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“3. Knowledge The ‘what if ...?’ question presupposes, if not omniscience, at least full and reliable information. Not only does it assume on my part that events will unfold in an inevitable way; it also presumes that I am reliably informed about what the unfolding will be like. I know that if...

“… The ancient Sages reject on the one hand the idea that the injunctions received from their fathers will cease to be valid, yet on the other hand they sometimes stress that the Messiah will give Israel a new Torah. RaMBaM states in the 8th and 9th of his 13 dogmas that the ‘Torah which we now...

* Killing your enemy is a worst impulse. How many times in scripture does God say, “Be not afraid”? *

Popping bubble wrap.

That’s the right attitude to have. No one can do it for you, nor should they. Will you do it? If you will, when do you plan to start? How important to you is it to do it?

“2. Control The challenge at least assumes my substantial control of the situation, if not my omnipotence. It assumes that if I seek to stop the attacker, I can. Now in some cases this may be true, but in many cases it is by no means certain. The more serious the threat which an attacker...