Q&A: The Religious Experience
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The Religious Experience
Question
Is someone who is not intellectually-philosophically convinced of God’s existence (an “intellectual agnostic”), but keeps the commandments because he feels/experiences that God exists—for him this is something deep-seated within him, not just a mere emotion—considered, in your view, an observant atheist?
Answer
No. If it is deep-seated within him, that by itself says nothing. But if he intuitively apprehends God’s existence, that is perfectly fine.