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.
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.
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.
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.