Maggie really knows her stuff. So I can see her point that you have to really study it to properly refute a lot of the arguments that are made in the name of Talmudic reasoning. But since there are SO MANY views expressed in the Talmud, people tend to choose one interpreter and follow them. And that's where the problem starts. Since there are never any conclusions in Talmud, only opposing viewpoints, people pick and choose what they want to follow. And then beat other people over the head with quotations taken out of context.
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Maggie really knows her stuff. So I can see her point that you have to really study it to properly refute a lot of the arguments that are made in the name of Talmudic reasoning. But since there are SO MANY views expressed in the Talmud, people tend to choose one interpreter and follow them. And that's where the problem starts. Since there are never any conclusions in Talmud, only opposing viewpoints, people pick and choose what they want to follow. And then beat other people over the head with quotations taken out of context.