benignuman -“Show me a public statement (i.e. one that can be confirmed) by any Torah outsider praising the Chareidi refusal to serve in the IDF, and I will rethink whether or not it is a Chillul Hashem.”
You mean since you have no belief in our Gedolim -you need s/o who you consider a Godol to make such a statement before you believe it. IMHO, this is a Chillul Hashem. Our Gedolim said it’s Ossur to go to the Israeli army. This is from Gedolim from the previous generation. Even if I didn’t personally understand the reason, it’s a Kiddush Hashem to listen to them.
Along comes Mr. benignuman and says it’s a Chillul Hashem not to go to the army. I personally don’t care what you believe and neither do the Gedolim and those that follow them, who said you shouldn’t go to the Israeli army. Why should anyone even try to convince you otherwise?