(February 8, 2015 at 12:05 pm)Dystopia Wrote: Yeah Judaism isn't exempt from guilt
I think the more humans that think of labels as likes and positions rather than saying "I am" which conflates them to being a physical part of the individual, the more that ditch that, the more humans can be objective.
It is wrong to get stuck on the label or time frame issue. Our species ability to be cruel or compassionate is in our evolution, not our labels.
Even with the word "atheist". I say "I am an atheist", out of simplicity of a short cut, but the truth is you cant draw my blood and find a specific atom or gene that determines my position. My position came after my birth it was not required at my conception.
I do hat Jews hiding behind the Holocaust. Criticizing Jews or Israel is in no way advocating a repetition of what Hitler did. Blacks and Native Americans were treated like shit also.
You don't point to any human horror to use it as a billboard for one label. You remember it as a lesson to ALL of humanity as to how we should not treat our fellow human beings.
I also get a lip twitch when atheists say "When we become the majority we will treat you better". No, it is easy to get stuck in the moment and have empathy being a minority, but even atheists forget that they don't live forever and future atheists a couple generations down the line will not be directly connected to our current climate.
Power shifts over time and there is truth to once the abused become the abuser. History repeats when we forget it, but it also repeats when any group hides behind it.
