Acid and rebuke

Rebuke has to be distinguished from criticism as to criticize is to demean, to rebuke is to hold the person to a higher standard. Nonetheless , the desire to rebuke must be severely limited as the negative results of rebuke may outweigh the positive.
Nonetheless, the Halacha is that where there is a Torah violation one must rebuke.
This is ineffective in today's generation as most people have convinced themselves that you can create your own standards to be judged by and free yourself from your religious obligations.
There is only one area in which i come on strong and it is in determining your Jewish standards and identity. You must ask yourself is this true? If it is true it is relevant now and if it is false then it has no meaning,sentimental or otherwise. You must be willing to look at your Jewishness and say-OK,is this just because of some nostalgia or is this real?
I have often wondered why intelligent people are impressed only by the sound of a speaker as opposed to what he says and the opulence of a building and not examine what it stands for.
The whole movement to change Jewish Religious practices is a dismal failure. The question for a thinking Jew must be:" is this a fairy tale or is this true?" If it is true, how much can i do to keep this with me and my family for the next generation?
Remember, today it isn't how much you do but the basic belief system behind it.
It isn't your involvement per Se that will last but the conviction that this is real and you are committed with your life to defend it.
There are new winds afoot in the outside world that are indicative of a return to fundamentals and a rejection of relativism. The reinstatement of certain prayers
in the Catholic Mass,even though it does not demean Jews, nonetheless is an indication of a return to original tradition. The Muslims have in their own violent ways made this the only course available. For in their violence lies a grain of truth. That is, that a relative truth that is OK for you is not really good enough. It either is true totally or it is false. they have opted to believe without knowledge fed by the hatred and delusions of their clerics. Nonetheless , they call out to others that what is believed must be considered true and followed with all our life's powers or it is false and thrown out as a remnant of times past.
We are either current or history. We must decide what we are. In order to reach the proper conclusion we must know the facts . Only upon examining facts can we
hope to conclude truth or whim.
I believe totally that this can be achieved by our young people today for the truth is open for all to see. Falsehood must also be opposed not because it makes you feel better but because truth is what all of mankind deserves. Those who have the knowledge are obligated to share it with the whole world. Let us make a forum for truth and let the chips fall where they may!