jbml 17/18 thln meshiach


MESHIACH
~
I'M NOT SURE
THAT WE'RE AS FAR APART
AS YOU THINK.

I DO NOT DENY
THE POSSIBILITY OF
MESSIANIC RESCUE.

I JUST THINK
THAT HaKaBa ("g d"knipoog POSED THE BRIT
(THE deal with THE Isrealites)
ON THE GROUND RULES THAT WE'LL TRY TO HOLD UP OUR END
AS IF NO SUPERNATURAL BAILOUT IS POSSIBLE
(and if it is, then it's none
of our business).

WHILE
THIS INTERPRETATION
DOES PUT A BARRIER IN THE PATH
OF THE DESTRUCTIVE IRRATIONALISM YOU MENTION
(because it disqualifies the impulse to violate the brit and,
then "Jew Him down" on the price of salvation, as an anti- Semitic stereotype),
IT IS NOT DESIGNED TO DO THAT. IT HAS MORE TO DO WITH A GENERAL OUTLOOK ABOUT OUR PLACE IN THE WORLD -
IF ONE SINGLE ACT OF HUMAN-INITIATED MAGIC
IS ADMISSIBLE INTO THE DISCOURSE
OF WHAT WE MAY RELIABLY COUNT ON
IN THIS LIFE,
THEN THERE IS SIMPLY NO POINT WHATSOEVER
OF TRYING TO ESCAPE SOLIPSISM.
IF MIRACLES OCCUR AS EMPIRICAL EVENTS,
THEN WE HAVE TO TAKE NOTE OF THEM
AND OBSERVE
OUR IN-PRINCIPLE INABILITY
TO EXPLAIN THEM.

AND
IF WE
WANT TO INCORPORATE
MIRACLES
INTO THE "TECHNOLOGY" OF DAILY LIFE,
AND PROPOSE AN EFFICACY OF PRAYER
(or even acts)
THAT INCLUDES THE POSSIBILITY
OF EVEN SEMI-RELIABLY GENERATING MIRACLES UPON DEMAND,
THEN I DON'T REALLY SEE MUCH POINT
IN PREFERRING RATIONALISM
TO IRRATIONALISM.

I'M
NOT SURE
THAT IS FAIR
TO THE MESSIANIST VIEWPOINT,
BUT I AM COMFORTABLE LEAVING IT THIS WAY:
IF FUTURE MIRACLES OCCUR,
THEN WE WILL FIND
OUT ABOUT THEM
WHEN THEY
DO.

TO
BE CONTI-
nued
...
OK!
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