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Square_Root said – How much difference is there, between the meraglim and the Chareidim?
Um, maybe because at the time of the Meraglim Hashem told us through Moshe Rabbeinu to go conquer Eretz Yisroel, and they (for whatever reason) refused? So, unless you claim to have a Navi who commands us in Hashem’s name to all go to Eretz Yisroel (and join the army, or whatever you are trying to equate here), there is no שייכות whatsoever to your comparison. Actually, the Chareidim are the ones who (at least try to) listen to Gedolei Yisroel, whereas the Meraglim did the opposite… You don’t seem to get the idea that this is not a matter of convenience, or taking the easy way out. If it WAS so much easier and more convenient, so let any Chiloni who doesn’t feel like going to the Army join a Yeshiva… Who is stopping them? The very simple answer is as the Chovos Halevavos says – the battle against the Yetzer Hara is longer and more difficult than any physical war.