Reply To: The world is in a state of Geula- and don’t misunderstand us!

Yeshivish rockstar
“(A chabad shliach once told me “it’s better to be a frei yid who holds the rebbe’s moshiach than a snag who’s frum. CS, do you agree with that? Because, IMHO, that;s EXACTLY how xtianity got started.)”

That sounds quite incendiary and inflammatory. I’d love to hear the context as it makes a big difference to understanding the actual statement. Let’s take two extremes:

Extreme 1: the shliach is visiting your hometown, sees you on the street and identifies you as a “snag” as you put it, and says the above.

Extreme 2: you are visiting India and ask the local shliach to host and feed you. He does, and in the course of the meal, you tell him you think he’s an apikorus if he holds his Rebbe to be moshiach (curiously that doesn’t stop you from drinking the cholov Yisrael milk he personally milked for you, nor from munching on his wife’s cooking.) at that point he says the above.