Your experience with killing is what exactly? denstar wrote: > On Wed, Mar 5, 2008 at 3:34 PM, Michael Dinowitz > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> What 2 masters? I'm an American which is my nationality. I'm a Jew which is >> my heritage and religion. >> This is actually one of those things used against Jews. "we can't put them >> into any position of authority because they're not loyal to us". BS > > Wow. I'm waaay out of touch as far as antisemitism (or even semitism) > goes, so forgive me for saying things that sound like stereotypical > whatnots or whatever. > > I was honestly wondering about conflicts of interest, or whatever. > > > Jews can come here to NM and get a position of authority, I bet. =] > > Maybe even Hispanics! > > If you're a woman tho.... hmmm... > > j/k. :) > >> > You don't see a problem with serving two masters? >> > >> > Or having a "physical place" be the core of your religion? >> >> Every religion recognizes a land which is holy. Some have more than one. >> Some consider one land/country theirs. Others consider the world theres and >> it has to be conqured. We weren't promised the world, we were promised a >> small patch of holy land. And the land wasn't to be devoid of other people >> like others I can mention. > > All I know about scripture is stuff I've picked up along the way, but > I don't know for sure that the cannonites (or whoever they were) were > /really/ evil or whatnot. I don't have problems with idols atop > mountains or whatever-- I don't take kindly to killing, to get what > one wants tho, hands down. > > The problem is that "we" were promised something that was someone > else's-- doesn't that bother you? > > The stuff in the old testament is pretty harsh, man. Not sure how it > all relates with the Semitic beliefs, as I've never really studied, or > even had strongly-religious friends. It's all just been for fun, for > me... in my spare time. > >> > Hmmm... I think what is said and what is actioned may be different. > >> This is not war, this is murder. If someone was launching rockets at you >> what would you do? > > I would presumably want to know why, and then find a way to make it stop. > > Or maybe find a way to harvest them, and then sell 'em back to the > folks who shot them, and thus, make a pretty penny off of their desire > to see things flying through the air at me... > > Killing seldom solves these types of problems, my friend. > > I've learned that through experience. > >> > I totally agree with you about things like China and the Saudis. >> > >> > Israel *is* in a unique position tho-- hard to compare it to China, >> > for instance. (besides like, the deal with taiwan maybe? eh.) >> >> How so? China occupies Tibet. Why is Israel held to a higher standard than >> anyone? > > I thought you just said that the standard was a hoax? > > That should explain many of the stranger aspects... :) > > Part of the deal is probably the history of the region... has to do > with the Brits and the Turks and a bunch of other crazy stuff. > > Go Empires! Go Religions! > >> > >> > I don't think it is a simple matter, that is a fact. =] >> > >> > Land has been battled over for sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo >> > loooooooooooooooooooong. >> > >> But Israel is willing to give up land for peace and still the rockets fall. >> Still the human bombs burst. > > People don't take kindly to getting "some" of their stuff back? > (joking, sorta ;) > > Who does it /really/ belong to? > > I'm gonna go "Native American" on someone, someday. And then I'll go > "local fauna" on the next one. > > If this land is your land, and this land is my land... > > imagine all the people... > >
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