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DaasYochid – I’m not commenting on what’s pragmatic. I’m simply saying that there isn’t really a way to argue this to a person with questions. Not just a person with “teirutzim.”
Torah613Torah –
But Hashem created the world with bechira, so there is no way you can propose an argument so strong that no one can debate it, or else there wouldn’t be free choice.
That does not address whether your beliefs are true, it only says that if they are, there is a reason opposing arguments exist. Therefore you haven’t justified why the IHNRP should accept a rule saying he should ignore certain books.
Life is short and we have to grab the truth and focus on it.
That’s a good rule for practical purposes, but it isn’t a logical argument. You wouldn’t expect a mathematician to ignore theories that undermine his whole way of figuring things out simply because life is short and doing so could possibly prove his whole life wasted. If such a person is out there, he is a shame to his profession. You shouldn’t expect any less of any person seriously interested in investigating what is true.