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Is it a sin to refuse a language, culture, and heritage, because of its abusive history, culture, heresy, and terroristic teachings?

The question does not need to be prefaced as sin or not sin. There is no need to refuse anything unless it is a heretic teaching in itself or lays the foundation for heresies. All that God has given us is good. It is the people who abuse their liberties and cause damage unto others. We should use language, culture, heritage, and history in the spirit of knowledge and learning from the past, in the present, and for the future. Communicating with others through language, culture, heritage, etc. can also be gifts of the Holy Spirit to evangelize to these people who may have wronged us or others by their ignorance. Thus, we should let the Holy Spirit guide us to communicate with others through all available and appropriate means (Read Act 2:1-13).