tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9839224.post112768366795156923..comments2023-09-22T12:40:26.587-04:00Comments on Da'as Hedyot: My TruthThe Hedyothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15193083251783618457noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9839224.post-1129085355654555912005-10-11T22:49:00.000-04:002005-10-11T22:49:00.000-04:00a gmar chasima tova, and best wishes for the comi...a gmar chasima tova, and best wishes for the coming yearAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9839224.post-1128929979627584722005-10-10T03:39:00.000-04:002005-10-10T03:39:00.000-04:00I understand people not wanting to be very very fr...I understand people not wanting to be very very frum. But I also think that Jews in general should not go to the other extreme either and become secular but should see that they can be both frum and modern.<BR/><BR/>I wish you a gmar chasima tova and health and happinessAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9839224.post-1128581306121162952005-10-06T02:48:00.000-04:002005-10-06T02:48:00.000-04:00hedyot I just wanted to wish you a gmar chasima to...hedyot I just wanted to wish you a gmar chasima tova, and may the new year bring you peace and happinessAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9839224.post-1128295181009987862005-10-02T19:19:00.000-04:002005-10-02T19:19:00.000-04:00I really enjoyed this series of posts, hedyot, I h...I really enjoyed this series of posts, hedyot, I have never been in the same situation, and I don't know what I would do if someone really came after me for the purposes of re-converting me back to my former frumkeit. <BR/>After these few months I have spent on the blogoshpere it begins to occur to me that arguing religion or lack thereoff is about as much fun as banging one's head against the wall.<BR/><BR/>Don't be so quick to give up on logic and proof, though. Rationality as all we have to guide us through the darkness. When you let that go untended you end up tying red strings around your wrist, and baking challah's as segulas.<BR/><BR/>If you trust your logic that far, you can't trust it to help you through some of the difficult questions of religion. It won't always give you an answer, but it can help you identify what is a reasonable approach and what is not.<BR/><BR/>I'm glad you kept the last paragraph, it was a real zinger !Ben Avuyahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08814145983874592449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9839224.post-1127996719899109252005-09-29T08:25:00.000-04:002005-09-29T08:25:00.000-04:00Regarding your idea about a truth in your heart th...Regarding your idea about a truth in your heart that can't be swayed by logic, here are two relevant quotes from Blaise Pascal:<BR/><BR/><I>The heart has its reasons of which reason knows nothing.<BR/><BR/>It is the heart which perceives God and not the reason. That is what faith is: God perceived by the heart, not by the reason.</I>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com