Q&A: Question
Question
Question
I think you’d agree that the theology presented in the trilogy fits only a very small percentage of the population. The overwhelming majority simply isn’t interested in that kind of style and is drawn to something much more experiential / Hasidic / Sephardi / whatever. Even among the more intellectual people in the population, there still isn’t a majority that accepts it…
Doesn’t that make you think that this is not really what He intended?
In other words: maybe the trilogy is true, but it is not suited to the human species?
Answer
Is the Rebbe the Holy One, blessed be He? (In the sense of: "the words of the master and the words of the disciple.")
I’m not very interested in what suits the human species. Most of the human race are fools. I’m interested in the question of what is true. Sometimes comments from ordinary people can alert you to mistakes (especially mistakes that come from being disconnected from the world), but there is no rule that whatever the majority says is right. For me the rule is the opposite: whatever the majority says is wrong until proven otherwise.
But I would note that influence on the public is achieved by building paths and theologies that only a small minority are familiar with. If they are influential, they can lead communities and generations that will follow them. Especially since this theology is actually suitable for a much broader public than the accepted theologies. It’s just that, as with public theologies generally, the public is not really interested in them and will not study them. That is why there is leadership and people who chart the path to lead them. But the suitability definitely does exist.
Discussion on Answer
So your difficulty is a factual question? You answered it: of course it’s possible. After all, in your view that is the actual state of affairs. Whatever exists is also possible—that’s a statement in logic. That is unlike the expression "it cannot be imagined," which is always said about something that in fact happened.
I’m not sure whether there is any point in continuing the discussion. "After all, in your view that is the actual state of affairs"—and in the Rabbi’s view? The situation isn’t like that????
What is the question? Factually? Are you asking whether I too see reality that way?
In my innocence I thought that the Rabbi also sees reality that way, and therefore my question is whether the Rabbi does not want to regard that as a difficulty
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And to that I answered: no.
I’ll insist once again.
1. From the statement "most of the human race are fools" exactly what I claimed follows—that the Holy One, blessed be He, created a human species that has absolutely nothing to do with the trilogy. The rule "whatever the majority says is wrong until proven otherwise" does not challenge what I said. I didn’t say the majority is right. I said the majority is not seeking, and is not suited to, the religion of the trilogy.
2. Even among community leaders and path-setters I do not find many friends who agree with the Rabbi’s words. So here too there is no answer to my question.
And the difficulty returns to its original place. It may be that the Rabbi is right in what he says in the trilogy, but the Holy One, blessed be He, created a human species that is not suited to it…