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Faith in God and Intuition

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asked 5 years ago

Following your first published book:
Ultimately, if I understood correctly, all evidence, especially the evidence that “reveals” belief in God, is based on our intuition – the eyes of reason. Moreover, only it can fill the philosophical toolbox (the emptiness of the analytical) with its contents.
Do you think it is actually possible to say that a person who believes that this is a basic intuition for them can be considered rational?
Isn’t that essentially “innocent faith”?
Thank you very much.


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מיכי Staff answered 5 years ago
Exactly. And that’s what I wrote to Hadiya in the first book, and also here on the site. There is no difference between innocent faith and faith from investigation. In the end, it all comes down to intuition.

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n replied 5 years ago

Does the rabbi believe that someone who leads a certain lifestyle, such as that of Jews - observing commandments, acting honestly, with good character, studying Torah, and so on - has a chance of perfecting their basic "intuition" to a higher level of "intuition" than someone who does not do all of these?

מיכי Staff replied 5 years ago

It's a question of definition. I think that good virtues help to better understand the world. But there is no mysticism here. A person has fewer biases when he observes things and therefore he insists on them as they are.
In my opinion, studying Torah and observing the commandments do not have a direct effect, but perhaps through the correction of virtues that is made within their framework.

מיכי Staff replied 5 years ago

I will mention here again what I have already mentioned, regarding the Yeshiva proverb about the "eye prints of a learned scholar". The Gemara in the BM indicates that there is no better eye print than that of the people of the land, except that it is trusted not to lie.

מיכי Staff replied 5 years ago

I was just asked and answered on a tangential topic: https://mikyab.net/%D7%A9%D7%95%D7%AA/%d7%97%d7%91%d7%a8%d7%94-%d7%9c%d7%a2%d7%a0%d7%99%d7%99%d7%9f-%d7%a9%d7%97%d7%95%d7%a9%d7%91%d7%99%d7%9d-%d7%91%d7%99%d7%97%d7%93-%d7%9c%d7%90-%d7%9c%d7%a2%d7%a0%d7%99%d7%99%d7%99%d7%9f

n replied 5 years ago

“I think that virtues help to better understand the world. But there is no mysticism here” –
1. But is there intuition or purely intellectual understanding here?
2. How can one formulate in a sharp and clear way the difference between intuition as an additional faculty beyond reason, and mysticism? I was asked, and I have a little difficulty answering…

מיכי Staff replied 5 years ago

I mean that there is nothing here that a secular person cannot also accept. The question of what mysticism is is a matter of definition and there is no point in dealing with it in our context.

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