I really like Leo Tolstoy! Like Newton, he also devoted himself to studying Hebrew and the original Jewish texts to try to get at the root of his beliefs, and w

I really like Leo Tolstoy! Like Newton, he also devoted himself to studying Hebrew and the original Jewish texts to try to get at the root of his beliefs, and wound up questioning much. He worked alongside his own peasants (who at the time it was legal to own) and left the Russian orthodox church and ended up living basically in the woods. He was also a pacifist and refused to fight for the Tzar, citing scripture. Centuries ago, another such interesting figure said similar things as you see here… Blaise Pascal: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25483334 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25483334