“It is a pleasure to read so many opinions from well informed Jews, the sources, arguments and texts used to represent differing ideas are informative and stimulating.”
I never knew apikorsus is considered to be well-informed. Furthermore, opinions that don’t reflect halacha are quite problematic and have no place in judaism. Additionally, that one can find such heretical ideas stimulating seems extremely dangerous.
“Part of being Jewish is debate and opinion, without it we lose our intellectual heritage and genetic makeup.”
Debate and opinion bound by the dictums and axioms of halacha, yes. Openly agnostic toward gedolim and shulchan aruch, not so much. In fact, it is probably more accutrate to say that such “debates” serve only to undermine authentic judaism and weaken the mesorah.
“As a mother of girls and boys attending Sem and Yeshiva, the ability of my kids to debate and question is something of crucial importance to their spiritual growth.”
True, but not in an unregulated vaccuum.