[Avodah] proofs of G-d
Ben Waxman
ben1456 at smile.net.il
Sat Nov 24 08:30:23 PST 2007
>R' Joel Rich wrote:
> > Yes, but iiuc the cheshbon is that the rov am will more
> > likely be moved by it (and I suppose that the smaller [and
> > I think growing] group of philosophers will understand and
> > keep quiet for the sake of the perceived greater good)
>
>But unfortunately, the following generation will not have the
>context for that understanding, and the result is that they'll
>follow the INcorrect understanding.
>
>Akiva Miller
There is an even bigger problem that my wife pointed out to me: When
positing an cause and effect when in fact no one really knows the
cause, the people who are motivated to repent will basing their
avodat Hashem based on a fable, and maybe even on a lie. Do we really
want that?
Ben
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