Daat Emet Post

The post, dated 20.01.2010, deals with the following 3 questions of a guy called Eli, obviously in a state of a post-kiruv syndrome:

1. Isn't the fact that the Torah remained nearly unchained as opposed to other religious document a proof that Judaism is true?
2. If the Torah is invented, why did people follow Moshe's chukim (inexplicable laws) if there is no benefit to it? Example is some people needing to divorce their wives after Matan Torah told them that relatives were forbidden.
3. Why would prophets risk their credibility in writing prophecies that might not come true?

The answers, of course:

1. The Torah did not remain unchanged, as proven in pamphlet 9 of Daat Emet.
2. Who says that all laws were given at once? And, yes, there are other precedents such as female circumcision that were accepted despite the fact that they were damaging their adherents.
3. The art of being a prophet is to produce prophecies that were vague enough to explain them as true (similar to horoscopes) and they were written down ipso facto. Besides, some of them did indeed not come true (like the Torah's own promise of abundance on the 6th year of a shemita cycle).

Note: Besides the fact that all premises were rubbish, it is sort of self-understood that Matan Torah really happened. In any case, the answers of Daat Emet are, as usual, highly recommended.

Read the original post here (English translation available by clicking the English button).