Setting: Orthodox shul.
The rabbi says that the biggest challenge to belief in the divinity of the Torah is not the Documentary Hypothesis (I doubt 50% of the audience knows what that is) but the conceit that the Torah only has something to say to Jews.
The rabbi talked about the Exodus as an inspiration to the civil rights movement and that we should study Martin Luther King’s speeches because they’re Torah too.
I’m a pretty liberal guy and I can see how under the right circumstances, or more particularly with the right chavruta (study partner), I could really get into appreciating the good doctor’s message and how I could learn to open my heart and get in touch with the humanity of the other.
Yes, I could date a black chick but only if she was an Orthodox Jew. And really cute.
Dr. King wouldn’t want it any other way.
But what if I study his teachings and become a plagiarizing womanizer?
