I haven’t looked yet, but I know deep within my bones that this is going to be empirically and dramatically demonstrated in the replies. I’m a Jewish apatheist. Does Hashem exist? Maybe? It doesn’t change my commitments.
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My rabbis, she told by a congregant that they don’t believe in God say,”ok, which god don’t you believe in?”
aug 27, 2025, 8:11 pm • 14 0 • view
It’s a classic line, but it’s also true. As long as you aren’t worshipping any other deity, you’re fine. We can negotiate with our Divine just as Abraham did. And sometimes that ends in saying no. That doesn’t make us stop being who we are.
aug 27, 2025, 8:23 pm • 12 0 • view
Had an Orthodox rabbi in HS explain clearly how one didn’t need to believe in god to be halakhically orthodox
aug 27, 2025, 8:32 pm • 12 0 • view
I was talking to a non-Jew about the Jewish stuff I do and she said, "wow, you must really believe in G-d" My reaction was, "huh, I don't think that's ever come up"
aug 27, 2025, 9:03 pm • 11 0 • view
Its bizarre - because, it's Elul, all the Jewish communication I get is taking stock, teshuva, etc. None of it is about "Is my faith in God strong enough"
aug 27, 2025, 9:08 pm • 11 0 • view
I don’t think “lack of belief in Gd” shows up in Al Chet.
aug 27, 2025, 11:13 pm • 4 0 • view
Bf told me a few hours ago he hopes it isn't too disappointing to me that he's an atheist who approaches tradition with skepticism and I was like "...?"
aug 27, 2025, 9:17 pm • 5 0 • view
Isra-el = "Stuggles with God"
aug 27, 2025, 9:23 pm • 4 0 • view
I'd be interested in how he reasoned this. IIRC it's in the beginning of the Mishneh Torah, Yesodei Hatorah "to know that there is Gd" etc.
aug 27, 2025, 11:32 pm • 0 0 • view
Rambam: I have written 13 principles of faith that every Jew must believe. Every Jew: Eh, pass.
aug 27, 2025, 8:43 pm • 18 1 • view
Rambam could be quite pedantic
aug 27, 2025, 8:44 pm • 3 0 • view
We got an excerpt of his laws of teshuvah in our Judaism 101 last night. My small group: “Why are we only getting these select points?” Me, googling: “Well, looks like he has ten CHAPTERS on teshuvah…” Group: “Oh!”
aug 27, 2025, 9:01 pm • 5 0 • view
He….had a lot to say.
aug 27, 2025, 10:32 pm • 3 0 • view
And most of it was well-argued. Most.
aug 29, 2025, 4:03 pm • 2 0 • view
Sorry to jump in as Christian Atheist, but maybe could we agree that some Christians take the God thing a little too far and in maybe some bad and weird ways?
aug 27, 2025, 9:17 pm • 0 0 • view
I don’t think you’ll find a Jew alive who disagrees with this
aug 27, 2025, 9:18 pm • 6 0 • view
Ah good. I’ve seen some weird stuff, for sure. I’m not gonna diss those food pantry Christians, if they agree to keep the weird from me.
aug 27, 2025, 9:26 pm • 1 0 • view
I mean no one would deliberately pick a user name like “christbot” as an atheist unless they’ve seen some funny stuff.
aug 27, 2025, 9:28 pm • 1 0 • view
It’s actually a problem for unhoused people that assistance is often inaccessible because it comes with religious demands, so actually—they don’t.
aug 27, 2025, 11:41 pm • 3 0 • view
Yes, being unhoused often means being subjected to sermons and compelled rites like baptisms in some cases. If you refuse to accept Christianity, you don’t eat or have a bed. And people from any religion can lose a place to live. I myself was couch surfing for a while.
aug 27, 2025, 11:47 pm • 3 0 • view
Yeah, reason my parents kicked me out when I was 15.
aug 28, 2025, 12:09 am • 3 0 • view
Yep, and “convert or starve” really isn’t a shining example of Christian kindness.
aug 28, 2025, 12:05 am • 3 0 • view
Honestly I like this. Whether Hashem exists isn't a materially important question for me
aug 27, 2025, 8:41 pm • 4 0 • view