Bible Criticism
Hello Rabbi, I have a brother who has gone astray and is trying to justify his ways because of biblical criticism. In fact, my brother is really an idiot, but he reads all kinds of nonsense and floods the house with it. I would appreciate a general (and if possible, specific) response to why biblical criticism is incorrect? What are the flaws and problems it suffers from? I would be very happy to see examples.
In fact, I’m kind of alone in thinking that this is nonsense because how do you observe “Yom Terua” and how do you observe “Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy”? So I understand that this is not a serious matter, but I don’t have the tools to respond.
In addition, the Rabbi, in the same matter, claims that the Torah was invented, and I try to explain to him that there is no way that a message that someone did, I did, and so on, can be implanted in history, but there is no way to convince people that they are today, they did “with you the Lord spoke,” so he claims that perhaps they were taught that “with you the Lord spoke,” etc. He is talking about the grandparents of the first recipients of the invention of the Torah, and in addition suggests that perhaps there was such an ancient legend, and one day the people of Israel decided to live according to that legend,,, I would appreciate the Rabbi’s response.. because he is stirring up the whole family in the WhatsApp group!! and so on
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It is neither wise nor useful to respond to someone who is only looking to attack and is not interested in answers.
I'll just point out that your brother may be an idiot, but it doesn't sound like his arguments are that idiotic. Maybe he can't formulate convincing arguments that he's heard well. Maybe you should try to understand his arguments and examine them honestly.
The questions that I was able to understand from the piles of words you wrote are definitely serious questions that deserve honest consideration. And I think they have satisfactory answers.
In general, if you think there's something emotional there and you want to bring it closer, it's by listening seriously, not disdainfully.
If you don't want other brothers to follow me, the same goes.
You can of course tell him that his questions are too big for you right now and you are not interested in going into the depth of every question he brings up in the morning news and refer him to Rabbi Michy's website. And to the website “Knowing to Believe” that Rabbi Michy mentioned above.
Tell him that you saw that there are answers here, but you don't feel like getting your head and most of it into the matter.
Write it in the family WhatsApp group.
“The questions you wrote are well-known and famous and they definitely require answers. You can delve into them very deeply and I recommend these websites “……….” To get a balanced picture of the various claimants”
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