[Avodah] Does God Change His Mind?

[Richard Wolpoe]

On Wed, Feb 27, 2008 at 7:21 AM, Michael Makovi <mikewinddale at gmail.com>
wrote:

> >Kant felt
> >  that because of man's limitations of reason,
> >  no one could really know if there is a God and an afterlife, and
> >  conversely that no one could really know that there was not a God and
> >  an afterlife.
> >  Therefore, he contended for the sake of society and morality,  people
> >  are reasonably justified in believing in them (God and olam haba),
> >  even though there
> >  was no way to know for sure. In some sense he was reflecting free will
> >  and suggested hedging one's bets.
> >  ri
>
> Of course, this does very little to inspire conscientious observance.
> Kant shows that it is logical and reasonable to behave properly, but
> who says I want to be logical and reasonable? See Dayan Grunfeld to
> Horeb, Rabbi Berkovits G-d Man and History, and probably a million
> other places, on this fact.
>
> Mikha'el Makovi
>

And what if a person wants to behave in a Divinie of "G-dly" manner.

To put it simply, he knows no Halcha but he is  motivated to live up to his
innate sprit/soul/highernature etc.

-- 
Kol Tuv / Best Regards,
RabbiRichWolpoe at Gmail.com
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