42: Zohar Atkins on Vows in Scripture and the Existentialists, and Listener Questions
Another Life with Joy Marie Clarkson
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Isn't It Idolatry?
In the classical paradigm, you have pre-given gifts and obligations. And then vowing is like an add-on. You have what in Judaism is called, Breschute, you have permission to do certain kinds of vows. But vowing is kind of like Pandora's Box. So once you open the door to a permissible vow and you flex that vowing muscle, I personally think that it leads to a culture which sees the pre- established, pre-established world as also up for renegotiation.
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