(02-10-2019, 04:17 AM)Channalee Wrote: This is an interesting topic you've started!
I've always thought that it's the world that's not perfect. That's why we're supposed to heal it as best we can.
People are imperfect, too. If we say that God is imperfect, then aren't we ascribing human imperfection to God? And, if we ascribe human imperfection to God, then aren't we in danger of anthropomorphizing God?
Perhaps, but cannot this also be said of Torah?
Parenthetically,
- I suspect that perfection is no less an anthropomorphic concept than is imperfection.
- The my Jewish Learning article on Tikkun Olam is worth a read (I love the picture).
To be is to stand for. - Abraham Joshua Heschel