My talmud teacher used to have an interesting perspective on this. He said that the 10 commandments were very clear about God's existence, and about not worshipping other gods. But, he said, we aren't commanded to believe, because that would make no sense. All intelligent humans doubt God's existence at least at some points in their lives.

To him, of course, the point was that Judaism defines a way of living, which *is* unquestionable. But that there is no corresponding requirement of faith. People familiar with Maimonides, or the song, "Ani Ma'amin" know that this isn't necessarily true for all Jews. On the other hand, we wouldn't have Maimonides articles of faith, nor would we sing any of them in times of deep trouble if it weren't common for humans to doubt.

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