Question

Hello Rabbi,
First of all, I wanted to say thank you for your contribution. I very much enjoy reading what you write, and I think there is a lack of rabbis who speak about these things in a deep and realistic way.
I’m writing to understand whether you’ve written in the past about the outdated way of life and beliefs that most of the religious public, and even many secular people, believe in. I’m referring, of course, to all the slogans like “Everything is for the best,” “What’s supposed to happen happens,” “The deceased who passed away before his time came into the world and has now finished his role,” and so on.
Broadly speaking, I’ve developed a kind of theory (which may have been discussed here before) that all these beliefs probably developed in the period of the Sages, with the aim of helping people live easier lives, through the belief that everything that happens is good for us, no matter what.
My view is that first of all, in light of the picture of reality, divine intervention today is different, and that there are more reliable tools for dealing with difficulties in life, instead of saying that “everything is for the best” and “this is what was supposed to happen.”.