Who said Wolf meant himself?
Thanks, eclipse, but to be fair, I was referring to myself.
As for why — well there are several reasons. Please note that I don’t want to actually debate any of them here — as this is not the thread for it. Nonetheless:
According to the Rambam, I am an apikorus because I don’t believe that our sifrei Torah are letter-for-letter the same that Moshe received on Sinai (the gemara that we are not baki in chaseiros/yesiros is proof enough for me) — and according to the Rambam, an apikorus has no chelek in Olam Habah.
The Rambam also says that a person who calls someone else by a nickname has no chelek in Olam Habah. I routinely use nicknames with my wife and kids — and I don’t regret it.
R. Miller says that a person who owns a television has no chelek in Olam Habah.
My high school rosh yeshiva maintained that a person who routinely davens without a hat/jacket, who doesn’t wear the yeshivish levush (i.e. white shirt, dark pants), etc. does not have a chelek in Olam Habah.
Many authorities have maintained that one who doesn’t believe in the literal interpretation of B’raishis (i.e. someone who is not a Young Earth Creationist) is an apikorus — see above re: apikorsim not having a chelek.
Quite a few people have maintained that Zionism is Avoda Zara — and according to the Rambam, someone who worships avoda zara has no chelek.
I’ve read “outside books” (however you want to define that — Apocrypha, portions of the Christian Bible, Stephen King, whatever…) and according to Rabbi Akiva, one who reads such books has no Chelek.
So, I have plenty of reasons to say that I have no chelek in Olam Habah. I’m never going to believe in YEC, so there’s no point in saying that I should “do teshuva” on that. I don’t regret reading anything I’ve read. I don’t regret my belief that it’s possible (probable?) that today’s Torahs are not letter-perfect copies of Moshe’s. I don’t regret using nicknames for my wife and kids.
But there is an upside to all of this. The upside is that I get to do the mitzvos without worrying about whether I’ll be rewarded or not. Since I know I have no reward awaiting me, I can simply do the mitzvos and not have to cheshbon “am I doing this solely for the reward or because I truly believe it’s the right thing to do?” If HKBH wants to take the mitzvos I’ve done and throw them away because of my beliefs or things I’ve read, then that’s His business. But at least, at the end of the day, I’ll be able to say that I kept the mitzvos I kept.
As I said, I don’t want to debate any of this here — this isn’t the thread for it.
The Wolf