If you need urgent support, call 999 or go to your nearest A&E. To contact our Crisis Messenger (open 24/7) text THEMIX to 85258.
Options
Take a look around and enjoy reading the discussions. If you'd like to join in, it's really easy to register and then you'll be able to post. If you'd like to learn what this place is all about, head here.
Comments
They devoted the city to the Lord and destroyed with the sword every living thing in it-men and women, young and old, cattle, sheep and donkeys (Jos.6:21)... as God had ordered them!, so the false gods will not be adored among them, because the gentile women will induce the Israelites to adore false gods (Deut.7:2-5, 20:16-18, Num.25:1-5, 31:14-17, Ex.23:33)
Looks like a Biblical incitement to genocide against non-Jews to me.
kthxbye
You really are a bit simple aren’t you? There isn’t really any sect in Judaism that takes the Torah as the sole authority and interpreting it in its entirety literally. Judaism isn’t like evangelical Christianity or Islam. The Torah for religious Jews is considered in the context of the early rabbinical commentary – the Talmud and the Oral Law – and most Jews also believe the Torah should be reinterpreted in a modern context – Reform Judaism, the biggest movement essentially sees the Torah as an evolving document – it’s not a ‘dead’ text, it’s open to re-evaluation and reinterpretation.
Really – speak to somebody qualified on this, I’m sure you can find a Rabbi who will happily discuss this with you. I don’t know what you’re implying but if you’re suggesting that Judaism somehow advocates genocide against non-Jews you couldn’t be further off the mark.
Most Israelis are Jews, most Americans are Christians and most Jordanians are Muslim. Does that mean all Israelis, Americans, Jordanians and their governments will adhere strictly to their religious teachings? Er no. Just because somebody is a Jew or a Muslim it doesn’t mean that they’re a good Jew or a good Muslim and will automatically follow their religion...
The Israeli government like most Western governments doesn’t claim to be adhering strictly to any particular religion and doesn’t uphold itself to some kind of religious standard. For the most part Israel’s government is secular in nature. Indeed nearly half of Israel’s population is secular too I believe.
Anyway despite its wrongdoings Israel doesn’t routinely and deliberately execute innocent Palestinians so I'm not sure what your point is.
How about some evidence for your assertions of "jewish", "israel", "christian" and so on?
You know, before we say it's ok for certain groups to randomly kill others lets check they exist, eh? Otherwise your just a nutter, neh?
In the absence of which - go see a doctor, claiming things you can't sense are real is the preserve of lunatics. :wave:
Religion and race are seperate as ever. I dont get people calling religions races. Its odd.
And Klintock, perhaps you're the one who should seek help?
I mean, fair enough, you choose to view the world in your own way. But when almost everybody else views it in one way, then perhaps you're the one with the problem?
Or sorry, do problems not exist in your world? Does your world exist? Do you exist?
You sound like a neo-con with all those big words "incarcenated" "oprressed" blah blah blah ever lived in Northern Ireland?
What's that got to do with ethnicity though?
Bit quick to the ad hominem, aren't we? Twice in two posts. Bye bye, if you cant argue with resort to name calling, you're on ignore.
Klintock,
Didn`t you make yourself the Site`s resident Rabbi ? Your services may be needed
I am indeed. I think I'll just add "Pope", "Ayatollah" and "King" to my list of services and see how I get on.
The truth or falsehood of my position (which if it was false you would directly address of course) does not depend upon the number of people holding alternate viewpoints. Everyone used to believe the world was flat.
It's quite the insight into your own processes of thought. No doubt at some point in the past a bunch of people told you a quite fantastic tale and you went along with them suspecting it was false but frightened that your own senses were leading you awry.
Your own family lied to you.
Now you carry on the fine tradition and lie to yourself and others.
The main problem in the world as far as I can tell is that people's ability to think has been corrupted by myths and legends. Like your own.
What about Northern Ireland?
Well just type in 'Buddhist extremists' in a seach engine
http://www.tamileelamnews.com/cgi-bin/news/exec/view.cgi/1/1557
Also, the extreme ones engage in a solitudinal state where they cut themselves off from all things so they dont end up hurting any life at all.
Wow... I've never heard of violence from Buddhists before, how do the people know that the individuals attacking the churches are Buddhist? In the first example it says talks about "six unknown men" so their is no proof... I jus don't understand how it works at all... Buddhism and extremism don't seem to fit.
Edited to add: I could not find any reputable sources to back up what was said about Buddhist extremists, having looked through both Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and other reliable NGO's. Most of the anti-Buddhist stuff is on Evangelist websites.