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asked 6 years ago

Hello, the Rabbi repeats the point a lot, that serving God without researching and examining is not significant, because the person does not truly believe, but only grows into a certain reality. Based on this, I wanted to ask, which person who was born religious is considered a true believer, because when we interpret reality, we start from many assumptions that exist with us because we were born religious, so in fact even the researcher is not truly a believer, so who believes?

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מיכי Staff answered 6 years ago

I didn’t write that you need to research and examine. You need to formulate a position yourself. Is it specifically in this or that research? It’s a question of taste and your way of making decisions. I wrote that the reluctance to research and read counterarguments has no basis, because if they convince me, then I basically don’t believe it. Man is a model of the landscape of his homeland, and the decisions he makes are of course also influenced by his environment and biography. I do not share the hysteria of the moralists.

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בנימין גורלין replied 6 years ago

It is my custom in the Holy Land not to mark likes, but the Rabbi's answer is so true and so correct that I cannot refrain from giving it a like (a big like).
Incidentally, forming one's own position is probably also influenced by the age (I don't mean exactly the "life experience") of the researcher and examiner, why doesn't the Rabbi address this?

מיכי replied 6 years ago

From everything including everything.

בנימין גורלין replied 6 years ago

The rabbi claims that it is possible to formulate one's own position even at a young age, since the position will obviously change as a result of age and not as a result of investigation and examination, that is, age will affect the outcome, so what is the advantage and benefit of that?

מיכי replied 6 years ago

A person needs to form a position and decide. What he has is his mind. If he changes in the future - then he will change. What is the alternative? When you trust someone wise and mature, will he not necessarily change in the future? Moshe Dayan already said that only a donkey does not change his mind.