torah,
What’s the matter with Paroah’s astrologers knowing about a savior being born?
Many newcomers have a hard time with anything that differentiates us from other people. The society that we live in has a certain understanding, or agreement, that nobody can claim to be more correct than anyone else. (Of course, it usually only applies to ideas that aren’t our own.) It is a topic that has to be addressed wisely. I’m sure you have a contact, with whom to discuss such matters. It will have to be explained, a little at a time.
I’m not sure I can do justice to the topic. However, these are some things to keep in mind and convey, or discuss, over time:
- There is such a concept as actual true and false, not just relative truth.
- Anyone should have the right to believe that they are correct, especially when they aren’t trying to convince others.
- We have to first agree that the Torah is indeed true, and denying it is therefore not true.
- Finding out the truth does not equal mocking others, or stepping on others.
- Hashem gave us the Torah for a reason.
- He gave us the Torah so that we should stand out. Through the Torah we become different.
- Anyone who finds the Torah to be true is welcome to follow it, by joining its followers.
- The system of Mazalos is the system of time. There is a cycle of how things happen. This is the system of nature, that there will always be rich and poor, long and short life, week and strong; sometimes war and at times peace.
- By following Hashem’s rule we are circumventing the regular order, much the same way it says that all lands are under a heavenly minister but Eretz Yisroel is only under Hashem.
- There are certain things that even we cannot overcome with good deeds.
- Eventually, everyone gets rewarded for their behavior.