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Originally posted by Lazarus Short
reply to post by Humanity4Ever
My understanding may have been in error, but something is still rotten in Denmark.
Originally posted by ripcontrol
reply to post by Lazarus Short
Most of the pro muslim stuff sounds like complaints about Karma running over Dogma
Originally posted by something wicked
Originally posted by Lazarus Short
reply to post by Humanity4Ever
My understanding may have been in error, but something is still rotten in Denmark.
Yes, the rotten thing is how you made the statement without any thought to actually check it first. Deny ignorance means checking what you say before you say it - you didn't. Don't worry, you aren't alone. ATS has many closeted racists, homophobes and people who will pure hate people for not being a facsimile of themselves even though they don't realise their own faults. Try not to be one of them, it's not that hard if you are prepared to think and not follow the herd - something many on ATS accuse other people of while blindly following their own agenda.
Originally posted by ripcontrol
reply to post by Lazarus Short
from what.... someone having an issue with being attacked..
So just so I understand what your saying... someone breaks into your house and you defend yourself the attacker has a right to defend themselves?
As for your later post, I am not anti-Islamic I am pro-Pagan
Most of the pro muslim stuff sounds like complaints about Karma running over Dogma
If I remember correctly, the main holy places of christianity, the Church of Nativity and Church of the Holy Sepulchre are well within the borders of Israel, in their holy city, and millions of christians are happily doing pilgrimage at these places year after year without any problems whatsoever. Unlike their neighbours, Israel never attempted to knock them down or to "expand" there.
Perhaps the worst outbreak of organized desecration of Christian institutions came on Sept. 10, 1963, when hundreds of ultra-orthodox Jews simultaneously attacked Christian missions in Jaffa, Haifa and Jerusalem. (One has to say “perhaps because reporting on this sensitive subject in the U.S. media has been so poor over the decades.) At any rate, the attacks were a concerted effort to intimidate Christians in Israel by a religious vigilante group called Hever Peelei Hamahane Hatorati, the Society of Activists of the Torah Camp. In an attack on the Church of Scotland school in Jaffa, Christian children were beaten and considerable damage was caused to the school by at least 200 rampaging Jews.
Other attacks occurred at two nearby church schools, the Greek Catholic missionary school of St. Joseph and a Christian Brothers school. In Jerusalem, attacks occurred at the St. Joseph convent and the Finnish Lutheran mission school. In Haifa, the American-European Beth El Messianic Mission Children’s Hostel and School was attacked. No serious damage occurred in any of the attacks except at the Scotland school. More than 100 Jews were convicted in the attacks, none of them receiving more than small fines and suspended sentences.
The first half of the 1980s, with Likud governments in control, was a particularly active period for Jewish bigots. On Oct. 8, 1982, the Baptist Church in Jerusalem was burned down. Kerosene had been sprinkled on the church’s wooden chapel, constructed in 1933. Although no one was ever charged in the arson, the Baptist Center’s bookstore had been vandalized a dozen times in previous years, and Jews were suspected. When the Baptists sought to rebuild the church, Jews demonstrated against the project and the Jewish district planning commission refused to grant a building permit. In 1985, the Israeli Supreme Court advised the Baptists to leave the all-Jewish area.
Christians Discriminated Against by Israel
By Donald Neff
Former Israel Bureau Chief for Time Magazine
Excerpted from Fifty Years of Israel
Originally posted by phillyhemp
reply to post by DeadSeraph
Your post regarding the DNA of Israelis is incorrect. Other than the hassidics, most jews now in Israel share no DNA with the ancient tribes of Israel. Please post where you get your info from regarding the connections between today's Israelis and the 12 tribes because its simply not true.
The Philistinians bring all their sorrow upon themselves.
Originally posted by phillyhemp
reply to post by DeadSeraph
Your post regarding the DNA of Israelis is incorrect. Other than the hassidics, most jews now in Israel share no DNA with the ancient tribes of Israel. Please post where you get your info from regarding the connections between today's Israelis and the 12 tribes because its simply not true.
Originally posted by ltheghost
Can we all agree that Israel is taking this too far now? 104 confirmed Palestinian deaths to 3 Israelis. I understand that Israel must defend itself but when did the defense turn into offense?
The Israelis obviously have better weaponry and aim, but this is starting to look like overkill now.
Originally posted by pthena
reply to post by Fromabove
The Philistinians bring all their sorrow upon themselves.
I must have missed the part where the Palestinians asked for a bunch of European immigrants to come drive them off their land. Just what history book must I read to find that bit of info?
Better yet than internet twisted opinions, ask anyone who ever visited Jerusalem. Christianity and their holy churches are doing fine over there.
In this historic document, we Palestinian Christians declare that the military occupation
of our land is a sin against God and humanity, and that any theology that legitimizes the
occupation is far from Christian teachings because true Christian theology is a theology
of love and solidarity with the oppressed, a call to justice and equality among peoples.
KAIROS PALESTINE 2009
Like you said, the world is very small, so the "others" are everyone in the world, and we can do something about it, such as just talking about it, that has power, whether you want to believe that or not.
Be kind to each other, accept your flaws and don't worry about the nonsense that you can do nothing about.