“If your Rav was looking to help you find a kula, I would think he would send you to a specific posek, not a hotline.”
I’m not sure what the difference is (again assuming the hotline is run by relaible poskim, which if it isnt then forget all IVe said)
Furthermore, mky Rav might not be looking to find me a kula. he may hold that chalv yisroel is assur and there is no room for kula. I generally follow him, but on this I dont. As far as Im aware there is no rule that one must follow a certain Rav on EVERY issue. (One of my Roshei Yeshiva explictly said thsi isnt the case) Obviously you cant go “kula shopping” particulary when they are contradictary “Kulei besi shamai vekulei beis hillel Rasha” But that doesnt mean you cant ask one Rav your shabbos sheilas another KAshrus etc. We see by Chazal Halacha KeRav Nachman bemamonons , like someone else by Issurim (forgive me, ITs late and I cant recall who)
“So then we agree that my hotline, where you get whatever answer you want by pressing a button, is ludicrous, because that’s the same as skipping the second rav.”
I agree it would be a starnage hotline. though Assuming they answered legitamtly and doidnt provdie a heter (or issur) for every conceivable action Im not sure why it is different than asking a second Rav.
Though Im not arguing your hotline is a strange idea, my arguemtn is specficly that my reason#6 “He knows his Rav is machmir on this issue and he is hoping for a kula” is a potentially legitamte reason to call a hotline.
Again,. I am not trying to convinve you. I can see people disagreeing I just hope to explain my position