This week I've witnessed a powerful demonstration of personal bias, in myself.
I know nothing about biblical criticism. It happened that I started reading a blog post relating to an event in the Modern Orthodox world tangentially related to this phenomenon; the comments provided a lively discussion. On the mere suggestion of empirical evidence for heretical views of the Torah, I felt a significant challenge to my relationship with Torah and Hashem. I am recovering now; I don't know if this is because I'm particularly susceptible to suggestion (which I think is true), but it certainly jibes with what we learn from Rav Dessler et al.
I later went to Rav Hirsch's Collected Writings Vol. V to peruse his response to Frankel's writing on the Mishnah. I'm planning on waiting until I feel on firmer ground in my evolution investigations before I even consider looking into this one. I think rebbe guidance is even more strongly called for here.
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
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Are you actually interested in the truth?
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ReplyDeleteYes. I also realize that truth is elusive and falsehood is often convincing and/or tempting. This gross over-simplification, plus my relative ignorance, should begin to explain my hesitation to get into this area. FWIW, for the interested reader: On Bible Criticism and Its Counterarguments - I found it a worthy first glimspe.
Not much movement in this area since I wrote this post.