Capt_Fantastic
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Originally posted by Mindship
Arabs hold the final responsibility for their quality of life, not the Jews, not the Americans.
From the Dumb American thread, on the standard of living in Palestine:
Originally posted by Capt_Fantastic
Not to mention that they don't have those comforts because of the people in charge of their country. Not because of selfish, ignorant Americans.
Originally posted by Mindship
And considering that the Arabs outnumber the Jews in the region by 100 to 1, the US's support is quite fair.
So, where is our support of all the other outnumbered nations or populations in the different regions of the world? Again, when you've provided weapons and UN support (after you've shot the UN the middle finger on every other issue) I think you could kill a few muslims with a nuclear weapon. So, let them use it. Let them bomb Lebannon or Iran and let the chips fall where they may. You think US bolstering of Israel is fair, but you seem to miss the point that they will strike back first and then ask questions or negotiate later. That's how things work in the rest of the middle east, so why not Israel too?
Originally posted by Grand_Moff_Gav
The Christan belief is NOT that they are Gods chosen people, they are the people who follow Christ and as such will have eternal life, but, Christ himself was a Jew. and Jesus never said that the people who follow him where Gods chosen people, in fact,God never chooses and Christan's in the New testament, unlike in the Old where he chose Moses, Abraham and David etc etc...
You could argue that Jesus chose the deciples but they where all Jewish, with the exception of Luke...
However clearly your opinion on religion is biased and you will no doubt see it aas doing more harm than good, BUT considering that your vaunted peace to all man morality and morality in general stems from religion means, you are also poisoned.
You can't come at me with factual interpretations of the bible, because the people who read the bible and understand the contradictions are one thing. I don't know what country you're from, but you should spend a little more time listening to Pat Robertson, even Tom Delay, and any number of neoconservative right wing christians. They certainly DO think that the Jews are still the original chosen people of god. He just amended the rule to let the followers of Christ in too. These public figures have said they were, the CHOSEN people of god. There are no less that two dozen christian channels on my cable package...and I spend more time than I'd like to admit watching it. (Especially late at night when the REAL nuts are on)
For instance, today I saw a man dressed like Liberace hand an elderly black woman a little bottle of water, she drank it, tossed her crutches down and danced up and down the aisle. Then, across the bottom of the screen it said: CALL NOW FOR YOUR FREE VILE OF MAGIC WATER! Magic? They couldn't call it blessed or holy water? They call it magic water!?
These are not people who operate from a logical perspective. But I appreciate anything I might have learned from your knowledge of the bible I might not have picked up in my 13 years of catholic school education.
And I'm not against religion at all. I'm against any religion that tells you how to interpret your personal relationship with god, that tells you what to think and feel in matters of relationships with other humans and politics is a poision.