("Good" and "evil" describe the "revealed will of God" for what humans should or shouldn't do, and applying that standard to the "secret will of God" himself is impossible and meaningless)
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David Foster Wallace got all philosophical about this regarding, of all things, income tax returns
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Having this quasi-religious debate between his IRS auditors over whether there literally is such a thing as an Objectively Correct tax return every US citizen has, and that your goal should be to get as close to that as possible
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There is a story of one of the great hasidic sages (i forget which) who on his deathbed gathered his students to bless them (1/2)
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Sage: may you fear God like you fear mortal kings Students: (puzzled) shouldn’t we fear God more? Sage: if you thought the king’s secret police were always watching and would arrest and execute you for breaking the sabbath, would you be more circumspect about the law?
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