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August 05, 2006
A Rabbi Puts Mel Gibson's Outburst into Perspective
Says Rabbi Daniel Lapin of Gibson's remarks while drunk and the response to them by some:
"However there is another nugget of ancient Jewish wisdom emphasizing that we owe atonement for that which lies in our hearts, only to God. If I have an unworthy thought in my heart about you, I need to make good with God but I don't owe you an apology unless I act upon that thought. We humans are morally obliged to make good to other people only for those things we do, and not for any thoughts we have in our minds."
I agree. Who among us has never gotten angry, drunk, overwrought, or emotional and said things we don't truly mean and then later regretted it? I know I have. We just didn't have an LAPD video recording of us acting out or saying bad things released to the media.
Who is without sin among you cast the first stone, eh?
via LRC
Posted by Ali Massoud at August 5, 2006 12:39 PM
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