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David Fass's avatar

I feel like we're at the point where only those who celebrate their ignorance of science are willing to reject evolution. Unfortunately, that's a large part of Orthodoxy. If it's a point of pride that you don't know any science beyond what you were taught in 3rd grade, then it's going to be easy to reject anything. And that's a sad waste of mind. But among critical thinkers, I think the bigger issue is how to approach academic Bible study. That's where a large part of Modern Orthodoxy is just as backward as the people who still confidently say the universe is 6000 years old.

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Hi Dr. Slifkin, does it worry you that most Jewish leaders throughout most of Jewish history have been incorrect about the above falsifiable claims (e.g. evolution, Copernican astronomy, kidney minds, etc.)?

Tbh I'm afraid that lowers my credence that Judaism is divine. Cuz the most learned Jews were (not agnostic but instead) demonstrably wrong so often but I'd love to hear how u approach the facts in this post.

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