<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Feb 27, 2008 at 7:21 AM, Michael Makovi <<a href="mailto:mikewinddale@gmail.com">mikewinddale@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div class="Ih2E3d">>Kant felt<br>
> that because of man's limitations of reason,<br>
> no one could really know if there is a God and an afterlife, and<br>
> conversely that no one could really know that there was not a God and<br>
> an afterlife.<br>
> Therefore, he contended for the sake of society and morality, people<br>
> are reasonably justified in believing in them (God and olam haba),<br>
> even though there<br>
> was no way to know for sure. In some sense he was reflecting free will<br>
> and suggested hedging one's bets.<br>
> ri<br>
<br>
</div>Of course, this does very little to inspire conscientious observance.<br>
Kant shows that it is logical and reasonable to behave properly, but<br>
who says I want to be logical and reasonable? See Dayan Grunfeld to<br>
Horeb, Rabbi Berkovits G-d Man and History, and probably a million<br>
other places, on this fact.<br>
<br>
Mikha'el Makovi<br>
</blockquote></div><br>And what if a person wants to behave in a Divinie of "G-dly" manner.<br><br>To put it simply, he knows no Halcha but he is motivated to live up to his innate sprit/soul/highernature etc.<br clear="all">
<br>-- <br>Kol Tuv / Best Regards,<br><a href="mailto:RabbiRichWolpoe@Gmail.com">RabbiRichWolpoe@Gmail.com</a><br>see: <a href="http://nishmablog.blogspot.com/">http://nishmablog.blogspot.com/</a>