Saturday, August 27, 2011

Harnessing the Inclination Towards Evil

Actually I can think of one serious flaw to the argument that Jesus supports everything that is good and that is where Jesus explains that HAD he chosen to perform miracles in Sidon and Tyre then they would be repenting in sackcloth and ashes (and we assume many of them would be saved) BUT for whatever reason Jesus chose NOT to go there and perform miracles.

Also that curious business about "worry not for the morrow for SUFFICIENT unto the day is the evil thereof" ... also both Moses and Jesus state that "the poor shall always be with you" and the New Testament states that there shall be wars and rumors of wars until the end of the world; therefore it is meaningless to speak of lasting peace or an end to poverty.

Jewish tradition speaks of "the inclination towards evil" (the yetzer harah ... just like haram) as something which God and humans harness into a good force. Each day of creation God sees that it is good, but the VERY GOOD is thought to mean the harnessing of the yetzer harah. If a man is greedy then he can become greedy for Torah knowledge. Solomon in Proverbs speaks of "iron sharpening iron" and saying that if it were NOT for the yetzer harah then no cities would be built and nothing would get done.

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