[Avodah] Must we agree with the Torah?

[Micha Berger]

On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 12:51:11PM -0400, Zev Sero wrote:
> The trouble begins when we start telling ourselves and our children the lies
> that we have to tell those outside, and they -- not knowing any better - come
> to believe them.  The lies become "toras imecha", and when someone tells them
> the truth they're shocked.  And eventually the same thing even happens to we
> who invented the lies in the first place.

OTOH, one can't overapply this theory and deny cases where our values
and the western world's do overlap.

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha