[Avodah] Religion and Falsifiability

[David Riceman]

Richard Wolpoe wrote:
> 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.
This is an assertion with respectable yichus, but I've never found it 
convincing.  It is, however, not relevant to the question at hand, which 
is the relationship between religion and the behavior of its adherents.
> The Torah is not about SELF-PERFECTION but creating SOCIETAL 
> perfection, i.e a mamlehces kohanim
So would you find that hypothetical survey convincing? Incidentally, if 
that's the function of the Torah, wouldn't we be better off dismissing 
all failed Jews from the clan?

David Riceman