No they don't. They hate jews because the jews built a nation where they were living.
No, the UN did because Europe didn't want to deal with the Millions of Jews from the internment/death camps.
Because the jews treat them like cockroaches.
No they don't. Now you're getting emotional with your blather. Why do you hate Jews?
Because the jews have set up a system of apartheid.
No they didn't. The Muslims forced this on themselves. The Muslims should abort the system of suicide bombings. You don't gain sympathy for your argument by blowing yourself and little children up, with the intent of blowing little children up.
Because the jews kill a couple of thousand of them every year.
Them being terrorists? Yes. Them just being dead civilians, then no.
As I said there are lot of reasons to hate israel. It has nothing to do with religion.
I'd reccomend you read actual history as opposed to mythology that's in the bible.
If you did that you may find out that when the christians were persecuting the jews in europe the muslims offered them shelter and protection.
The Bible is not simply mythology. Yes there are stories in there that are quite mythological, but there is also a great deal of history wrapped up in it. Simplistic arguments like that do not prove your point. However, reading the Bible will give you a better context for what is happening now. For that matter, reading the Koran wouldn't hurt either.
Muslims don't hate israel because of what the bible says. There are lots of other reasons to hate israel.
You're missing the point. That's not what I said. They (the fanatical Muslims) do hate the Jews on religious grounds.
Mmmm. You really believe that? You really think anybody believes that some story written two thousand years ago is actually historically true?
Yes. I really recommend that you read the Bible so you'd understand. Read it from an analytical point of view, and you will understand how it sets up the current situation between Jews/NonJews Muslims/NonMuslims.
It's for religious and historical reasons that Mulsims hate Israel, and it can be traced all the way back to Abraham. They feel their lineage is the "right" one. Israelis/Christians feel they are.
The conflict started soon after the treaty of versailles was signed giving the land that formally belonged to the ottoman empire to the british. That was around 1920. It does not really go back further then that.
That's over simplifying the issue. This is just the latest round. It has happened many other times in the past.
The problem is a little deeper than that. Both the Israelis and the Palestinians are decendants of Abraham:
Ishmael (Genesis 16:12): Ishmael became the father of all the Arab people. An angel told Hagar Ishmael would be a "wild donkey of man; his hand will be against everyone and everyone's hand against him, and he will live in hostility toward all his brothers." The Arab Muslims trace their lineage back to Abraham through Ishmael.
Isaac (the chosen one: Genesis 16): The Jews trace their lineage back to Abraham through Isaac. Much of the warfare and killing between the Jews and Arabs today can be traced back to a bad decision Sarah made almost four thousand years ago! If only Sarah would have waited on God and trusted His promise. Instead she believed God needed her help.
Bottom line is the Israelis and Muslims have been at it for a while now.
I doubt our "infinite wisdom" of today will solve the problem, and it's really a shame that the lack of patience has caused such a long lasting feud between two brothers
This time was the last time that the nation of Israel is to be recreated (according to current scripture interpretations) (read Revelations)
Technically, because of the way we define the direction of torque, the right-hand rule would define "up" as being the north pole because of the direction of the earth's spin.
Keep in mind that this is broadband and upstream traffic is throttled. He may get 40-60kb/s upstream. I just don't seem someone hosting a busy web-site on their comcast cable modem. He's going to be downloading, and that being said, what would someone download 90GB/month of?
Is it just me, or is the ACLU seem to go from being good guys to being bad guys. It seems that some things they back are morally justified (like this one) and other seems to be just plain stupid (flag, GOD on Tshirts, etc cases?) I don't want to generalize too much, but maybe some people should shed their thoughts on the whole thing. I personally have a feeling of "uh oh" what the hell is the ACLU bitching about now kind of thing whenever I read an article just because of the bad taste they leave in peoples mouths after picking on schools kids for freedom of speech issues, etc but then get surprised when they actually take the correct side of an issue from time to time too.
I'm not sure that the U.S. isn't FUBAR on this one. I think that the root problem we have vouchers in the first place is tha (we) have so many kids with broken homes with parents that are either too busy working or with parents who just don't give a rats behind about their kids performance at their school.
And if the children's parent(s) don't care, why should the child? I guess I think that if you had large numbers of parents that were actually actively involved in their children's lives, I think that a lot of these other problems (including education) would be moot.
I love the comments that everyone has posted. Slashdot is great.:)
If wishing someone a good day and praying for God to bless them mods me to a troll, then so be it. That is due to a misunderstanding of what I was trying to say. I was trying to partly be tongue in cheek, but also partly trying to simply point out what frustrates a lot of Christians these days - comments trying to tie down general Christianity via "evangelicalism" politically, i.e. defining Christianity in general by it's fringes, then using that for political gain at the expense of Chrstianity in general. Very irritating.
If the original poster truly meant "the fringe" then I believe he would have stated that in the first place.
Also, most Christians tend not to say anything or speak up when their religion is constantly being defined through the "prism" of a subset of its "worshipers". Christianity isn't about forcing anything down anyone's throat. To those who have had the "witnesses" knocking on your door. I feel your pain. Religion is personal in nature, and "cold calling" isn't good. There is no glory for spouting off religous mantra.
Christianity (for me) is about sin, sacrifice, and forgiveness. Matthew is a great book to read (although I really like the book of Proverbs personally).
Also, reading through the comments, there is a common thread that I have read:
* some people really tend to hate the "evangelical" Christians, whoever they may be, but everyone has a different definition of who they are, so confusion reigns.
* Some people feel that someone wishing a person a nice day with God's blessing is somehow condescending and has a negative cultural connotation associated with it. To those that feel this way - I pray that you understand that not all people actually wish the opposite of what they say, but actually mean it.:P
May God Bless you All, in Jesus's name. Amen.
For those who don't like that (and has been posted else where):
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No they don't. They hate jews because the jews built a nation where they were living.
No, the UN did because Europe didn't want to deal with the Millions of Jews from the internment/death camps.
Because the jews treat them like cockroaches.
No they don't. Now you're getting emotional with your blather. Why do you hate Jews?
Because the jews have set up a system of apartheid.
No they didn't.
The Muslims forced this on themselves. The Muslims should abort the system of suicide bombings. You don't gain sympathy for your argument by blowing yourself and little children up, with the intent of blowing little children up.
Because the jews kill a couple of thousand of them every year.
Them being terrorists? Yes. Them just being dead civilians, then no.
As I said there are lot of reasons to hate israel. It has nothing to do with religion.
Bzzzt.
Wrong.
Keep trying.
I'd reccomend you read actual history as opposed to mythology that's in the bible.
If you did that you may find out that when the christians were persecuting the jews in europe the muslims offered them shelter and protection.
The Bible is not simply mythology. Yes there are stories in there that are quite mythological, but there is also a great deal of history wrapped up in it. Simplistic arguments like that do not prove your point. However, reading the Bible will give you a better context for what is happening now. For that matter, reading the Koran wouldn't hurt either.
Muslims don't hate israel because of what the bible says. There are lots of other reasons to hate israel.
You're missing the point. That's not what I said. They (the fanatical Muslims) do hate the Jews on religious grounds.
Mmmm. You really believe that? You really think anybody believes that some story written two thousand years ago is actually historically true?
Yes. I really recommend that you read the Bible so you'd understand. Read it from an analytical point of view, and you will understand how it sets up the current situation between Jews/NonJews Muslims/NonMuslims.
It's for religious and historical reasons that Mulsims hate Israel, and it can be traced all the way back to Abraham. They feel their lineage is the "right" one. Israelis/Christians feel they are.
The conflict started soon after the treaty of versailles was signed giving the land that formally belonged to the ottoman empire to the british. That was around 1920. It does not really go back further then that.
That's over simplifying the issue. This is just the latest round. It has happened many other times in the past.
I have comcast and I get:
Downstream: 390-400KB/s
Upstream: 30-40KB/s
Fast enough for me.
The problem is a little deeper than that. Both the Israelis and the Palestinians are decendants of Abraham:
Ishmael (Genesis 16:12):
Ishmael became the father of all the Arab people. An angel told Hagar Ishmael would be a "wild donkey of man; his hand will be against everyone and everyone's hand against him, and he will live in hostility toward all his brothers." The Arab Muslims trace their lineage back to Abraham through Ishmael.
Isaac (the chosen one: Genesis 16):
The Jews trace their lineage back to Abraham through Isaac. Much of the warfare and killing between the Jews and Arabs today can be traced back to a bad decision Sarah made almost four thousand years ago! If only Sarah would have waited on God and trusted His promise. Instead she believed God needed her help.
Bottom line is the Israelis and Muslims have been at it for a while now.
