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The Jewish sages said that when science trumps scripture.. science wins.. That's as far back as Rambam.. as far as I know...Those old guys were not fools.
Faith should NOT be threatened by science.........
And the sages themselves were rather well versed in the sciences as they always need the latest information to answer the questions of their contemporaries.
That's why we have always embraced technology.
There's actually lots of science that changes our laws, especially when it comes to the technology of cooking.
I take it that you are Jewish... Intellect should not be squashed by mythos. Bravo.
I am.
We have customs that are second layers of law that is determined by current knowledge.
When technology exposes a new layer of truth, the custom slowly but surely adapts to the new.
In a few decades, for instance, rice and corn will be at everybody's Passover table.
One of the reasons we hold onto customs is because we are taught to respect our parents and what they went through.
Plus customs are rather cute and remind us of our parents when they're gone.