To Non-political
Let me share a story. A few years ago a Lubavicher Rabbi asked me if I read Dr. Berger’s book. I said yes so he asked me to share with him something from it. I told him that Dr. Berger said that 8 senior Rabbis at Oholei Torah claim that the Rebbe is god clothed in human form. The Rabbi said to me, ,”Everyone knows that.” He then “explained” it to me. We know that every Jew has a spark of Elokus. And Rashi said that Moshe was equal to all the Jews so he had all their sparks. Now the Rebbe is the Moshe of our generation so he has the sparks of every Jew who ever lived. So if you add up those sparks it equals to Hashem. So please don’t tell me that Chabad isn’t forming a ne religion..And I’ll add another point. You sound like a conventional Yeshivish Yid who trusts Gedolim. In the beginning of Dr. Berger’s book he speaks about his exchanges with Gedolim. He said they all agreed with him that Chabad was lost but they had no intention of doing anything. My guess is that they’re afraid of the lawsuit that Chabad would start if a Psak was made against them.