[Avodah] Vayechi - Judge every person favorably

[Micha Berger]

On Thu, Jan 05, 2012 at 01:15:04PM -0500, Zev Sero wrote:
> The Tzedokim, Baytusim, and Minim in Chazal's day, and the Kara'im in the
> days of R Saadia and the Rambam, were all acting "for the sake of Heaven".
> So were the Kohanei Haba`al in Eliyahu's day, for a different value of
> "Heaven"; i.e. they honestly thought the Ba`al was a true god who needed
> to be worshipped.  That didn't change how we were supposed to relate to
> them.

As per the Rambam on Qaraim, the 2nd generation onward are blameless. No?

:-)BBii!
-Micha