Dear Neville,
You have my perspective completely wrong.
“Halacha has no concept of kefira”
It clearly does.
“Passul from aidus”
Rambam Eidus 11:10
“…beliefs alone if they make them public.”
Quite the qualifier.
“Jews for J”
Is a clear mumar. Even if he keeps everything.
“Judaism doesn’t care about belief.”
That is not my position.
“The original idea of Reconstructionism.”
Is to take everything apart. It’s a parallel religion. They even termed it as such.
“We don’t have to put people under a microscope.”
More than that. We are allowed to ignore their opinions. Especially if it absurd.
And I will prove it to you. I have never been shy about this topic and nobody felt required to stop me at all costs. Even though it has been much more threating to some posters than anything claimed by Chabad. So there is no obligation to shut down a random person’s opinion. My take is that most of this is about our own struggles being projected onto Chabad. Why does anybody care. It works somewhat for them. And if it fails, we will not be able to help much. Do you think that our group has a much stronger theology? Do you believe that we are free of any sacred goats?
Bonus question: Do you understand why Chabad has this specific absurdity and why it was always allowed to prosper?
Maybe I should just post my whole perspective on beliefs.