Bowral said: "My observation IS that your lebanese upbringing has left you with a hatred of all things isreal."
you mistake "observation" for mere fantasy. my mind is without doubt free from hatred
however, the Lebanese have directly experienced the results of the social dislocation from the creation of Israel, which was created by European, American and Soviet immigrants
the results of this social dislocation was Palestinian refugees into Lebanon, which was ultimately the major influence on the Lebanese civil war and the establishment of Islamic militant groups in Lebanon, such as Hezbola
thus, your post is an example of the the kind of self-affirming superstition that is the subject of this discussion, namely:
(1) when in comes to asserting the so-called laws or promises of 'God', one has total disregard for the consequences of one's actions
(2) it does not matter if 100,000's of human beings are dispossessed and must flee to compassionate Lebanon for safety. it does not matter that chaos is caused in Lebanon as a result. it does not matter that refugees come from Lebanon to SW Sydney and cause all kinds of maladjustment problems
(3) all that matters is superstitious Europeans, Americans & Russians can establish their 'holy land' so their superstitious existential fantasies can be put at ease
in brief, the selfish ugliness of religion is shown in the subject post, where no human empathy is shown for the plight of the Palestinian & Lebanese people who have suffered as a result of the self-indulgence of superstitious religion
the Bible says as it does, thus, from compassion, i can only recommend the relinquishment of the superstitions that cause chaos on the face of the earth. instead follow the real religion & the perfect law (of love) which sets people free
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2 Corinthians 5:1 For we know that if the earthly tent we live in is destroyed, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands.
John 4:21 “Woman,” Jesus replied, “believe me, a time is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem. Yet a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in the Spirit and in truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks. God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in the Spirit and in truth
James 1:25 But whoever looks intently into the perfect law that gives freedom, and continues in it—not forgetting what they have heard, but doing it—they will be blessed in what they do
James 2:12 Speak and act as those who are going to be judged by the law that gives freedom,
