Q&A: Crisis of Faith
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Crisis of Faith
Question
Hello Rabbi, what is the difference between Judaism and all the other religions? Don’t they all simply say to believe, without any logical reason, that God really spoke with a human being?
Answer
The question is how much trust you place in the tradition that came from that encounter. If you have no trust, then no; and if you do, then that is the difference. By the way, there is definitely a logical reason to assume that He spoke with a human being. See the fifth notebook.
Discussion on Answer
Why not?
I don’t know why you should believe. I can tell you why I tend to believe. It is described in the fifth notebook here on the site.
Why should I believe in tradition?