Content by Howard A. Smith, PhD
Howard Smith is a senior research astrophysicist at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics and retired teacher from the Harvard Astronomy Department. He is the author of Let There Be Light: Modern Cosmology and Kabbalah: A New Conversation Between Science and Religion, in addition to being an author on over 400 scientific journal articles and the forthcoming book The Secrets of Creation: Mysticism Meets Science and Art.
Is Teshuvah Possible?
If we can trace the steps of cause-and-effect all the way back to the Big Bang – and free will does not exist – then what about the possibility of teshuvah (repentance)?