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yitayningwut
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Logician –

Not logic as in understanding what I believe.

I am not referring to understanding everything. I am talking about logic in the mathematical sense. So is the Rambam.

Torah thought is full of ideas we absolutely believe to be true, yet are utterly contradictory.

I was not aware that I believe things which are utterly contradictory.

“Absolute Truth”

…is not what I mean by truth. I am talking about subjective truth, albeit subjective only in reference to logic. Again, mathematical logic.

Aside: As for absolute truth not being a Jewish concept, that cannot be correct. Mainstream, traditional Judaism clearly maintains that God’s existence is absolute (Rambam Hil. Yesodei Hatorah 1:1-2). Therefore God’s existence is absolute truth. If someone who knew what he was talking about said something like that, it may have been in reference to absolute morality, which is an entirely different discussion.