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Comment author: RobertLumley 14 March 2012 08:18:56PM 1 point [-]

But did the Hebrew's respect the pagans? Religion is mindkilling, and anyone who ascribes to another one is going to be less fond of you. At least that's what I was thinking.

Comment author: gwern 14 March 2012 08:41:45PM *  1 point [-]

Did they all? Who knows. Xenophobia is universal. We do know there were instances and veins of respect for some pagans who did not go so far as to convert & be circumcised. If they were 'righteous', which entailed following the basic moral code, they might even avoid Gehenna.