Commandment to believe
I heard your podcast about faith, and there you talked about not being able to command belief. A question about that:
You defined before that belief = knowledge, and apparently someone can be commanded to know something (for example, commanding a student to know the contents of a book before a test). I may not punish a person who tried his best to know and failed, but the command would still be to know (=to believe).
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The commandment you propose is to make the effort to find out. It is not a commandment to know. But beyond that, if there is no belief in the commandment, it is also impossible to command it. Why would I obey a commandment without believing in the commandment? Could an Indian deity command me to check whether standing on one leg cures cancer. Does it make sense to see this as a commandment relevant to me?
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