The Yezter Hara of Orthopraxy

There isn't one. Period.

First of all (for those living under a rock) by Orthopraxy I mean conforming to Orthodox practice and not to Orthodox belief.

Okay this comment got me a little annoyed:

what?!? said:

How seriously have these Orthopraxers sought answers to their questions? How much time do they invest into finding solutions? I guess it's just easier to watch TV and surf the web, rather than doing the homework. They're suffering from the same yetzer hara as everybody else; it just manifests itself differently.

This was my response:

Yezter Hara for what? A bifurcated lifestyle? A heart wrenching inner conflict? the feeling that you're living a lie? Oh yeah real appealing lifestyle! What a yetzer hara! Orthoprax is atheism without the benefits.

That basically sums it up.

I know this is obvious and I'm just repeating things that people have been saying for years but I'm gonna say it anyway:

Orthopraxy gets you no benefits. Let me explain: Orthopraxy has some benefits according to some over a completely secular lifestyle however compared to Orthodoxy what do you gain from not being "dox" We still have to basically keep everything to maintain our reputation of being "Orthodox" so what are our "yetzer haras" whispering to us. What do I or any Orthopraxer out there gain from lack of belief. It's not like we're "liberated" due to our new beliefs because by definition we are still conforming to Orthodox practice (most of the time) I guess we don't have to cry and klap al chet because we ripped the toilet paper on Shabbat but is that our "reward". Is that what "makes it all worth it"?

Is it possible to be a believer and still realize that Orthopraxers are not "making excuses" for ulterior motives?

I think it is. The least and I repeat the least believers could do is say that we got "misguided" in our pursuit of truth. I'm not expecting them to think we have any truth to our arguments (because then they wouldn't be believers would they?) All I'm asking for is a realization that we reached our conclusions from intellectual reasons and NOT as some sort of excuse to be porek ol.

One last thing. Just because someone goes Off the Derech and proceeds to "live it up" does not necessarily mean that that was why he/she went OTD. There are many OTD'ers who have intelectual objections to Judaism and only then decide to leave it all.

So another message to believers: at least admit that we seek the truth just as much as you even though you feel that we have erred. And that some of us have no ulterior motives.