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Maybe he became a Hasidic Jew ;)"
You are joking, ECM. ;-) But for the sake of information for all others here,...
The family was Christian. ...don't know what the young man's problem was. Chassidim tend to be very observant and are commanded against murder.
Even the nations (Noachide, Gentile, Goyim: all who are *not* Jews) are commanded against murder.
"3. Respect human life, and do not murder."
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...without these ethical values and principles the edifice of civilization stands in serious peril of returning to chaos;" --
Joint Resolution of the United States Congress, March 20, 1991