Akiva Miller in Vol
# 19 states:
>>Several people are asking if extra terrestrials (if
they exist) would
have a Torah like ours. Let me remind everyone that
until about 3309
years ago, even Planet Earth did not "have a Torah like
our">>
But Prior to the giving of the Torah 5 very specific events happened
which
"were prerequisites" to the Torah. That is the Torah could not really
have
been given without these things happening "first": They are
1)-3) The
lives of the 3 Patriarchs which of course represent "values"
which were later
incorportated into the Torah
4) The Freedom from Egypt
5) The laws of Noah
which were later incorporated more fully into the Torah
(e.g. "...Gen 9...And
also your blood in life I will seek (Prohibition of
murder)"
In a previous posting I argued (quoting a Rand study) that life exists
on
other planets "in the same way" it exists here. The temperature ranges
must
be more or less the same, the atmosphere, seasonality, the animal
kingdom etc.
Similarly the social evolution of the planet would be the same:
There would
be a person who preaches charity and belief in a charitable G-d,
a person
who teaches the value of sacrifice etc. Finally, if and when evil
develops
to the point of a concentrated tyranny like Egypt there would
naturally arise
prophets and other leaders who would help the people.
Thus it seems reasonable that life evolves in the same form on every
planet
and the Torah comes after its "prerequisites"for its being
written.
Russell Jay Hendel, Ph.d, ASA, rhendel @ mcs drexel edu