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Belief in the Jewish religion

שו”תCategory: faithBelief in the Jewish religion
asked 1 year ago

Hello, let’s assume that I start from the premise that there is a God who created the world, why is belief in the Jewish religion and its commandments as it is formulated today (there are disputes, but in the end there is a basis that everyone agrees on) more logical than believing in it? And I’ll elaborate a little more. Let’s assume that I believe that the story of the Exodus happened with a certain high probability, then I believe that God gave us the Torah with a certain high probability, then I believe that the accepted interpretation of the Torah is correct with a high probability, etc. In the end, even if each of them is correct with a high probability, then when things are built on top of each other, the probability drops significantly. If, for example, the probability of each is 90% and I have 10 such beliefs, their probability together is 0.34=10^0.9, which is already not such a high probability. Then maybe it’s worth going back to the less likely side right now but the more likely when you look at all the consequences it entails, which is perhaps not believing in the Jewish religion. I would appreciate an answer on the matter, I haven’t seen anyone talking about it. Thank you very much.


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מיכי Staff answered 2 months ago
First of all, you assume independence between the events. But there is definitely a dependence between them. Now add the chance of Christianity and Islam and other religions. In the end, you have to compare all the possibilities and see which is the most likely. Note that any option you examine in this way and break it down into its various components (with the assumption of independence) will be rejected out of hand. Nothing comes out reasonable in this way. You remind me of the questions that were addressed in column 145. As there, so here too you do not have the entire range of possibilities before you, and therefore your calculation is incorrect.

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