Reply To: Theological Conundrum (read at your own risk)

Zev:

If I understand you correctly you are saying that the ultimate madreiga is to become so used to serving Hashem that you do so automatically, without thought of reward/punishment. There may or may not be merit to this idea, but I don’t think it resolves my issue. You didn’t explain what the purpose of this madreiga is. Even if we grant that it exists, there has to be a reason to strive to reach it. If there is no reason to strive for it then you are admitting that there is no reason to strive for it (I know that sounded repetitive). But my question is precisely, what reason there would be to serve Hashem in this fashion – and I don’t see how you have answered it.