rebdoniel: See Talmud Yerushalmi Chagigah 1:7 that starts
Simcha613: I don’t think you can compare going off to work with joining the army. A person goes off to work and has some say about the environment he chooses to put himself into. If the environment is too physically or spiritually dangerous, he can leave. And most importantly a person who works can become a machzik haTorah retaining his connection to Torah and adding to the Torah that is being learned.
None of those things can be said for someone who joins the army.
mdd: A person with a sick brother who won’t go to the doctor. Do you tell him not to take his brother because his deluded brother will resent him?
Do you keep an eye out for atheists who might see you expressing your identity to a Stone Age religion?
Do you minimize the amount of children you have and send them to public school rather than take money from the government because your and your spouses jobs just aren’t enough and you know what the goyim will think…?
No you don’t. You do what you have to do in the face of others’ erroneous beliefs. Because ultimately, it’s the right thing to do.
Naftush: I really didn’t get the point you were trying to make.