“Most secular “Jews” are probably not Jews any[way]”
This is a blatant lie, most “secular” Jews can track their ancestry (maternally) to regular frum Bubbes and Zaides just as easily as me and (I assume) you.
I know this from daily experience with not-yet-frum Yidden and much research into their Jewishness. And I am not (only) talking about Yidden from very traditional backgrounds. There are countless Yidden who grew up completely “alienated” from any semblance of Yiddishkeit, yet they can go back 3-4 generations to a Bobbe who was just as frum as yours.
You owe an apology to Hashem for being מוציא שם רע on millions of His beloved children.
“Engage in avodah zarah”
If by avodah zarah you mean pagan gods or Christianity – you got your facts wrong. If you mean worshiping politicians/celebrities/money – should we start pointing fingers at people in the frum world? It won’t be pretty.
“long lost cousins”
Wrong, we are their loving brothers with one Father in Heaven.
“they act shocked that we reject the social and cultural values that are the norm in the non-frum communities”
What’s your point? That they were brought up in a environment that has a different culture then us?
That is exactly my point – they are tinok shenishba, we should have rachmonus on our poor brothers who didn’t get a proper Jewish education.
@ujm:
“You can’t be Mechallel Shabbos to save the life of a Mechallel Shabbos.”
Mishna Berurah (או”ח סי’ שכט ס”ט) disagrees with you. Some people are extra מחמיר in ahavas yisroel, others are extra מחמיר in the opposite, רחמנא ליצלן.
“The vast majority of non-frum Jews are NOT תינוקות שנשבו.”
You OBVIOUSLY did not open the sources which I cited above.
If you disagree with the Mishna Berura, the Chazon Ish, the Frierdiker Lubavitcher Rebbe (Rayatz), and many more great poskim and rabbanim – then which sect do you belong to? Reform? Lev Tahor?