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Tuna, we know the Chelmer Golem was real, because Reb Eliyohu’s grandson, the Chacham Tzvi, said so.
Akuperma, what “original accounts”? There are NO accounts of this golem until the 19th century, and it starts immediately as this “superhero” figure. Also, we know golems aren’t invisible.
Gadol Hashtus, far from your assertion that believing these stories borders on kefira, denying that they’re possible is what at least borders on that, if it’s not actual kefira. We know that golems are real. The only question is whether the Maharal made one. I don’t believe he did, and therefore I don’t believe the stories told about this one. Maybe some of them are true stories about a different golem that were retold about this fictional one.
Eliezer, what has the statue of the Maharal got to do with it? Nobody doubts that he existed! Nobody doubts that most of the miracle stories told about him are true. I don’t think any real maamin doubts that he could have made a golem if he had wanted to. The only question is whether he did, and I think the answer is “no”.