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1/ My brother asked why many in the frum community resist medical knowledge - despite the mitzvah to follow doctors & paramount need to preserve health - as seen in their response to COVID.
Even if shuls were closed, many had backyard minyans & even now reject masks/distancing.
Even if shuls were closed, many had backyard minyans & even now reject masks/distancing.
2/ Rejection of science is nominally part of the Daas-Toirah type of avoda-zara applied to their health & well-being
Again, it's 100% assur to endanger one's life except to prevent murder, arayot, or avoda zara
That the desire to risk lives is itself avoda zara is [chef's kiss]
Again, it's 100% assur to endanger one's life except to prevent murder, arayot, or avoda zara
That the desire to risk lives is itself avoda zara is [chef's kiss]
3/ Daas-Toirah minim deny science b/c outside facts pierce the bubble of the patriarchal authoritarianism that they need to keep power. For this reason, I'm deeply cynical of religious leadership that suppresses science & freedom
God commands modern Orthodoxy as lichatchila IMO
God commands modern Orthodoxy as lichatchila IMO
