Wait till you see what God asks of his followers in the Bible.
Western values separated themselves from several beliefs demanded by the Christianity religions that inspired them. They self-governed and organically evolved beyond several parts of their source material (homosexuality and sodomy, slavery, religious violence, working on the sabbath, forced assimilation, torture and wartime measures, textile production).
Shocking, right? Almost like it's possible...
>They self-governed and organically evolved beyond several parts of their source material
Ah yes, wars, revolutions, general strikes, all famously acts of self-governance.
And it's my worldview needing refinement?
I wish you luck.
Do you really want me to cite what israel has been doing for the past 75+ years and justified it from their own books? What did milekowsky literally say in one of his recent speeches?
> slavery
Still exists, but it changed forms.
> religious violence
Also still exists, but is a bit more concealed
forced assimilation,
See: europe
> torture and wartime measures
American and israeli war crimes are very well documented, and continue to this day
You're clearly well-versed enough in this site's UX/UI to follow comments across a thread, presumably you saw my comment conceding Israel as a problem state now, as well:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47912061
>"American and israeli war crimes are very well documented, and continue to this day"
Yeah, so are those from Islamic States. But American war crimes didn't include sanctioning rape for prisoners of war for its history, and had a lot more regulation and moral reservations for pillage and conquest. A pretty good start - hopefully it evolves from here.