I doubt our "infinite wisdom" of today will solve the problem, and it's really a shame that the lack of patience has caused such a long lasting feud between two brothers
This time was the last time that the nation of Israel is to be recreated (according to current scripture interpretations) (read Revelations)
Get ready! It's going to be a wild ride!
So typical. Sometimes logical behavior makes no common sense, but that is (of course) stating the obvious.
At least you didn't get modded to -1, Offtopic.
Sadly, I think the average IQ for the people posting the articles and moderators moderating them is getting lower and lower by the day.
How is this offtopic? Slashdot is beginning to get pathetic.
Technically, because of the way we define the direction of torque, the right-hand rule would define "up" as being the north pole because of the direction of the earth's spin.
FYI.
> Man, I wish we had a BBC.
We do, it's called PBS & NPR.
Thanks,
-Mike
I agree. I just wish the posters would keep the "news", and not this Michael Moore vs. Rush Limbaugh lard.
BTW: Who IS fatter? Limbaugh or Moore?
Nothing to see here. Move along boys.
man. reality sucks.
That's right, guns don't kill people. People kill People.
Sarcasm aside, I agree.
Evil is not transitive like that. Nice Try though!
Try Again!
Keep in mind that this is broadband and upstream traffic is throttled. He may get 40-60kb/s upstream. I just don't seem someone hosting a busy web-site on their comcast cable modem. He's going to be downloading, and that being said, what would someone download 90GB/month of?
Probably because those are illegal too! :P
I dunno, but somehow Microsoft did it with "Windows".
Is it just me, or is the ACLU seem to go from being good guys to being bad guys. It seems that some things they back are morally justified (like this one) and other seems to be just plain stupid (flag, GOD on Tshirts, etc cases?) I don't want to generalize too much, but maybe some people should shed their thoughts on the whole thing. I personally have a feeling of "uh oh" what the hell is the ACLU bitching about now kind of thing whenever I read an article just because of the bad taste they leave in peoples mouths after picking on schools kids for freedom of speech issues, etc but then get surprised when they actually take the correct side of an issue from time to time too.
Thoughts?
In case anyone is interested, check out the book "The Turing Option" which is based loosely on Alan Turing's concepts/etc:
4 46 364967/002-6669792-7192001?v=glance
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0
-Mike
I'm not sure that the U.S. isn't FUBAR on this one. I think that the root problem we have vouchers in the first place is tha (we) have so many kids with broken homes with parents that are either too busy working or with parents who just don't give a rats behind about their kids performance at their school.
And if the children's parent(s) don't care, why should the child? I guess I think that if you had large numbers of parents that were actually actively involved in their children's lives, I think that a lot of these other problems (including education) would be moot.
And this is a fact how? Trash without facts is just that. Trash.
Who's game was their favorite? I kind of miss the old arcade games (which are hard to find these days)
My favorite game, and I can't find it was a game called "Black Tiger" back in the late 80's.
I love the comments that everyone has posted. Slashdot is great. :)
:P
If wishing someone a good day and praying for God to bless them mods me to a troll, then so be it. That is due to a misunderstanding of what I was trying to say. I was trying to partly be tongue in cheek, but also partly trying to simply point out what frustrates a lot of Christians these days - comments trying to tie down general Christianity via "evangelicalism" politically, i.e. defining Christianity in general by it's fringes, then using that for political gain at the expense of Chrstianity in general. Very irritating.
If the original poster truly meant "the fringe" then I believe he would have stated that in the first place.
Also, most Christians tend not to say anything or speak up when their religion is constantly being defined through the "prism" of a subset of its "worshipers". Christianity isn't about forcing anything down anyone's throat. To those who have had the "witnesses" knocking on your door. I feel your pain. Religion is personal in nature, and "cold calling" isn't good. There is no glory for spouting off religous mantra.
Christianity (for me) is about sin, sacrifice, and forgiveness. Matthew is a great book to read (although I really like the book of Proverbs personally).
Also, reading through the comments, there is a common thread that I have read:
* some people really tend to hate the "evangelical" Christians, whoever they may be, but everyone has a different definition of who they are, so confusion reigns.
* Some people feel that someone wishing a person a nice day with God's blessing is somehow condescending and has a negative cultural connotation associated with it. To those that feel this way - I pray that you understand that not all people actually wish the opposite of what they say, but actually mean it.
May God Bless you All, in Jesus's name. Amen.
For those who don't like that (and has been posted else where):
"Live Long and Prosper" - Spock
-Mikestro