Does a limited belief in Judaism also entail a limited observance of the commandments?
O my Lord,
A person who does not believe absolutely (I do not mean that it is not 100 percent, because everything is like that, but significantly less than that), is it likely that as a result he will choose to be lenient in disputes, and in general will be lenient (something that an ordinary person is forbidden to do (unless he believes from the bottom of his heart that this is the truth, and the one who follows the lenient everywhere is called evil), since in addition to the fact that in Judaism it is not really reasonable to be lenient, do you accept this explanation?
Thank you, Tintin.
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If the source of morality is in God, then does a qualified belief in God also entail qualified moral action?
Let's say on the one hand you won't murder an Amalekite child because of uncertainty, but on the other hand uncertainty will cause the moral prohibition of murder to also be qualified, and therefore you can murder him, or am I missing something here?
If your belief in God is weaker, it is clear that your moral obligation will be lower. But that does not mean that you will murder. Atheists do not murder either, but in their opinion it is a duty that stands on its own (without God). They are wrong and it is inconsistent, but that is the situation.
As for the dilemma between law and morality, what you wrote is not necessary at all. My belief in morality and the God of morality can be slandered by my belief in the God of the Torah. I can be convinced that there is a God who commands morality and doubt his Torah commandments.
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