Some people seem to think
that it is a virtue to simply accept whatever they are told to believe, without
the information passing through some form of intellectual filter.
There is often a huge amount of pressure placed
on the individual to be seen to conform to everything that gets presented under
a ‘higher person’s’ definition of belief.
The Kotzker Rebbe said; “If someone takes from whatever comes into
his hand (i.e. from whatever he has been led to believe), without first thinking whether this will
be beneficial or not - then even if he thinks he is doing a mitzvah, he is instead
offering a gift to Esau (who represents) the side of evil.”[2]
Not everything presented
under the banner of belief is belief.
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