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From: robison@eosp1.UUCP (Tobias D. Robison)
Newsgroups: net.religion.jewish
Subject: Re: Ignoring the "voices of Heaven"
Message-ID: <1191@eosp1.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 23-Oct-84 18:24:09 EDT
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Posted: Tue Oct 23 18:24:09 1984
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Summary: 

The R. Eliezer story, in which the majority ignored ignored the
miracles he called for as evidence that his argument was correct,
has a corollary mentioned in commentaries that I find pleasing.

If a person attempts to prove an argument by summoning miracles,
there is doubt as to whether a good or evil (to lead us astray) agent is
performing the miracles.  Therefore even if a person can claim
"may this river reverse its course if I am right!", it is still better
for a group to base its decision on rational argument.

	- Toby Robison (not Robinson!)
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