Question

Happy holidays of rejoicing,
Many times I see that the Rabbi relates to a traditional Jew as worse than an atheist, who at least does what he thinks is right,
the opposite of the simple intuition of all Jews.
I would like to explain why we Jews feel closer to the traditional Jew, for two reasons: (a) apparently, the reason the traditional Jew keeps only a few commandments is that in his view that is all he is obligated in; the traditional Jew’s understanding of Torah is very meager.
And (b), and this is the main point: a person cannot know whether his fellow is a heretic because that is really his opinion or because of impulse. And even if it is because of impulse, a person’s choice is very limited; in most things his impulse coerces him. Therefore the attitude toward the other person is always as toward someone acting under compulsion, and in any case the traditional Jew is closer to me, the religious Jew, because in practice he keeps more commandments. But I am not entering into judging him himself, because usually a person behaves according to how he was educated. Most people also do not keep what they think is right to do, so in any case the discussion is not on the level of evaluating the person, because it is impossible to evaluate a person without knowing his impulses.