An informed decision is a good decision
'I don't believe in G-d!' declared a fellow Jew to me this week as I passed by him at the Club. 'Religion is just a system through which the smarter people tried to control the less intelligent and I'm never going to fall for that!'
I listened carefully to his venting and let him finish. (He couldn't explain why he feels compelled to go to Shul for yizkor, for him that was a sort of 'tradition'.)
But then I asked him how much he knows about G-d that he feels qualified to reject him? The man began to stumble and stammer about a few books that he read, none of which were remotely Torah related.
You wouldn't invest in a business deal on a hunch. You won't submit to a surgery just because your doctor has a feeling that this is going to work. So why would you choose to reject G-d with little or zero knowledge of Him or how he operates?!
It's a free country and you're welcome to harbor your own beliefs, as long as they don't hurt anyone else. But you owe it to yourself to truly study the Torah before confidently choosing to dismiss its authenticity.
As a naturalized citizen to this country, I'm stunned that our leaders are able to vote on legislation, where they openly admit that they haven't actually read what it is that they are voting on!
At Chabad, we work hard to provide you with some of the guest quality adult education opportunities available today. We're currently running our JLI course, 'Life in the Balance'. It's an eye opening opportunity to discover how the Torah isn't just random 'dos and don'ts' but a deeply sensitive and carefully calculated system of laws and wisdom designed to bring peace and dignity to humanity. You'd never know it, unless you studied it! So come on over! Please scroll down for the course info.
If you're truly open minded, you have nothing to be afraid of. The worst that could happen is that you'd actually learn something you you never knew before!