One thing is obvious to me. It is far more important to invest one’s time and energy in doing Hashem’s mitzvos than in trying to convince anyone that the rebbe is Moshiach. And I fervently believe that the Rebbe would agree completely. He was not too happy with the chassidim saying that many years before he died.
The message of mofsim is that there is a G-d, and that He will enlist tzaddikim to make them happen in order to increase Kvod Shomayim. They are not to be used to increase the kavod of a bosor vodom. That is a horrible diversion of kedusha. Tzaddikim are terrific assets, but to deify them is frank avodah zarah.
I follow the Rambam’s 13 principles of emunoh. He never, ever suggested that when one recites the one about Moshiach that one should concentrate on any specific person.
I would love to see this thread closed.