Yah, River, the old testament wasn't called "fire and brimstone" for nothing! It wasn't until kid Jesus came along that loving thy neighbor started trending!
The bible is a disgustingly vicious document. But its violence and intolerance are all retrospective/pseudo-historical. Many people have used it as an excuse to commit atrocities and oppression; but these foundational documents of Judaism and Christianity do not command believers to oppress others; and many believers don't. However there is one religion that commands believers to rule over others, to enslave non-believers, and to murder people who disagree. That religion is Islam.
When you write the book, it will say what you want it to say. Israel stole the land from the Palestinians but claim Palestine never existed. The Zionists and Religious Right are war criminals
Exactly. Before the Jews took over, in 1917 it was an Arab state. There were a few Jews in small settlements but it was Palestine. Not many people care to know the history of how the British Prime Minister Balfour and Baron Lionel W. Rothschild came up with The Balfour Declaration and Palestine became the new homeland for Jews much to the consternation of the Palestine Arabs. For anyone who wishes to read about it you can here: https://www.history.com/topics/middle-east/balfour-declaration
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Religion, politics and ideology always justify the worst atrocities. Seems to be their main function sometimes.
A bible passage that tells people to destroy every living thing in a city???
That's horrifying!
what happened to "love thy neighbour"?
I was watching Leah Remini's documentary on Scientology and your post reminded me of one of their "policies"...awful stuff.
Yah, River, the old testament wasn't called "fire and brimstone" for nothing! It wasn't until kid Jesus came along that loving thy neighbor started trending!
The bible is a disgustingly vicious document. But its violence and intolerance are all retrospective/pseudo-historical. Many people have used it as an excuse to commit atrocities and oppression; but these foundational documents of Judaism and Christianity do not command believers to oppress others; and many believers don't. However there is one religion that commands believers to rule over others, to enslave non-believers, and to murder people who disagree. That religion is Islam.
When you write the book, it will say what you want it to say.
Israel stole the land from the Palestinians but claim Palestine never existed. The Zionists and Religious Right are war criminals
Exactly. Before the Jews took over, in 1917 it was an Arab state. There were a few Jews in small settlements but it was Palestine. Not many people care to know the history of how the British Prime Minister Balfour and Baron Lionel W. Rothschild came up with The Balfour Declaration and Palestine became the new homeland for Jews much to the consternation of the Palestine Arabs. For anyone who wishes to read about it you can here: https://www.history.com/topics/middle-east/balfour-declaration
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