Ideas and ice cream
peace. Let’s say you hate God, and you want to eat ice cream. And then God decides to play a trick on you: He suddenly creates a mandatory idea that says you must not eat ice cream. It is important to note that you will not receive any punishment if you eat ice cream, and you will not receive any reward if you do not eat it. Would you eat the ice cream?
My friend, there’s no reason why you shouldn’t eat the ice cream. So what if there’s an idea? Why would you care?
Lest you say, “It’s objectively the right thing to do.” But why even assume that the “right thing” has an objective aspect? After all, doesn’t it seem more reasonable to say that we have certain goals that we are “programmed” with, and that only from there does the right thing flow, from the goal inherent in us? And yet, suppose you are still convinced that it is objectively the right thing to do, why should you care? Since when do people care what the objectively right thing to do is? In my opinion, in order for you to care about something, there must always be an emotion involved (in the case above, it’s your desire for ice cream). And I imagine that if you weren’t raised as a child to love God and do as He commands, and then one day you were told in a dry tone that there is an idea that says you must jump on one foot when going to the bathroom, I’m sure you would shrug your shoulders and continue going to the bathroom on two feet. why? Because emotion is not involved. Emotion is what motivates, not knowledge of ideas. And I think this idea makes the use of this concept, etc., redundant, and sorry if this seems more like an article than a question.
(For the avoidance of doubt, I am writing this from the International Space Station, and Shabbat has not yet entered here)
Let’s say you think there’s no point in keeping God’s commandments. And let’s say that all you do is just what you crave. And let’s say that God commanded not to eat ice cream. And let’s say that you like ice cream. So you won’t eat ice cream. Right.
What is the real point of keeping God's commandments? (Is it written in the notebooks somewhere?)
I didn't understand. Why don't you eat ice cream? Or was that said ironically? I asked if the mere existence of the idea was enough to make you do something (even without emotional baggage)
Q, I guess he got confused and he will indeed eat ice cream. But that's only *if* he thinks there's no reason to listen to God.
Why would he think there was any reason to listen to God in the first place?
Q, my answer is yes. I will obey the divine command. You assume no and therefore your conclusion is no. I did not see a question here (as you yourself noted). What is your question: Why do the truth if you only want pleasures and satisfy your feelings? Indeed, there is no reason in the world to do it. Just as there is no reason to be moral if you think there are no values but only pleasures and feelings.
But I think that if something is true, it should be maintained without any connection to feelings and pleasures. That is all. See columns 120 and 122 and the discussions that follow.
Well, another question: How do you even know that binding ideas exist? After all, the Torah itself doesn't say this (it seems that the Torah only talks about reward and punishment, if you follow my laws, etc.), so where does this idea come from? After all, when I command something, no one assumes that I am pointing to some idea, so why is it different when God does it?
Q, I don't understand what you want from me. God commands and in my opinion His commandments must be kept. That's all. What ideals should be here?
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