To the group
When I entered this thread Avira and Neville were the leading anti Chabad voices. Frankly, I wasn’t sure where I’d fit in because I recognized that I didn’t have nearly as much factual information, Torah and otherwise, as most of the participants. I decided to join because I felt I could bring two things to the table. First, I’ve learned quite a bit about Chabad from my associations with many of their Rabbis. Second, I sensed that what’s missing is a spirit of camaraderie among the anti Lubavitchers. What was happening was that individual disputes were breaking out over Pshatim in Chazal and this wasn’t touching on the key point, Chabad’s deification of the Rebbe. I was hoping to push the group in that direction but my plan backfired because I “stupidly” mentioned TV which basically turned the whole thread against me. But there emerged a silver lining as Yankel berel not only came to my defense but he became a powerful voice for the side of truth. Moreover, since he established himself it’s now commonplace for the anti Lubavichers to back each other up, something I was hoping for from the beginning. Menachem will likely keep trying to fight off the onslaught, but even he will eventually realize in the near future that his cause is lost. The Rebbe wasn’t the Godol Hador, he wasn’t a Novi and he most certainly wasn’t god. But Menachem can’t accept those facts.