Reply To: Gehenom

plaid- she feels strong antipathy to religious figures because of her background, she will not have anything to do with rabbis voluntarily. She’s had many painful experiences and is rejecting Judaism because she associates it with them.

So I don’t discuss stuff with her as religious stuff, but like facts, as she brings it up in conversation. Like she said she’s scared of going to hell, so I said “what exactly are you scared of?” and she said she is scared of going to hell because she doesn’t believe in Hashem or the Torah…

plaid- thank you. I appreciate your clarification and lookf orward to a source.

as Volvie very correctly said, she does believe in Hashem deep down but her emotional state stops her from recognizing it.

BPTotty- I do focus on the good. she can’t hear it though.

Wolf- her religious questions are just an expression of deep emotional dissatisfaction. This isn’t a purely intellectual question, it bothers her because she cannot recognize the truth in what she believes.

SJS- keeping halacha isn’t an issue, she keeps halacha, the problem is she feels no joy in mitzvos, I get the feeling she was educated only in the fire and brimstone part.