Rabbi Daniel Lapin

“You two have lovely hearts!” she told us.  But she couldn’t have known that.  What’s more, it’s irrelevant.  What mainly matters for people to be able to live & function together,  is not our hearts and thoughts but how we behave.  The motives of muggers & murderers don’t matter. Their behavior does. The reasons robbers rob and rapists rape is largely irrelevant.  But since you ask, I do happen to know why young men commit these hideous crimes. The answer is simple: Because they wanted to.  Being able to resist our wants and desires takes character and GIC’s abandoned teaching character half a century ago. Successful management of the Imperial Roman Empire, the Nazi’s 3rd Reich, and Islamic Jihad. 90% of violent crime committed by which 13% of the population?  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices