I didn’t think so. This is because it is beyond the human capability to conceptualize something that has no basis in reality. All human creativity is the product of taking existing ideas and rearranging them, using ingredients that are already in the world and making a new combination. There is nothing completely new under the sun.
Human invention is the mirroring and harnessing of nature. For this reason airplanes are modeled on birds, featuring wings and tails, and automobiles are built like horses, on all fours with two eyes at the front. If you look at every human creation, you will find that nothing is absolutely original. This is true even in the world of fantasy, human imagination can only create characters that somewhat resemble creatures in reality. The weirdest aliens from the outlandish science fiction stories are simply overgrown frogmen or human lizards with big ears. The freakiest space monster looks strikingly similar to a giant sea creature. The wildest imaginations have never been able to dream up an entirely original being. Even fictional characters are rooted on real life. This was also true of the gods of ancient mythology. The Babylonian, Roman, Egyptian, Greek and Mesopotamian deities were all merely exaggerated humans or personifications of forces of nature. It is clear to see how they were man-made, a combination of a human man's fears and hopes and fantasies. All ancient gods, like all inventions made by man, were creative depictions of familiar realities. Only G-d creates true originals we just copy from there (even cloning is just reproducing). You, G-d created; therefore you are a true original! Menachem M. Bluming, Rabbi Moss and Chabad.or
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AuthorRabbi Mendel Bluming also dedicated six years to serving on the board of directors of the Jewish Federation of Greater Washington, where he received the Matthew H. Simon Rabbinical Award for exceptional communal leadership. Archives
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