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[–] 3 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

I've heard stuff like this several times from different sources over the years, but I'm still not convinced it's not some elaborate collective prank. It reads like something written by Terry Pratchett or Douglas Adams.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    The really short version is that the jewish belief is that an omniscient god wrote the torah with the complete foreknowledge that people would be debating over its intent in edge cases for the rest of time, and so he wrote exactly what was necessary for rabbis to collectively come to the correct conclusions. If an interpretation would've been wrong, then god would've written that part differently.

    Essentially it's D&D rules lawyering

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

    I get that, but at the same time I don't. I mean, it doesn't make sense to me. Expecting endless debate and also expecting correct conclusions to be reached seems contradictory, since once conclusions are reached, debate would cease. This is one of those things that make me feel very uncertain, like when you finish an exam in half the allotted time, watch everyone else keep furiously working, and start questioning whether everyone else is dumb or whether you are and you missed something obvious. I get that feeling a lot when reading/thinking about religion.

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