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During the soul-searching I did, I came up with a classification into two types of things: A. Sins that stem from petty things (laziness, and other desires of that kind). on. Sins that I supposedly ‘stand behind’, but not completely. To ‘disrespect’ (meaning to come to the conclusion that they are incorrect and not take them seriously) all sorts of opinions of rabbis and the like.
The problem is that on the one hand something tells me that it’s not right, on the other hand I think so, so how is it even appropriate to repent or regret something like that?
For the sake of the question, I was thinking of a secular person (who truly thinks so), who doesn’t seem to be the type to repent for his apostasy, right?
My question is actually whether the concept of repentance applies to things other than lust and self-renunciation (weakness of will)?
I hope I presented the problem well. Thank you very much.
There is no need, nor is there any possibility, to repent for things you really think. One repents for behaviors and attitudes, not thoughts. (When I think badly of my friends, that is an attitude, when I think of X, that is a thought).
By the way, a secular person (in conscience) can repent but cannot be a Baal Teshuvah. This is not the same thing. A repentant person in modern parlance is someone who changes his view. But a Baal Teshuvah is someone who repents of his sins (who already knew at the time of his sin that these were sins. Weakness of will).
When I think someone is stupid, is that a reference or a thought?
thought
When I hate him, it's a reference.
Of course, this is assuming that you have carefully examined him and found him to be a fool. If you have reached this conclusion hastily, then it is simply not true. For this reason, one can be more of a repentant than a repentant person.
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