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Originally posted by money order
I can see that you have put a lot of thought into this. Good work for your efforts. I don't know what the locals would think about this. I suspect there would be plenty of resistance to it.
My main comment is that while you have given much space to freedom of religion issues and I see where you are coming from I would also like to point out that many people want freedom FROM religion.
Originally posted by money order
Even without getting into all the religions living together there are plenty of differences within the religions themselves. For example, in Israel the only recognised religion (for Jews) is Orthodox Judaism. Other braches such as conservative and reform and liberal have no legal authority in any matters. Also many Jews are secular but they cannot marry as all marriages must be conducted by an Orthodox rabbi to be recognised. If one chooses not to get married because one does not wish to go through a sham Orthodox ceremony there are potential complications with regards to property and inheritance.
Originally posted by money order
Then there are the divorce laws which are just as oppressive for those involved, especially women. The religious and non religious are treated differently in Israel as the Orthodox religious laws are part and parcel of the State.
Originally posted by money order
As a consequence there is an unequal treatment of men and women and straight and gay etc. In that respect there is not too much difference between Israel and Iran. Christianity and Islam have their own issues in these regards too.
Originally posted by money order
A person's religious belief, if any, should not be a matter of discrimination. It should be a private matter. Government and laws should be secular and universal and protect all not just some.
Originally posted by money order
Perhaps a good scientific education for the citizens of your USC might help in the elimination of superstitous and religious thinking? And no state funding of any religious institutions of any kind except the preservation of historic landmarks.
Originally posted by Timeseer
Amendment 20: There shall be no slavery or in practice anything remotely similar to slavery within the USC.
Continuing onward...
Originally posted by Jewish_hammer
By the rate The muslems multyplay ,There will be more of them than Jews in 2025 or so......
and They will be in control beacus of the Democracy , so there is relly no need if that grand plan of yours if you want to take all the rights for the jews and make them slavs for the arabs....
you might as well dump us into auganda or something (and I am sure that place will flurish )
Originally posted by AnAbsoluteCreation
Life doesn't equal business and selfish desires. That is the kind of attitude that is your downfall. I wish you luck.
Originally posted by Jewish_hammer
Originally posted by AnAbsoluteCreation
Life doesn't equal business and selfish desires. That is the kind of attitude that is your downfall. I wish you luck.
Oh yes ? and what is my selfish desire? To live by people , That I can trust them not to kill me randomly ,only beacus I'm a jew ? is that my SOOOO selfish desire ?
Originally posted by Jewish_hammer
Easy for someone who probebly lives in austrelia to say....
What you will do If your homeland would be under attack ?
you would give candies to the attackers? thank them ?
some people just don't understand WHY this hate towerd them comes from , they only see " OMG look at thos poor levanis being bombed to bits by thiere aircraft !"
so I can say that you are also blind in some way...
Easy for someone who probebly lives in austrelia to say....
What you will do If your homeland would be under attack ?
you would give candies to the attackers? thank them ?
What is selfish is disregarding one life because it is not your own. Fact, how many wars has israel started in the mid east? Yeah, it may have been provoked by a rogue rocket attack, but that shooter of that rougue rocket quite possible could've been the orphan to a father who died in the previous generations invasion. This cycle is what blinds both sides to thinking they are correct.
Originally posted by Jewish_hammer
If you Think for one second that the "lets live happily togather" method will work here,your so wrong.....
but why not to use petrol ? some stupid point.....
and what about the army ?
you think for ONE second there can be some mixed arab ? jewish army?
And what if there will be no army at all?
what will keep the extream Muslims from making some ethical cleansing ?
butcher jews on daily bases in thiere own homeland.
Originally posted by Timeseer
Shouldn't that which I had highlighted be enough protection from religion?
The only way to stop fighting is if people become tolerant of other people's differences.
Originally posted by Jewish_hammer
Easy for someone who probebly lives in austrelia to say....
What you will do If your homeland would be under attack ?
some people just don't understand WHY this hate towerd them comes from , they only see " OMG look at thos poor levanis being bombed to bits by thiere aircraft !"
so I can say that you are also blind in some way...