Kuzari 2: Relating to Philosophy and Science

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[Issac Cohen]

I'm enjoying your series on the Kuzari. Are you the speaker?

Curious. As of late, many people have debunked the logic and history of the Kuzari:
http://offthederech.blogspot.com/2006/01/debunking-kuzari.html

Will you address any of these points?

Thanks.

[avakesh]

Thank you. I am the designated speaker in this this small group of unusually bright individuals and I am privleged to be able to speak with them about these matters.

One of the points in Kuzari 2 is that R. Yehuda Halevy argues for broadening our approach to religion and to usu meta-evidence for faith to include not only rational thought but also the totality of personal and communal human experience. This raises the discussion above the level of specific rational arguments while allowing it to remain relevant and objective. The Kuzari proof has certainly been questioned but the larger point of Kuzari cannot be disproven by conventional argument.