Reply To: Going off the Derech

Syag Lchochma-I am so sorry for your suffering. You are right, the yetzer hara would like nothing more than to create safek in the hearts of all Jews, and to create machlokes and destroy our emunah. My husband always says that no one is perfect, so why do I expect perfection from the religious? The thing is, I do hold the religious to a higher standard, bc we should know better. Especially if the consequences of the mistake will hurt children, chas v’Shalom. But not everyone is on a path to improve their middos, and some people are just truly lacking…