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Old 11-05-2008, 08:41 PM   #62
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Originally Posted by Tex View Post
I know. And my point was, moral rightness and bigotry are mutually exclusive.

Your only response to that is to play with the definition of "moral."
I don't think we're all that far apart here.

I think there are plenty of examples in Hebrew / Christian history where God or God's prophets promoted bigotry, whether it was against people of the neighboring tribes, evildoers, heretics, Jews, Muslims, Native Americans, African-Americans etc. But is an "amoral" action done with the stamp of approval of God / God's representative in fact moral? It's obviously arguable either way, but the bigoted position remains.

At least, that's how I see it.
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