If a Jew has no one to quarrel with, he quarrels with God, and we call it theology; or he quarrels with himself, and we call it psychology. Or he quarrels with the psychoanalyst, and we call it literature.
Two Jews and three opinions are better that three Jews with no opinions. Passionate arguments are better than passionless acceptance.
– Elie Wiesel
Note that the name Israel literaly means struggled with God.
Abraham debated the fate of Sodom and Gomorrah with God.
Jacob wrestled with an angel.
When the Lord threatened to consume the children of Israel after the golden calf incident, Moses countered, then “blot me out of thy book which thou hast written.”
Even Tevye the milkman in Fiddler on the Roof declared to God: “Sometimes I think, when it gets too quiet up there, You say to Yourself, ‘What kind of mischief can I play on My friend Tevye?’ ” Tevye remained a friend to God even as he and his family and neighbors were driven out of their shtetl Anatevka.
Jews come to know God through their struggles and quarrels with God.
Judaism is a robust religion that encourages and thrives on spirited debate.
Judaism has a continuous 3000 year history.
Even during the so-called Dark Ages, Judaism had great rabbi-philosophers such as Rashi, Maimonides and Nachmanides.