יום שישי, אוקטובר 17, 2008

There is a flaw in the logic

Old readers of my blog (I know that there are not so many of them) are privy to my ideological argument with Rav Shimon Schwab Ztz"l. I do return to that subject of Jewish History and the cover-up system that took its license from his opinion because I think this subject is one of the most important issues if we want to fight corruption in the Jewish people. I've just had a revelation that is so obvious and clear that I may only lough at myself for not seeing it before. Rav Schwab, in his article "Jewish History" (mitteilungen, Dec. Mar 1984-1985) that could be found also on the internet (http://www.tzemachdovid.org/gedolim/essays/ravschwab.htm) says: "Suppose one of us today would want to write a history of Orthodox Jewish life in pre-holocaust Germany. There is much to report but not everything is complimentary. Not all of the important people were flawless as one would like to believe and not all the mores and lifestyles of this bygone generation were beyond criticism." Now, wait a minute, Rav Scwab admits, nah, he states as a matter of known and undisputable truth. that not everything WITHIN the Orthodoxy was fine and holy. He testifies that there was a lot to be desired. Ohmigosh, do you understand that?! This is not a statement from some Epikoires who could not and should be trusted. This is a statement from one of Gedoilei Yisroel. a man that the truth is his guiding light
Now, when we read the actual inspirational stories that he proscribed in this article and then we read this article itself, we KNOW that what is written in those stories is not the truth, because Rav Schwab told us that it is not! And here is the issue. In order to justify something that is untrue one must admit, at least to himself that it is untrue. But once you've admited it, nothing would make it true, not in your eyes and not in the eyes of your oponents

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