Too Late Now!: Bereshit Raba 8:5

I went to a shuir today given by Gilah Kletenik, a student at YU. She presented the following midrash which I think is amazing. I thank her for inspiring me to return to this blog after too long a break. I'm mostly also using her translation.

Rabbi Simon said: When the Holy One, Blessed be He, came to create Adam, the ministering angels formed themselves into groups and parties, some of them saying, 'Let Adam be created,' and others saying, 'He should not be created.'

... Loving kindness said, 'Let Adam be created, for he will do acts of loving-kindness.'

Truth said, 'Adam should not be created, because he is full of lies.'

Justice said, 'Let Adam be created, because he will do acts of justice.'

Peace said, 'Adam should not be created, for he is full of strife.'

What did G-d do? G-d took truth and cast it to the ground... Rabbi Huna the Elder of Sephoris said, 'While the ministering angels were arguing and disputing with each other, the Holy One created the first human. G-d said to them, 'Why are you arguing? Man has already been made!.''.