--- On Monday, August 15, 2005 1:42 PM, Deanna Schneider scribed: --- > > See here's where I get confused: > "The importance of the Land of Israel is not limited to Judaism; it is > also the place where Christianity was born, and contains many > locations of great spiritual significance to Judaism, Christianity, > and Islam." > > So, I'm a bit at a loss as to why one of those religions has more of a > cultural/historical claim on the land than others. >
I guess you can look at it by age. Judaism has been around for 5000 years, Christianity for 2000 and Islam for 1400. > I'm also a bit confused as to why Britain thought it necessary to > meddle in the whole affair to begin with, and why folks that actually > live there weren't left to fight it out for themselves long ago. > I think the British interest in the Middle East dates back to the days of the crusades. > But, then again, I'm a bit confused as to why we're fighting someone > else's war in Iraq now, too. Nothing's ever black and white, is it? > You got that right :) Howie ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:169364 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
