I've been asking this for a while, as have Palestinian Christians.
Think about this really hard: especially in light of my last post.
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I've been asking this for a while, as have Palestinian Christians.
“Do to others whatever you would like them to do to you. This is the essence of all that is taught in the law and the prophets.
This is from Matthew 7:12. He also said something like "God blesses those who work for peace,for they will be called the children of God."
But back to the "do unto others as you would have them do unto you", which is found in other religions and is called "the rule of reciprocity".
So, the basic gist is that it has to apply to EVERYBODY if you are going to say "Never again".
You don't like it when it happens to you, don't do it to others.
Suffering a holocaust and then turning around to do it to another people is a violation of this principal. Likewise, contributing to the holocaust by failing to save lives because they would go somewhere other than Israel is wrong.
Do you want me to speak out if there is another holocaust? Or do you want me to remain silent as you are trying to do with the Palestinians?
I believe that the "new Israel/Jerusalem" is something which needs to be a divine creation. And it's a blasphemy if humans try to interfere in the process.
Remember that you are killing and harming Arabic Christians by supporting these wars.
And maybe you need to stop dovening and start effing thinking.
So, don't bitch about Muslims in your country: especially if you are supporting the wars that bring them to you.
The Dems lost again and the blame game is starting, but are they asking the right questions?
Am I the only person out there that has noticed that this election is on Guy Fawkes Day?
Despite the connection of the gunpowder plot, Guy Fawkes has become a hero of anarchists and those who want to see social change (e.g., Anonymous uses the Guy Fawkes Mask).
James Sharpe, professor of history at the University of York, has described how Guy Fawkes came to be toasted as "the last man to enter Parliament with honest intentions". William Harrison Ainsworth's 1841 historical romance Guy Fawkes; or, The Gunpowder Treason portrays Fawkes in a generally sympathetic light and his novel transformed Fawkes in the public perception into an "acceptable fictional character". Fawkes subsequently appeared as "essentially an action hero" in children's books and penny dreadfuls such as The Boyhood Days of Guy Fawkes; or, The Conspirators of Old London, published around 1905. According to the historian Lewis Call, Fawkes is now "a major icon in modern political culture", whose face has become "a potentially powerful instrument for the articulation of postmodern anarchism" in the late 20th century. Fawkes is regarded by some as a martyr, political rebel or freedom-fighter, especially amongst a minority of Catholics in the United Kingdom.
I have made it clear that the US system of elections is in serious need of reform.
And I am voting for Jill Stein in the hope that debate will finally come out in the open.
Of course, you could be ecstatic that the us has a non-functional government, is wasting money, and generally there isn't any political debate worth calling a debate.
On the other hand, if you want to see a serious shake up of the system: Jill's your woman. Particularly where election reform is a matter. The Green Party is proposing changes to the electoral system which would lead to real voter choices.
There are changes in the US political system which are long overdue and they won't happen unless there is a seismic change in the political landscape.