I was also raised orthodox, and orthodox jews are an exception most of what I said. the bubble is strong and self-reinforcing.
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when I was a kid I once asked a neighbor what could be wrong with reading certain secular books. "Surely our faith should be strong 1/
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enough to withstand whatever questions these materials throw at us?" He told me even the discussion was heretical & with a straight 2/
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face told me it was axiomatic. "It's apikorsus (heresy) because the Rambam (Maimonides) said so. Who are you to question that?" 3/
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Of course the Rambam was more enlightened than that and after searching I realized he had said no such thing, but that never stopped 4/
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anyone from making pointlessly wrong claims like that that could never be falsified in practice. I often asked people what the point 5/
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of disbelieving in evolution was. It's not required by the faith 6/
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(aforementioned Rambam believed Genesis allegorical: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allegorical_interpretations_of_Genesis#Rabbinic_teachings …) & sets up an unnecessary confrontation with science 7/
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the bubble was so complete that it was almost impossible to even get anyone to engage with these questions in a serious way 8/
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so when equally nonsensical political ideas make their way into the filter bubble, they can be frustratingly difficult to correct 9/
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to be clear, I had a number of great teachers and mentors who put up with my questioning, and that process helped me establish a 10/
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personal rhythm for questioning assumed axioms in a semi-hostile environment, which has served me well. But on the whole 11/
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the environment is hermetically sealed and hostile to new information, which is unfortunately diff from historical jewish culture 12/12
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