The importance of philosophy in the question of what we believe
Hello Rabbi,
The rabbi was very concerned with proving God and giving the Torah. The question arises – what is the importance of this?
On the one hand, if we say that a person should believe precisely for the right reason and therefore it is important to know why we believe, what about Maimonides and the medieval rabbis who believed on the basis of philosophical proofs that seem to us today to be wrong, or at least not very accurate? What about the sages who apparently did not deal with the philosophical reason for belief at all?
On the other hand, if we say that this question has no importance from the point of view of faith itself, what is the importance of explaining philosophically why we believe in God? Is it merely a tool of persuasion for people who have doubts about faith?
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So, given two people who both observe a commandment out of acceptance of the fact that “God exists,” but the first accepted it based on correct facts and the second on incorrect facts, is there no difference of opinion between them?
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If it's a clear mistake, then maybe it makes sense. But usually belief is not based on evidence but on intuition that the evidence supports.
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