truth be told: I don’t believe you understood what I was saying. All I said was the critical thinking Jews are not usually satisfied with the “pop” answers and “proofs” given by the typical kiruv professionals. Many of these answers have serious factual and logical flaws, especially to anyone familiar with modern critical philosophy and science.
My point was simply this: For a really bright individual, its not a matter of proof; no proof can really prove God’s existence or the Torah’s truth. Many of the proofs indicate these conclusions, but they do not unimpeachably prove them. At the end, it is a matter of choice to believe in God, or to act in accordance with the Torah. Its not something that an be compelled by proofs. I would imagine that for all the greats, there was no proof; there was a choice. And thats what makes them great!