Would you cheer for a Nazi?
I wanted to be interested in your perspective.
It is clear from your words in several places that you have no problem with someone who has come to the conclusion that one must deny the Torah and God, and you even encourage him to do as he concludes, and even admire the courage of the one who actually did so [in the last article, about Yaron Yadan], and in fact you are right.
My question is whether your concern for the person shouldn’t make you want to convince him in any way and dissuade him from his conclusion, since according to your conclusion he is seriously harming himself.
A person who comes to you who has come to the conclusion that all weak people and inferior races should be murdered, and he asks you whether to move forward with his actions… Will you tell him that he is brave and support him in his decision [if we leave aside the public benefit], or will you make sure to explain to him in every possible way that he is wrong.
I remember in one of the articles that corresponded here, someone claimed that a community should be established to encourage abortions, and you wrote there sharply, stating that you were ‘considering’ censoring the things.
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By the way, in the end I didn't censor there either. 🙂
That is, if it weren't for the consequential damage, you wouldn't be outraged at all, but would rather praise him for his courage [as in the article you mentioned]?
You mentioned that God also considers his opinion. What do you mean by saying that Elisha ben Abuyah, for example, should not be punished because he acted according to his own conclusion [but rather, he should be praised for his rare courage]?
And if you say “touched” [even though Chazal is described as being entangled in difficulties and reading external opinions], I would ask how you think that those of our day are not touched, and in truth they do believe but follow the dictates of their hearts.
How do you think that God considers a person’s opinion, lest He demands that he bend his mind and do as He commands, and indeed this will not benefit someone who is one hundred percent certain that he is right [because he does not believe in the commandment at all], but someone who is only eighty percent certain will fear the twenty percent and refrain.
Just put an exclamation point after all your questions. This is my answer to them.
Clear! Clear!
And no offense. There is no lawsuit for a wrongdoer in rape to the best of his understanding. The sages hardly recognized such a possibility (that a simple person would not believe) and therefore interpreted everything as the advice of instinct and as something to be condemned. I have elaborated on this in several places.
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