You can still look at holy books as a source of academic and historical reference even if you don't believe the faith. --- I'm a Christian and the way you characterize the faith is wrong and offensive but I understand why you feel the way you do given that you probably witness a lot of stupid and non-scientific claims you think comes from Christianity. We can debate in Pm's if you want.
Hamas and ISIS (ISIS renamed itself btw and tweaked their last two letter acronym) are only the same in that they are willing to use violence and to kill humans because of their ideals. ^ that's not propaganda that's fact but that's where the similarities end.
Hi Roamy: as Irish we have a perspective on events in The Holy Land as issues are roughly parallel with troubles in Ulster. Colonists of a similar DNA but with opposing/ adversarial confessional sects. A small Colonist ( Orange ) population surrounded by a much larger nativist nation, the colonists supported by powerful outside forces of a shared ideology. Nativists forced away from homes and properties, becoming displaced as refugees. Continuing issues between the groups in areas of economics and demographic growth Nativist fighters compelled to chose softer targets abroad because of " forted-up" colonists.
There is a Palestinian homeland in the middle east. It is called Jordan. Jordan will not admit known criminals and terrorists.
History, children. When the British recognized Israel they declared Jordan to be the appropriate home for the Palestinians.
You know the apple is a symbol (for stupidity), right? I know what you're thinking. You think I'm wrong. You think the apple is a symbol of knowledge. haha, joke's on you!
I know it's wrong but I have to do it. Why are the Jews God's chosen people? Because nobody else wants them. I am very sorry for my rude, insulting, offensive and inappropriate, terrible, horrible god-awful joke. :baby:
If ISIS is not supported by the Moslem world why are the most potent nations in the Moslem world ignoring it. ISIS wants to rule from Meca and Medina, take these cities away from the Saudis, how is that going to play out?
deanstar I'm on your side. Not a Jew, just an educated person who grew up in the NE USA with a progressive attitude.
Don Carlo Gambino knew that dead bodies turning up in different places espically on the front pages was bad publicity and bad for business; thought of this when the killing of 18 Palestinians were executed in public for collaboration with Israel. Suppose that they need to send a message to the people of Gaza not to cooperate. The biggest victim of Hamas is the Palestinians themselves.
Then perhaps you could explain how it is that a person with a progressive attitude can back up a regime that constructs illegal settlements in occupied territory in contravention of International Law.
Piney, I'm glad that I'm not alone with deanstar on this issue. Hamas is sworn to destroy Israel and acts as a terrorist state even though "elected" in "Gaza. Sort of makes me wonder what "inducements" were used to push the people to Hamas; Maybe some photos of their family members with bullet holes or hanging from a pole.