Reply To: Rav Chaim: A Nebach Apikorus is also an Apikorus

Sushee: It would be Apikorsus to believe something that’s not true about Ma’aseh B’reishis, according to the Rambam. So read through the Moreh and see what he says about Ma’aseh B’reishis. Lema’aseh, however, I don’t think anyone holds like this Rambam (even R’ Chaim was just explaining the Rambam, not Paskening like it). The Ra’avad makes the biggest point. Rashi and other Rishonim believed that Hashem has a body. It’s inconceivable to say that L’ma’aseh they are Apikorsim. (Also, Judaism nowadays probably has a much more Kabbalistically-influenced view of Olam Habah than the Rambam did, and the Rambam’s Shittah on an Apikores who mistakenly believed it is a direct result of his view of Olam Habah, which we probably don’t quite hold by anyway.)