After Toras Moshe I am returning to my work about the nature of G-d vs idolatry and am trying to clarify the basis for the common belief that G-d runs the world.
Man clearly has free will to violate G-d's commands so in what sense does G-d run the world, Most seem to think that whatever happens is the direct result of G-d's intervention Is all sickness controlled by G-d? All wealth or even traffic jams?
One way to think about it: A landlord runs his apartment building. The tennants inside are still free to run around and act as they like.
ReplyDeleteThis is essentially a conflict between Rambam and (current) Gedolim.
ReplyDeleteRambam essentially says Hashem created rules for running the world (known as nature), while current Gedolim say Hashem runs the world in real time.
Yes, this conflict existed during the Rambam's time and onwards.