[Avodah] Religion and Falsifiability

[Richard Wolpoe]

On 10/22/07, David Riceman <driceman at att.net> wrote:
>
> kennethgmiller at juno.com wrote:
>
> 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
>
>
If you take the Exodus as axiomatic then I can posit that we follow Hashem's
commandments because he acquired us from Par'oh.; IOW the religion is now
about serving God as a salve serves his master.

I would posit that hashem's over-arching agenda - the preamble to our
constitution so to speak - is taht we be mamleches Kohanim v'goy Kaddosh.
[iirc Dayan Grunfeld says this in his intro to Horeb]


The Torah is not about SELF-PERFECTION but creating SOCIETAL
perfection, i.ea mamlehces kohanim

Ergo if an individual Gentile seeks self-perfection he can become [for
example] a Zen Monk.

However, if a Gentile wants to join a HOLY NATION he must become a Jew.
[note how monks in MANY traditions are celibate that it is therefore
impossible for them to create a perpetuating community - they must recruit
outsiders.]
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