Reward and punishment
Hello Rabbi,
There are verses in the Torah that say that those who keep the commandments will be rewarded and those who do not follow the path of the commandments will be punished. The verses speak specifically about this world. (We read in the last parashahs and the whole subject of curses and blessings)
If the assumption is that the Torah of God is true, why don’t we see this happening? The question is not a question of whether a righteous person is evil or good, and whether a wicked person is good or evil. This is not from that perspective at all.
It seems that whoever questions the truth of the Torah is more likely to be right.
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I wanted to ask,
Does the rabbi also think that this is the strongest empirical question about the Torah?
Incidentally, this is related to a more fundamental question, when does a question become evidence for the other side such that it causes us to abandon the theory (in this case – that the religion is correct) or does it merely constitute a need for an explanation.
If you had no prior knowledge of an ancient book and you see that it contains blessings and curses but you see that they do not exist in reality. Would that not be sufficient evidence for you to assume that the book is incorrect?
What does it matter? I don't think so.
I wrote that it depends on the strength of the flavors in favor of the book.
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