qwerty > What I and all the others in the thread are saying is that Chabad is no longer a valid expression of Judaism since it posits that the Rebbe is god.
I hear you. I frankly avoid people who look like they could have such opinions (and they literally “look” this way), and I did not interrogate others who I knew for years to be ehrliche Yidden to how they hold or deal with it. I do presume that in a Venn diagram, there are those who are both mashichists and who do great with non-observant Yidden as well as those who are non-maschichists and doing great work also. I am primarily concerned of the honor of the latter ones that you might be hurting.
> Your argument is similar to the popular Chabad refrain, “How can you criticize us? What happens if you’re in Mozambique and you need a Kosher meal?”
First, I am surely on record to discuss burning issues with Chabadnikim both seriously and needling, from bringing Vilna gaon books with me to wondering whether a person they are teaching should follow their minhagim or minhagim of their forefathers (such as sefardim or litvishe).
I do see though that you repeat mentally equating pikuach nefesh with providing kosher food to Yidden wandering in Mozambique. This is an echo of a chasid shoteh who hesitates saving a drowning lady.
> You’re a follower of Rabbi Miller and he endorsed Chabad.
FYI, I am not a follower, just a reader/listener and I did not recall that he endorsed chabad