ישראל Takes a Trip to the Water Park-- Slippery Slope Time!

In class, we learned about what ישראל was doing that led them to exile. ישראל was on a slippery slope and eventually there was no chance of returning to ה. The first 3 steps were only beliefs and thoughts. Then, it turned it to actions.

They believed in ה, but they would see other people practicing other religions and they thought that the practices weren't so bad. Now that they were accepting to other practices they started to incorporate these practices into their own worship of God. Some people just used these practices from other nations into their worship of God, but some people started worshipping other gods in addition to ה. Once ה realized how bad it was getting he sent נביאים to warn the people. The people changed their actions, but they never changed their beliefs. They reached the point of no return when they convinced themselves that they didn't believe in Hashem. They lived hedonistic lifestyles, left the תורה, and worshipped עבודה זרא. God was fed up and exiled the people, but he did leave the people of יהודה.