[Avodah] Apikores?

[Yitzhak Grossman]

On Wed, 12 Dec 2007 22:16:11 -0500
Micha Berger <micha at aishdas.org> wrote:

> On Wed, Dec 05, 2007 at 10:34:49AM -0500, David Riceman wrote:

[snip]

> : I'm (to put it mildly) not thrilled with this attitude (though I find it 
> : a plausible reading of Rabbi Dessler) and as a contrast I cited Rabbi 
> : Lipkin's opinion that tending to other peoples needs in gashmiyus takes 
> : precedence over tending to their needs in ruhniyus.
> 
> That's our duty to another. Not Hashem's. I fail to see how one reflects
> on the other. IOW, Hashem could decide that the spiritual reward in the
> world to come outweighs temporary pain in the here-and-now. But for man
> to do so opens the door to the Inquisition.

What would be wrong with the Inquisition, assuming that a) the theology
behind it is correct and b) it is not abused by its implementers for
personal gain?  [I'm aware that neither condition held in actuality.]
Do you simply mean that bad theology and / or corruption are inevitable?

> Despite "mah Ani ... af atah ..." our moral choices differ. Hashem banned
> murder even though He takes lives regularly.

But He permitted, and even commanded, judicial / executive enforcement
of Halachah.

> Tir'u baTov!
> -Micha

Yitzhak
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