quote:Does this mean that if you could go back in time to say 1930 and kill Adolf Hitler, the Mosaic law would prohibit it?
If I had the means to go back in time and kill Hitler, I'd have the means to go back in time and stop Hitler. I wouldn't have to kill him, just stop his power play, or teach him to be a better person, or something similar.
I have a short story written where a man goes back in time and kills Hitler, only to find out that the NAZI's took control of Germany, and killed even more Jewish folks, because a Jew killed their founder--martyred Hitler.
So another person goes back in time and kills the first person.
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quote:Originally posted by Lisa: ... Ghandian pacifism conflicts with Jewish law (and common sense).
Well, I think the latter half is kind of complicated since "common sense" is highly dependent on your cultural background and assumptions about how the world works.
But thanks for clarifying the first part. Thats interesting.
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quote:Does this mean that if you could go back in time to say 1930 and kill Adolf Hitler, the Mosaic law would prohibit it?
If I had the means to go back in time and kill Hitler, I'd have the means to go back in time and stop Hitler. I wouldn't have to kill him, just stop his power play, or teach him to be a better person, or something similar.
How do you know that?
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