lazy

Well I have been lazy. I lost my notebook for a while, so I didnt take notes for classes during the last few days. i did fortunately find my book, after the tour was over. Im staying at a family's home for 2 days in Har Nof. It is a ton better than staying at a lousy hotel for 40 bucks a night. Im in downtown Jerusalem right now at an internet cafe, and my next program, Yeshiva Light, starts tommorow night. I heard the Rabbi running the trip rented us an apartment so we do not have to stay in the Yeshiva, so I am excited for that. We had an interesting speaker, Gerald L. Schroeder, author of "Science of God" which was the best seller in the science industry for a year. I did not really understand him, as he graduated from MIT with a degree in Nuclear physics or something. But he basically proved, using Ramban (Nachmonidies), NASA, and the British museum and some other stuff that the world is 15 billion years old, and that the torah also claims the world is 15 billion years old. Like i said, I didnt really understand, but I think he claims that the big bang proves the Torah, it has been ~5500 years since God gave man "Neshama" the ability to build large cities and stuff, etc...just read his book if you want to know more. But the part of his speech I liked best/understood was when he quoted Rambam (Maimonidies) as saying ~"If you think the torah and science contradict then you dont understand either torah or science"