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Israel/Palestine

sanatanadharma

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3. Claiming the imprimatur of God justifies many wrongs

Reply to David__77 (Original post)

Sat Mar 30, 2024, 08:15 AM

Mar 2024

Claiming the imprimatur of God justifies many wrongs, and it is just wrong.
All moral and ethical systems are built upon the particular actions of individuals.
Similarly, individuals are the ones who fail, by omission or commission, to be moral
Societies fail the ethics test by accepting the immorality of certain others.

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Disturbing video shows Jewish convert fatally shot by IDF in West Bank posed no threat [View all] David__77 Mar 2024 OP

History will not be kind. nt TeamProg Mar 2024 #1

The IDF and Israeli settlers regularly murder Palestinians in the West Bank. Lonestarblue Mar 2024 #2

This case is striking. David__77 Mar 2024 #4

Hamas and Hezbollah regularly murder Israelis in terrorist attacks all over Israel. AZLD4Candidate Apr 2024 #5

Claiming the imprimatur of God justifies many wrongs sanatanadharma Mar 2024 #3