |
Does God Know Our Thoughts? | 116 |
How Do We Distinguish between Right and Wrong? | 120 |
What Does It Mean to Blame God or Thank God? | 129 |
Is There Such a Concept as a Divine Spark and if so are We All Created Equal? | 133 |
Is Atheism a Viable WorldView? | 140 |
Is God Dead? | 148 |
Are We All Basically Agnostics? | 153 |
What are Gods Powers? | 51 |
Does God Possess Healing Powers? | 55 |
Can Anyone Communicate with God? | 58 |
Do We Need an Intermediary to Talk to God? | 61 |
Why Pray to God? | 64 |
Does God Need So Much Praise? | 69 |
Is There Divine Retribution Reward and Punishment? | 72 |
Does God Grant Free Will? | 76 |
Can Philosophy Settle the Conflict between Free Will and Determinism? | 79 |
Are We Gods Puppets? | 85 |
If Sin Exists Original or Otherwise What is the Process of Atonement? | 94 |
Evolution and Creation Why the Conflict? | 157 |
Is Materialism Our New God? | 165 |
Are There Other Gods Political Ideologies Flag Anthem and Country? | 170 |
Does God Have a Special Relationship with the Jewish People and the Land of Israel? | 174 |
Is God a Zionist? | 178 |
Can Empiricism Prove Gods Existence? | 182 |
Is God in the Details? | 186 |
Can God Perform Miracles? | 197 |
Is There an Afterlife Heaven and Hell a Soul? | 201 |
The End of the Beginning | 211 |
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Page 38 - I WILL sing unto the Lord, for he hath triumphed gloriously : The horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.
Page 38 - I will sing to the LORD, for he has triumphed gloriously; horse and rider he has thrown into the sea. 2 The LORD is my strength and my might," and he has become my salvation; this is my God, and I will praise him, my father's God, and I will exalt him.
Page 26 - You shall not make for yourself a sculptured image, or any likeness of what is in the heavens above, or on the earth below, or in the waters under the earth.