Undisputable!The very first thing I noticed about the responses to my statement here in this thread is that an attempt was made to bring a religious overtone into the situation. Really??? Religion??? You're going to ask me about what Jesus says about the Jews, about the end times, what my pastor 'tells' me to do, or anything else about MY religion trying to make the point that this somehow 'taints' my perception of what is happening? I wonder sometimes if some of these posters aren't from countries other than the United States. If that is the case, then I can understand why it's hard to understand Americans. Especially if your in a situation where the rulers of the nation makes a persons religion so important.
In the United States, religion can be important. Very important... or not. You see, our constitution says that a man has a right to worship however he wants to worship. You can disagree, but religion is NOT something you go to war over. My evangelical Christian church sits right next to an Espiscopal Church. Some of my friends go to that church and to say that we are a mile apart in doctrine would be a massive understatement. Within one mile of my church is a Buddhist temple, a Jewish Synogogue and a Mormon church. There is a huge Islamic facility in Tulsa. A group from my church attended a service at an all-African American church in north Tulsa and quite frankly I can tell you that God is alive in that church. They rocked the house! When I meet someone, perhaps one of the very last things I determine is what religion they follow. Because I DON'T CARE.
I don't get this: We'll kill you because you don't worship or believe like I do crap. Really? And I have a little clue for you: I go to church, but my pastor DOES NOT tell me what to do. Occassionally, just occassionally, I'll join the guys for a drink every now and then. And yep, if I bust my knuckle with a hammer you really can hear the cussing a mile away.
Facts are facts and you can try and spin it anyway you want to. The Palestinians strap suicide vests to women to blow up Israeli's and don't care if it's women or children. They launch Katusha rockets into Jewish settlements not caring one bit about who might get killed. Aid money sent to the Palestinians NEVER see the intended uses. It winds up lining some maggot's pocket. And Hamas and Hezbollah are TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS funded by Iran. The Palestinians elected one of them as their legitimate government.
When the Palestinians decide that surviving and thriving is what they want and they go to the Israeli's and hold out their hand for peace... then I'll be behind them...