@nevuah “The rules are only by definition the truth because they _are_ true not because they are written in the book. Or any book.” Well, Truth is by definition true, not because of any other factors. How we know it’s the truth is because it’s from hashem. It’s true that the torah mirrors the truth, but we must follow it not because it’s convenient, rather because we know it’s hashem’s will and we are bis nation and took it upon ourselves to follow the torah. That doesn’t in any way take away from the fact that the torah mirrors the truth, and that in most cases it would be in our convenience. In addition, many people have a different “truth” then we we do. It’s highlighted in the progressive world where people don’t have any beliefs, rather intuitive “morals” and lot’s of their “morals” is up for discussion. I don’t see how you have an established “truth” outside of the torah, and the torah “mirrors” that truth.
To sum it up, we don’t look into the torah because there’s a truth outside of it which is mirrored in it, rather because its the word of hashem and we live by his words. It doesn’t change the fact that it’s the truth, it’s the incentive behind following the torah.
