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Boston Mass. - Local Reform Rabbi Danielle Goldson [who lives with her partner Diane and their two dogs, three cats and six gerbils] reportedly attempted to debate atheist Brett Brutock on various ideas including the existence of God at a local coffee shop Sunday evening, but ended up agreeing with him on every point.
The two were surprised to find themselves in agreement on whether G-d revealed Himself at Mount Sinai, life after death, the relevance of divine revelation, errors in the Bible, the creation account, reward and punishment, among dozens of additional topics, sources confirmed.
"I don't believe in God," Brett the atheist began before laying out his case for the lack of any real deity as the Rabbi Goldson nodded in agreement the whole time. "So compelling" she kept repeating as he presented his arguments.
"I guess I don't believe in God either, at least not in any concrete way," Goldson said pensively during her allotted 15-minute response time. "At least, I don't think I do. What does it all even mean, anyway? I have to navigate this space between being a spiritual guide and not believing in objective spirituality, in giving people meaning while believing that life is really meaningless, in giving people hope while believing that we are all doomed to suffer in this world and then die, cease to exist and rot in the grave."
At one point, Goldson attempted to argue for the need for biblical morality in the present age, but realized she didn't believe in that either and backed off.
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One popular *Orthodox* podcaster often pushes the envelope with his guests and the untraditional opinions expressed. Recently, he had a lady Reform Rabbi on. A חוטאת ומחטיאה את הרבים. The average reform Jew knows nothing, so we give them the benefit of the doubt. But their clergy who have studied a little should know better [and even if not - אחד שוגג ואחד מזיד בחילול השם]. Giving them kavod and a platform is an איסור דאורייתא of חנופה [as we have written about on these pages] and an infraction of spreading their poison to the world - see Rav Kalman Krohn's הרחק מעליה דרכך for the severity of this aveirah.
