Intuition and faith
- Rabbi Lichtenstein (in his book "Mabkeshei Fenich" I think) who asked him why he believes in the Torah of Moses (this was roughly the answer) replied that the most honest answer is because if the gerid and Rabbi Chaim believed it, then of course the Torah is true and this is the greatest faith strengthening there is for him (I was surprised to read this from him). What do you think about this argument and in general about the intuition that many people have that the Torah is true and that this intuition is based mainly on enthusiasm for the contents of the Torah and especially from the great Acharonites Rabbi Chaim, Rabbi Shimon, etc. whose Torah is so spectacular and profound that this creates an intuition among many people that the Torah is true and they do not believe that such profound contents appear in other religions. Is it possible to use intuitions/arguments of this kind to establish a worldview? And does the Rabbi also have this intuition?
I have this feeling, not about people but about the Torah as a whole. I don't know about other religions, because I suppose I'm biased and don't know enough.
Is the feeling purely in relation to the Gemara itself (assuming that the feeling stems from the Talmud and not from the Bible) without the addition of Rishonim and Acharonim? Or does the feeling stem from the teaching that the Acharonim founded on the Talmud?
Does this feeling that the rabbi has constitute a reason and basis for your faith in the Torah?
The whole created by all of these together. It's part of my faith. I'm obsessed with it.
Does the Rabbi define a feeling as an emotion or something like that???
No. Emotion has no place in decision-making (in questions of truth and falsehood). Feeling is intuition.
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