I am a rabbi by career who promotes and provides Judaism to Jews of religious and unaffiliated backgrounds. For those who know me, this may
Category: Faith & Logic
Overview: Providing 10 pros for adherence to religion, 10 cons of it, and the compromising path to reap the positives and rectify the negatives. A
Overview: Our decisions do not need 100% certainty to convince us to do them. Comparing the consequences of performing Mitzvos versus not doing them. Why
Overview: The fallacies of basing belief on someone who is allegedly smarter and yet believes. By Meir Gold The argument is put forth to our
If someone doesn’t know of God’s existence or for intellectual reasons doesn’t believe in God, what does God expect from that person? Do they have
Overview: Our brains and all its reasoning are confined to the limits of nature; so how can it go out of its own box to
Overview: The theme of The Rational Believer is rationality and the premises for all its reasonings is—logic. How can we trust logic that might just
Overview: Evaluating the variable motives in serving God after granting that Torah is divinely-inspired. Motives of love, fear, a sacred mission, and the win-win gamble.
Overview: The general perspective of The Rational Believer and its focus on rationality, the target audience of this work, and who this work is not
Overview: The popular shield from questions that threaten Orthodox belief, the absurdity of blindly following religious dogma, the great rabbis who weren’t afraid to address