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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I never got the sense you were only exposed to a limited segment of the community. So many wouldn't fit this description.
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E.g., I can't count how many times throughout my education we had lectures dedicated to the Genesis/evolution problem.
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And you have rabbis like R. Soloveitchik (https://books.google.co.il/books?id=rIhh_Rx7utwC&pg=PA5&source=gbs_toc_r&cad=3#v=onepage&q&f=false …) and R. Aviner (http://www.ravaviner.com/2009/07/were-there-dinosaurs.html …, citing R. Kook)
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just to name a few examples, who aren't really bothered by the issue and published stuff to that effect. The hiding and
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witch-hunting were never present or relevant in my community or for my mentors and teachers. Don't paint us all the same.
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I'm really sorry for painting with too broad a brush and would be happy to clarify more in any areas you think make sense.
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