This is interactive learning. Give this brief article (as well as any of the comments beneath it) a read. Then add your own thought. Let's learn from each other!“Rabbi, what if there isn’t a God?”
The rabbi led his student outside and handed the boy a bow and arrow. “Hit the bullseye on the target that’s on a tree in that forest,” said the rabbi. “But we can’t see the target,” the student responded. “You’re right," said the rabbi, "you don’t know if it’s even there.”
The student took aim and let the arrow fly. The rabbi said, “You have just shot an arrow, not knowing whether it has hit its mark, not knowing even if there is a mark. Yet you felt the strength of the bow, and the tightening of your muscles.”
Toward the end of each service, we stand, face the Ark, and sing Alenu, proclaiming God’s greatness and God’s selecting us for great deeds. But how could we possibly know? Is it not foolishness to think we can know the will of God?
The rabbi concluded his lesson, saying, “It is not the target that matters ... but rather how well the arrow flies ... and how it has affected the archer.”
This is the purpose of prayer.
-- Rabbi Billy Dreskin (reprinted from "Woodlands News," June 09)
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