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children have defeated me.’”
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Hyam Maccoby, a British Jew who was both a scholar and author, shared the following comment
on this passage from the Talmud. “This extraordinary story strikes the keynote of the Talmud. God
is a good father who wants His children to grow up and achieve independence. He has given them
His Torah, but now wants them to develop it...”

Dear saint, do you perceive the serious error in what is revealed regarding the attitude of the
Orthodox Jew toward God and His holy Scriptures? Does Yahweh truly desire for His people “to
grow up and achieve independence”? Does Yahweh want His people to direct their own way and rely
upon their own wisdom to such a degree that they do not even heed the voice of God speaking from
the heavens? Did Yahweh actually instruct the Hebrew people at Mount Sinai to “Decide according
to the majority”? The Scripture cited to support this dangerous view is the following:

Exodus 23:2
You shall not follow a multitude in doing evil, nor shall you testify in a dispute so as to turn aside
after a multitude in order to pervert justice...

The rabbis of Israel have twisted this verse to derive from it something Yahweh never intended. The
divine intent of this commandment is that a man must stand for truth, righteousness, and integrity,
even when the multitude around him is clamoring to do evil. The rabbis read into this commandment
the principle that the majority opinion should rule, but only when the majority is not clamoring for
that which is false, unrighteous, or evil. This rabbinic interpretation is an example of casuistry - the
use of clever but unsound reasoning, especially in relation to moral questions.

This idea of God assigning to man the principle of majority rule is a gross distortion of the truth.
Yahweh never gave any commandment that the Hebrew people should determine halakha, the laws
of how life should be lived, through majority rule. A very great transition occurs when a person
adopts this false view. No longer is God viewed as the judge and determiner of truth, life, and
justice. Man steps into God’s place, being the final arbiter of how the Scriptures are to be applied
to daily life, while going far beyond the Scriptures to create a body of legislation and advice on
subjects the Bible does not address.

At the heart of this fictitious tale found in the Talmud are the words ascribed to Rabbi Joshua, “It
is not in the heavens.” To what does “It” refer? The answer is “Judgment,” “Rule,” “the establishing
of halakha (Jewish Law).” These things are not to be found in the heavens. The argument behind this
claim is “that since the Torah has been given already on Mount Sinai, we do not pay attention to
a heavenly voice.” In other words, God has already given the Hebrew people His law. Now they are
on their own to apply it and develop it into a full and mature body of legislation and counsel to
inform the Jewish people in every aspect of how life should be lived.

With subtlety worthy of Satan himself, the Jewish “sages” followed in the footsteps of Lucifer when
he aspired to make himself like God, to rule his own life, and to no longer be ruled by God.