169. Noah and Abraham

When G-d told Noah to build an ark before the world would be destroyed, Noah built an ark.

But when G-d told Abraham He was about to destroy the cities of Sodom and Gomorra --cities corrupt and evil to the core, Abraham argued. He said, "Perhaps there are righteous people there! Will the Judge of All the Earth not do justice?"

Abraham felt a sense of ownership for the world in which he lived. If there was something wrong, it needed to be changed. Even if it had been decreed by the will of G-d.