Opinion & Comment
On HaRav Miller zt"l

To The Editor:

Of the many ideological yeshuos that Rav Avigdor Miller zt"l wrought for this generation, one of the greatest was his uncompromising defense of the Torah's chronology that our universe is 6,000 years old.

The very basis of our Shabbos observance is the literal truth of "six days shall you labor . . . for in six days the L-rd made the heaven and the earth" (Shemos 20) -- six days, not six billion years!

In his books and lectures Rav Miller amassed a large body of solid scientific evidence showing that the Jewish date 5761 (preceded by a Hexaemeron of 144 hours) is literally correct!

For example: the rate of decrease of the earth and sun's magnetic fields, the rate of decrease in the size of the solar disc, the high residual warmth of the moon and mere half-inch of dust on its surface (which amazed the Apollo astronauts who had been told to expect being swamped!), the decrease in the speed of light, the paucity of helium and micro-meteoric dust in the atmosphere, the rate of mineral deposition into the oceans, the fallacious premises of radiometric dating, the still "unwrapped" state of the arms of the great spiral galaxies, the thickness of Saturn's rings, the continued existence of short-term comets, human population statistics, the complete dearth of any human record or artifact older than 6000 years, polystrate fossils, the inability of the DNA molecule to last more than 10,000 years, the non-organic theory for the origin of oil, dendochronolgy (no tree older than 5100 years can be found!), pleochroic haloes etc., all indicative of an astounding recency of creation!

Yours Truly,

Amnon Goldberg

Tel Aviv

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