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Sharon Salzberg, Lawrence Kushner, Anne Lamott, and Omid Safi — The Meaning of Faith

On Being with Krista Tippett

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I Think It's Organized Around Deeds and Not Beliefs

Judaism is an incorrigibly behaviorist tradition. It seems to have given up on trying to positively identify or clarify the ultimate motive behind any deed. I mean, everybody agrees that the ultimate motive should be to do the deed because it's what god wants you to do. But it's so hard to figure out what would get somebody to do the deeds for all the other reasons, the jews finally just give up and say, just shut up and deal. Just do it, as you want to do or not, whether you belive ido, but i don't believe it. We're trying to take consciousness and turn it back on itself.

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