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[–]Anatolia 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

imagine thinking everything exists in a vacuum and that past transgressions don't lead to present transgressions.

my point was that they are connected. and yes jews should repent for following the talmud, for slavery, etc. just as white people should repent for supporting american wars and genocide in many places. if we can't accept we have done negative things in the past, we can't understand our current transgressions.

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I haven't done any of these things, nor could I have influenced them. Therefore, I am not responsible for the actions of my ancestors. "Responsible" implies responsibility, implying ability to have responsibility. You don't have any if you don't even exist at the time. If you have problems with things people are currently doing, the issue is what they're doing. Not what someone else sometime else did.