[Avodah] Religion and Falsifiability

[David Riceman]

kennethgmiller at juno.com wrote:
> At that point I changed tactics, and decided that the behavior of a 
> religion's adherents has no bearing on the truth of that religion 
> itself. The truth of the religion can be judged only on evidence such 
> as the types of revelation which are claimed, and the internal 
> contradictions which it might have. Judge the religion by its beliefs, 
> not by its believers.
The Rambam says that the function of divine law (=religion) is to induce 
moral and intellectual perfection.  You may well argue, as Rabbi Dessler 
does in a similar context, that perfection for the few is incompatible 
with competence for the many.  If, however, a religion has no effect on 
its adherents, then of what value is it?

David Riceman