Depends whether you'd be interested in learning. If not, then we won't be teaching you anything.
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Reunification (NOT): the Israeli "left" never fails to disgust
- Thread starter Jayhawker Soule
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Citizenship will be handed out to those that agree to the laws of the land. That would mean becoming a Ger Toshav. Whoever's not interested in keeping the law, has no place in the land.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but it seems to me that you expect a democratic "Palestinian" state must be established, for whatever reason. I'm wondering what you would think if the people of that state decided that democracy was a loser system.
Justanatheist
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Oh I am always interested in learning, I am rather dubious of being told by others that their god has made them my teacher. I get nervous when any group of people claim exceptionality for their tribe.
Jewish thought and Jewish law. Large portions are extrapolated from the Tanach, the rest comes from the Jewish Oral Tradition.What is this based upon?
Let me put it this way: when I wrote there will be universal knowledge of God, that means there will be universal knowledge of God. If that doesn't happen, there won't really be much of a point of me coming to you and telling you things in the name of God.
Justanatheist
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That will be lovely then, but if you could ask your god to give this universal knowledge to everyone now then a lot of lives would be saved and a lot of people would not feel oppressed.
We do ask, every day. But we also believe God has a plan for the world.
Justanatheist
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Apparently so do lots of other gods, they are like that, funny thing is none of them ever appear to get much done.
Hey, we didn't have a country for 2000 years. Now we do.
Justanatheist
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Yes, but god did not do that did he, you did it by terrorism against my country, killing people with bombs and stuff, even drowning your own refugees. Was that your gods plan?
We believe He did.
Are you what some people may call a Palestinian?
I certainly don't know what you take it to mean. Before I made my post I did a bit of reading most notably Jewish eschatology - Wikipedia but also Redemption (theology) - Wikipedia as well as a bit of what I've read here and there over the years about the rebuilding of the Temple etc.
It seemed to me as though you were coming off as antagonistic to Judaism and Israel, as these threads tend to be (as is already the case in this one, too).
I made a short post on the subject, by the way:
Justanatheist
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No I am British. The country who stood alone (with her commonwealth) against that gentleman who wanted to wipe the Jews of the face of the earth.
The people who were driven from the mandate by terrorism.
In fairness, the Brits were okay with the Arab riots and just stood aside doing nothing while Jews were slaughtered. Also, as I recall, Chamberlain freely handed some of Europe to Hitler, no?
And as I recall, the Brits did not allow Jewish refugees to enter Mandate Palestine both before, during and after the war.
I suppose that leaves one to wonder who the real terrorists were.
Justanatheist
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Did you not, it was given to the British to uphold the mandate for the League of Nations, we were driven out by terrorism and handed the mandate over to the UN
Justanatheist
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So was that all part of your gods plan, not a very nice one was it?
So what would you have preferred happened in 1948?
Justanatheist
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I am not a god, you will have to ask the man who knows the plan.