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Title: | On sin, repentance and forgiveness | |||
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| Name: | Morris Valentine | | |||
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| City: | Los Angeles, Calif | State: | USA | | |
| Gibson certainly must have rubbed shoulders with many Jews over the years, given his profession and his location. This familiarity with Jews in "show business" seems to affect non-Jews in very different ways: Ronald Reagan was to become very favourably disposed both to Jews and to Israel as a result of his relationships. Mel Gibson seems to have run in the other direction. Why? I wonder if both men received a "pre-disposition" in their upbringings. Reagan`s parents, I`m guessing, probably never said a bad word about Jews. Gibson`s may never have said a good one. Gibson`s Catholicism may have also contributed to the initial problem, but it holds the solution, too: repentance, forgiveness of sin, and the blessings from above upon those who seek Him. And those Gibson offended should try finding forgiveness. Baal teshuva is, after all, a cornerstone of Jewish life. We cannot decide how we were to be raised, or how others were; only to forgive. MV |
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