I am not sure if you would like how I feel about this whole thing. From my extensive experience of this nut cases, I mean the Arabs and the Israelis!...You going to say wow! The Arabs are a bunch of savages (you are correct), but the Israelis are innocents (that is not correct)!
First, the reason for all the hysteria, and hate is religions. Why can’t people in the know, the intelligencia just simply come out and tell the ignorant masses that ALL RELIGIONS ARE JUST MAN MADE! You don’t need to get too crazy about these things! I am wondering, even though, I am a right winger, if the communists were correct in deemphasizing religions? The whole idea that GOD TOLD ME SO, is just very questionable. But people in the twenty first century are still in denial to put their theology under the microscope. It is far too simple for say a Christian to laugh at a Hindu for believing that God is a cow! The Hindu guy also can very easily reject all the hoopla about a carpenter that died on a cross. The Christian guy would shake to his deepest being if he would allow himself to inspect the rationale of his theology.
Now this is not suppose to be a preaching on religions, I am just pointing out how human simply refuse to put themselves in other people shoes to understand and examine facts. So back to the Arabs/Israelis/religions mess; here we have a Jew living in LA, with cars, hundred TV channels, and shopping malls; he decides to put all that behind to go and live in the desert among savages, and start learning a difficult new language (Hebrew) just because God told him so? What is wrong with this picture? On the other hand, here we have a young boy listening to his preacher saying if you go kill yourself in the name of Allah, you will get 72 virgins in heaven? Most of us think, well that does not make sense (which is correct) it does not, but so is leaving LA to build a settlement among the savages.
Yes we need to send psychiatrists to the Middle East not diplomats. However, I think it would be better for most inhabitants of this planet to recognize that religion books were simply written by Humans to establish codes of conduct between people. People, PLEASE DO NOT TAKE THESE BOOKS TOO SERIOUSLY!
Having said so, I am not sure people can allow themselves do doubt their core believe system that was ingrained in them since birth. All I can hope for is that writers should keep writing these kinds of analogies to open people’s eyes to self examining their theologies.
Yeah, that's what Marx stated and we all know where atheistic materialism led don't we?
I'm beginning to think that no one here should be allowed to comment on Israel without passing a prerequisite simple test on whether they have a clue.
They certainly killed more in the name of their godless atheism.
German intelligencia followed Hitler without any religion. Stalin and Castro were not religious either. Religion is not the cause.
The whole idea that GOD TOLD ME SO, is just very questionable.
OK, you are entitled to think so. I think otherwise. But let's deal with your premise. What is it you think G-D is telling the Jews to do? We know what the Muslims think Alleh is telling them - slaughter the Jews. But what is the "Jewish" G-D telling them to do (in your mind)?
The Christian guy would shake to his deepest being if he would allow himself to inspect the rationale of his theology.
FYI, the Jewish holy book called the Talmud does exactly that. Examines every detail and questions everything.
So back to the Arabs/Israelis/religions mess; here we have a Jew living in LA, with cars, hundred TV channels, and shopping malls; he decides to put all that behind to go and live in the desert among savages, and start learning a difficult new language (Hebrew) just because God told him so? What is wrong with this picture?
Nothing, IMO. It's called "choice". We believe in that here in America.
On the other hand, here we have a young boy listening to his preacher saying if you go kill yourself in the name of Allah, you will get 72 virgins in heaven? Most of us think, well that does not make sense (which is correct) it does not, but so is leaving LA to build a settlement among the savages.
So to you, building a home is the same as committing murder and suicide? I see.
Yes we need to send psychiatrists to the Middle East not diplomats.
Thank you doctor. FYI, many Israelis are not religious and are, in fact, as anti-religious as you are. The entire platform of one of the Israeli political parties, Shinui, is based on hatred of religious people.
However, I think it would be better for most inhabitants of this planet to recognize that religion books were simply written by Humans to establish codes of conduct between people. People, PLEASE DO NOT TAKE THESE BOOKS TOO SERIOUSLY!
Well, since you said so we should all listen.