[Avodah] Proofs of God BACK TO EILU V'EILU...

[Richard Wolberg]

The following two comments are a great illustration of the "black and white"
philosophy, the first statement, and the "shades of gray" philosophy, the
second statement.

1)  You have two choices. Either it's a fact, or he was a liar...

 

2)  Or he was mistaken. Or words were attributed to him that he never said.

Or, he said "as if", and his talmidim missed those two words in the
retelling. Or...

 

I've always had a problem with the "either black or white" philosophy which
borders on seeing things as being too simplistic. Life is much too complex
and therefore it appears the safer approach is the "shades of gray"
philosophy. 

 

We've all heard about: "your version", "his version" and the truth lies
somewhere in between. Obviously, that's an oversimplification also. But to
say one is either telling the truth or is a liar can be quite inaccurate and
unfair. We all have perceptions, and just because my perception is different
from yours, does not mean that one of us is right and the other wrong.

Back to eilu v'eilu.

 

Kol tuv/Best regards,

ri

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