Well, I had hoped to stay out of this discussion but the last posting compelled me to answer this…
notpashut- I have read the articles in discussion and I think you are being totally hoodwinked by people who try to control everything you do.
You can talk till you are blue in the face but it is so clear that the modern “daas torah’ aspect is a modern invention that I am surprised anyone could even decry otherwise.
Till the twentieth century, you don’t even FIND this concept anywhere. I challenge you (and any others) to find anywhere, in the vast library of teshuvos, seforim ,pirushim,over the last two thousand years, that, IN MATTERS OF EVERYDAY LIFE, you have to exclude your own “sechel” and defer to any Rabbonim.
The lav of “lo sosur’ is clearly said ONLY for DIVREI HALACHA.
I will I”YH bring you some very specific proofs but, for the time being, please answer my challenge.