[Avodah] truth telling

[Lisa Liel]

You'll have to define "truth".  I know a lot of self-Identified frum 
Jews who consider it "truth" that the Exodus didn't happen.  That the 
Mabul was a metaphor.  That the text of the Torah she'bichtav we have 
now is not the one given to Moshe at Sinai in an actual, factual, 
historical event.  It's never good for them to tell that "truth" to 
their children.

If by truth you mean the truths stated in Judaism, then it's a matter of 
judgment.  If you're considering telling your children about Amnon and 
Tamar, their age would enter into the decision.  If the truth you want 
to tell them is about the molesters in the frum community who were 
respected leaders, again, age matters.  But I wouldn't withhold the 
facts from my child if they were old enough to hear it and it seemed 
relevant.

Lisa

On 12/29/2017 11:36 AM, Rich, Joel via Avodah wrote:
> Thought experiment: As a community, assume we know that we could tell 
> a particular non truth to our children and X% would stay frum but if 
> we told them the truth (X – Y)% would stay frum. At what values of X 
> and Y (if any) would being not truthful be required and/or preferred?
> KT
> Joel Rich
>


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