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Rather than try to convince rescue that he’s wrong let’s follow his “logic.” He posits that G-d created people a certain way and so He must then accept them when they act in that accord. So, with that one sweeping statement rescue has answered the question that has plagued philosophers from time immemorial, to with, “Are humans the products of nature or nurture?” Rescue has the answer, “G-d created each of us a certain way, and it’s pointless to try and change. Therefore, we should ignore the dictates of the Torah because a person must follow his own instincts.” Let’s understand the sequalae of such a position. Rescue believes that someone born with an instinct to kill, can’t be faulted if he does so because this is how G-d made him. In fact, the Gemara addresses this subject. It acknowledges that people are born with certain inclinations and provides a solution. If someone is born under a “sign” that portends a life of killing he should become a Shochet. The point is that people can train themselves to channel their “nature” into something positive and productive. Of course, this requires effort and a sincere desire to follow Hashem’s wishes, two things which rescue considers anathematic. I’ll just add that rescue is a hypocrite. In a different thread he stated that the reason for anti-Semitism is that Jews cheat the government and so he asserted that if Orthodox Jews would stop cheating the system gentiles would no longer hate us. The problem with that position is that it assumes that Jew hatred is a learned behavior and so his entire worldview is undermined. This is what happens to a person who rejects the Torah and tries to convince himself that his distorted views will find favor in Hashems eyes.