Q&A: Immoral Commandments
Immoral Commandments
Question
1) When there are immoral commandments in the Torah, does that mean that God commanded bad acts that have religious value?
In other words, did God command doing bad acts because He knows that the religious value outweighs the moral value? Or are they actually not bad?
2) Suppose the religious value of a bad act causes a greater “repair” than a good act—does that basically turn the bad act into a good one, like a painful surgery and the like?
Answer
- From your wording I understand that you’ve already read my position on the matter. So what exactly is the question?
- Not necessarily. But this question has no practical significance.
Discussion on Answer
The Germans discussed this issue too, and ruled that morality overrides the Torah, and they set up crematoria.
And the board of the Poultry Council in New Zealand also discussed the annual egg allocation for Easter and ruled that if the sun gets into a fistfight with infinitely many pentagonal dwarfs, then my hat will have three corners, three corners has my hat.
You probably think you’re more moral than the Germans.
That’s exactly what they thought.
They also thought they’d manage to win the war.
So your solution is to cling to the Torah, which is open to interpretation (and was influenced, is influenced, and will be influenced by morality), and that’s how you guarantee the well-being of morality?
Those were the Germans who tried to guarantee the well-being of morality in the most militant way possible.
Today it’s the vaccine pushers who are trying to protect morality.
Every generation and its righteous ones.
Honestly, it was a bit hard for me to say that God commands us to do evil, so I thought maybe you meant something else when you said “an immoral act.”
In any case, I’m glad I understood. Thanks.