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“Or are you saying that people who grow up frum should think about life and Judaism, and make a personal connection with it? I do that all the time.”

Yes. But what I was trying to say was that I don’t think that someone who has always been totally frum and always dedicated to being a Shomer Torah and Mitzvos could ever really appreciate Judaism in its entirety. They have only tasted Torah. That’s all they know.

For example; everyday you feed your child the same thing. Every single day. After a while, that’s all he knows. He doesn’t appreciate it as an exciting, good food.He just eats it because that’s what he has always done, not because he wants to. He just never knew anything else.

Same thing with Judaism. I don’t believe someone who was always frum, never exposed to anything secular can fully appreciate Judaism as compared to someone who is maybe not so sheltered. Because the not-so sheltered person has a choice. And that makes the thing he chooses all the more valuable and meaningful.

Maybe I’m wrong. I don’t know because I was never the sheltered person with no real choice.