Saturday, February 19, 2011
Can We Force Ourselves To Believe?
The Rambam writes (Peirush Hamishnayos to Sanhedrin Perek 10) that anyone who does not believe in his thirteen principles of faith forfeits his share in the World to Come. What if someone is not convinced of the truth of all of the thirteen principles of faith, but does not want to lose his share in the World to Come? Can such a person force himself to believe in them even though he has not been intellectually convinced of them? If he forces himself to believe, does he really believe?
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There have been many great minds who have delved into these matters. We can not be so arrogant to think that if we don't understnad something we have the right to do our own thing. We must listen to our parents and our mesorah whether we understand or not until a day when we will hopefully believe all that we are told.
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