Every time I see someone say something like “id like to connect with my jewish heritage but I don’t think I can make myself believe” I want to be like
“The magical thing about judaism is… You don’t have to Believe anything…..”
Which is an overstatement of the facts. I would be a bad community ambassador. However, here is the sum total of my religious beliefs:
– it’s good to treat people like people
– learning things is fun especially if you then talk about them with other people
– the universe is amazing
– the jewish people have an ancient and enduring history and that’s also amazing
Literally during multiple services at my (middle of the road, Conservative) synagogue the rabbis have said things like, “God, if you believe in God” or “however you relate to the concept of God”
like, they know there are atheists/agnostics/whatevs at shul. we’re supposed to be there! feature, not a bug
Two Rabbis argued late into the night about the existence of God, and, using strong arguments from the scriptures, ended up indisputably disproving His existence. The next day, one Rabbi was surprised to see the other walking into the Shul for morning services.
“I thought we had agreed there was no God,” he said.
“Yes, what does that have to do with it?” replied the other.
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