Norms and beliefs in Judaism
Hello,
I recently discovered your positions on various issues. Like everyone else, things that are convincing and less convincing. Correct me if I’m wrong, but I recognize in you tones of liberalism updated for our generation, after all, I’ve seen sayings like: There is no such thing as the idea of Judaism, Torah study is establishing Halacha above all else, and so on. All of this seems completely absurd to me when you see the great treasure trove of Jewish thought, and the very small amount of commandments in the Bible in relation to history and general wisdom proverbs. It is certainly possible to be pluralistic and open, but to reject the basic principle that there are beliefs that are inside and there are those that are outside is, in my opinion, a logical contradiction, and not just in Judaism but in any field. I am a rational person of extreme levels, but I still do not allow myself to determine that all my insights are proper Judaism. I have opinions that are very incompatible with the classical beliefs of religious people of all kinds, but I know which category to assign them to. Not everything that is thought to be correct immediately becomes Torah. This is the great mistake of Maimonides in my opinion, who wanted to Judaize Aristotle at all costs. Simply foolish. And even if you go in the opposite direction, he also seems to me to be mistaken to some extent.
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