However, if not for our “win”, it would be over. We would, G-d forbid. And there were so so many attempts. Very very different.
It’s not really different at all. There are plenty of cultures that have tried and failed too. The fact that we are the ones who survived is no different than the one who won the lottery.
The whole point is that you’re looking at something improbable and saying “it had to be because of X.” It doesn’t matter if it’s the survival of the Jewish people or a person winning the lottery. The fact is that improbable things do happen, and you can’t then use that as proof for a different cause. It’s all the same — it’s seeing an arrow stuck in a tree and painting a bulls-eye around it.
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