[Avodah] how do you teach emuna?

Akiva Miller via Avodah avodah at lists.aishdas.org
Tue Aug 2 19:10:20 PDT 2016


R' Saul Newman asks:

> is anybody writing / teaching with methods that are not assailable?
...
> is it even possible to teach in an irrefutable way, or will there
> always be a 'ta shma' on any type of proofs one tries to bring?

If there are any irrefutable proofs, I haven't heard of them. For every
"proof" I've heard for G-d, emunah, etc., there *are* doubts and questions
that can be raised.

However, while some people consider the doubts and questions to be
reasonable and significant, others consider them to be ridiculous and
insignificant. To the latter group, the argument is a valid proof, but to
the former group, the argument is just religious propaganda.

My personal belief is that Hashem designed the world in precisely this way,
lacking any unassailable proofs, so as to insure bechira chofshis, which
would not be possible if any truly unassailable proof were publicized.

As to the question posed by the subject line - "how do you teach emuna?" -
my own method is "by example". By remarking to those around me about the
Niflaos HaBorei, it is my hope that my emunah will be contagious.

Akiva Miller
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