Once Rabbi Chaim Brisker found some of his former disciples smoking on shabbos, in violation of the holy day. He aproached them and asked them to explain their behavior. They replied that they had big questions on Judaism and didn't feel obligated to keep something irrational. He asked them, "Tell me, when did your questions begin, before or after you stopped celebrating shabbos?" They answered that their questions had occurred to them only after they had become lax in their shabbos observance. He replied, "In that case your questions are not questions, they are answers. I can't answer an answer."
Thanks to my friend Dovid for the story.
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