Q&A: Religiosity Without God
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Religiosity Without God
Question
Hello,
Have you read Micah Goodman’s new book, Return Without Repentance? In one of the chapters he tries to argue that the religiosity of Ahad Ha’am or Bialik, who observed the Sabbath out of national value (despite not believing in God), can be seen as a continuation of “Judaism” (despite the difficulty involved in that).
For that purpose, he brings several arguments there—have you happened to read it? If so, what do you think?
It’s a bit long, so it’s hard for me to write out the argument right now.
Answer
I haven’t read it.