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Monday, January 8, 2018
Hashkafa with a Heretic, Episode 3
This week I'm joined by Micheal Jacobson as we discuss the first three chapters of the Chovos HaLevavos, including how some people think they can be frummer than God and why the people who recommend seforim like the Chovos HaLevavos don't follow its advice.
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Looks like you and your ilk have been making serious inroads into mainstream circles, which would explain the sense of panic behind this announcement.
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What they fail to realise is that these sort of events only serve to further convince us that we are correct.
DeletePay to get brainwashed. They use the "NET" to ensnare your mind and put you into bondage.
DeleteYou spend several minutes deriding the idea that you can make yourself believe something and then go right on to contradicting that by saying if you do certain activities / hold cognitive dissonance for a while then you will end up believing it anyway.
ReplyDeleteDeriding the idea that you can make yourself believe something *through an act of will.*
DeleteYou can try to manipulate yourself into believing something by using cognitive dissonance, but that's not a sure thing. The dissonance may be resolved by deciding you really do believe, or it may be resolved by deciding the activities are ridiculous and you should stop doing them.
The Torah seems to command belief, love, etc. as something you must do, in the same way you do other mitzvos. That is, by actively choosing to do so. The Chovol HaLevavos seems to realize this isn't possible, and suggests a way to get yourself to believe. I don't think he would have known the mechanism behind cognitive dissonance, but he would have understood that it's possible to talk yourself into something.