The problem is, every time I get close enough to ask someone what they truly really believe (and get an honest answer) it always turns out that they don't quite truly really believe at all. I'm not saying they are secret militant atheists, but there's always some excuse - they believe in the DH and Divine Inspiration, they believe something happened at Sinai but they couldn't say exactly what, they believe that belief is not an ikkar, they believe in the ikkarim but not literally (?), they believe Torah is literature. And on and on and on.
Now you could say that there is a selection bias here, I only get close to people who are secret skeptics. But I don't think that's true, because I am friendly with all these people prior to knowing their true beliefs, and also in some cases prior to becoming skeptical myself. And even the ones who casually profess true belief, they quickly backtrack under heavy questions.
So are there any really true believers amongst the racks of the educated MO? Cos I don't think I know any.
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