Rabbi Meir and a philosopher were debating proof of God's hand in the universe. The philosopher was insistent that there was no evidence of God in the universe. He gave as proof a magnificent poem crafted by a human being, written in a smooth hand on a piece of parchment. It inspires awe but is the work of flesh and blood, not of Divinity.
Rabbi Meir responded that while a person scribed the poem, the implements did not come from a human being...rather the inkwell came into being magically along with the paper.
"Impossible," said the philosopher.
"So how can you say the universe has no author?"
-Zohar 1:2a
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