[Avodah] A God who knows the future

Hankman salman at videotron.ca
Fri Aug 5 08:41:00 PDT 2011


Rn'TK wrote:

I believe you misunderstood me.  ...  
Chazal were /acknowledging/ that there is a paradox, not attempting to /explain/ it! 

I thought I was as clear as could be that there is no /logical/ way to reconcile the paradox

CM:

OK, we are on the same page here. But I would modify your statement "there is no /logical/ way to reconcile the paradox" to read "there is no /logical/ way to reconcile the paradox that I am aware of or can grasp with my limited human mind."

Rn'TK wrote:

What I said was that there is no /practical/ problem -- we just have to go on with our lives and make the best choices we can. I freely admitted that there is a /logical/ problem, 
...
It is just that, in our daily lives, the paradox makes no practical difference.

CM:

Here I beg to differ. The logical problem can make a big difference in our lives, viz. Zadok & Beitus and an unknown army of others who have been led astray by this merely "logical" problem that "makes no practical difference."

Kol Tuv

Chaim Manaster
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