I think this statement from Steve Brizel wins the prize:
'Many who leave Torah observance have unresolved issues that prevent them from living with doubts.'
'Unresolved issues that prevent them from living with doubts? What the heck is that supposed to mean?!
Anyway, I've actually become more laid back about fundamentalists. Why? Well, I know people who are extremely well educated, who grew up Conservative, and decided to become Orthodox. What are you going to say to such a person? You're delusional? You're brainwashed? Your'e indoctrinated? You're biased? None of these arguments work against a highly intelligent and highly educated person who grew up Conservative or Secular and then decided on the basis of intellectual reasons alone to become frum. And, these people know all about the Documentary Hypothesis too.
And, to argue that they only became frum because of emotional reasons would be hypocritical, since we reject that argument about people who go OTD.
So what are you going to say? People make all sorts of decisions in their lives for all sorts of reasons. People are complex and life is too. I don't think you can narrow the cause behind religious decisions down to a few simple reasons.
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