Authority in opinions

I argued that opinions can be changed and shaped without persuasion. Therefore, the assumption that it is impossible to command a thought falls flat. It is only true for those who already have an opinion. There are many, children and also many adults who have not invested thought so far, and they can be brought to a “correct” thought. Therefore, commanding thoughts is not unfounded because it is impossible, but for other reasons.

Too logical for me. Can't follow.

I don't know anyone who would deny what you said. Of course, it is possible to design an environment that will lead to a certain belief or a set of habits that will lead to a certain belief (and Pascal already recommended this in his famous argument). It seems to me that what bothers Rabbi Michi is the attempt to impose a command on facts. It is possible to create a community whose members all believe that God is watching over their every move (and are not even capable of thinking otherwise), but there is no meaning, philosophically or pedagogically, to things like "the Book of Mitzvot, do it, mitzvah a", believing that God is watching over your every move.