Neville: “So, wait, are you arguing that Chabad is bad because they do mitzvos only for schar, or that they’re bad because they don’t believe in schar? I truly do not see how it can be both.”
I don’t know who you’re addressing here, but because after the above you quote me I am assuming it’s me. So in reply, I never said anything about chabad doing mitzvos for schar.
“You’re speaking of people who are neither doing things for hashem’s ratzon nor for schar, but rather just out of habit or a sense of cultural duty? Other than your friend, do you really find that problem to be more prevalent in Chabad?”
No, I don’t find it more prevalent in chabad. But what I do find prevalent, and hypocritical, in chabad is that they claim that they do things for a higher purpose than sechar. My friend was pointing out in his sharp way that they are not higher than those who do it for sechar. They are lower.