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To some, the Manifest Destiny Doctrine was based on the idea that America had a divine providence. It had a future that was destined by God to expand its borders, with no limit to area or country. All the traveling and expansion were part of the spirit of Manifest Destiny, a belief that it was God's will that Americans spread over the entire continent, and to control and populate the country as they see fit. Many expansionists conceived God as having the power to sustain and guide human destiny. "It was white man's burden to conquer and christianize the land" (Demkin, Chapter 8). For example, the idea that the Puritan notion of establishing a "city on a hill" was eventually secularized into Manifest Destiny--a sort of materialistic, religious, utopian destiny. Source
Originally posted by seagull
That's the true meaning of Zionism, the yearning for a place to rest ones body.
Originally posted by seagull
[Zionism on it's face is no bad thing. Everyone wants, or needs, to be from somewhere...the Jews were, and are, no different. Nor for that matter are the Palestinians in Gaza and else where. That's the true meaning of Zionism, the yearning for a place to rest ones body.
Originally posted by Skyfloating
Originally posted by twitchy
Correct me if I'm wrong, but it seems I recall a post a while back discussing your association with Freemasonry? That's a zionist institution, merely speculating, but perhaps that's where folks are making that association.
Yes, according to the "Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion" Freemasonry is a "Zionist Organization". And so is Harry Potter (see OP).
People who make such associations dont have a clue who I am. Hate-filled and paranoid they just lash out at anyone who provides sound reasoning that contradicts their views.
Btw: Freemasons havent had any real power since a long time.
Originally posted by Skyfloating
Originally posted by vcwxvwligen
Look up Benjamin Franklin and find out for yourself.
I am not saying Franklin didnt say that, Im saying that Franklins statement of "Jews destroy any nation" is a paranoid blanket-statement.
Originally posted by seagull
reply to post by StrangeBrew
They are the only nation of people, that I'm aware of, that exists based solely on a religion or faith.
Or does the Vatican count?
...and your point would be? The country exists, it's real, that's all that really, in the end matters. The Vatican may indeed count, it certainly did during past centuries...
Anyway...
Zionism on it's face is no bad thing. Everyone wants, or needs, to be from somewhere...the Jews were, and are, no different. Nor for that matter are the Palestinians in Gaza and else where. That's the true meaning of Zionism, the yearning for a place to rest ones body.
After what the Jews have suffered over the centuries they've earned the right, in blood, to have a homeland. Before anyone hops on me about the Palestinians, they deserve a homeland, too.
Originally posted by FredT
Originally posted by seagull
[Zionism on it's face is no bad thing. Everyone wants, or needs, to be from somewhere...the Jews were, and are, no different. Nor for that matter are the Palestinians in Gaza and else where. That's the true meaning of Zionism, the yearning for a place to rest ones body.
Thats actually a really good point that seems to be getting missed on this thread and others.
Originally posted by vcwxvwligen
Why should having suffered be some sort of social currency?? Who in this world hasn't suffered or experienced abuse at some point in his or her life? Appealing to suffering is simply a way to take rational arguments out of the equation.
Originally posted by daeoeste
reply to post by ProtoplasmicTraveler
Wow. That zeppelin analogy is a perfect way for a rational person to see the ultimate futility of an argument for Israels right to exist. Unfortunately, no one with this perfect insight (in my opinion) was there who had the clout to spread this message before Israel was created. Once it was created, it held and continues to hold a right to exist. Now it is too late, the fundamentalist powers on both sides will insure violence and martyrdom are the staples of life there.
Originally posted by MrPenny
It is very revealing to me that not a single poster in this thread bothered to see the irony in the description of "Manifest Destiny".....not one.
[edit on 13-3-2009 by MrPenny]
Originally posted by PGTWEED
A Zionist can be Jewish or Non-Jewish. Zionism in both the Ancient and Modern definitions is a love for the Land of Israel and the People of Israel and the Jewish Faith. G-D chose the Jewish Nation to be a light unto the Gentile Nations. Anyone who supports the outlandish conspiracy theory that the Jews secretly run the world is a bigger idiot than the idiot that first started the conspiracy theory.