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PatSeg

(48,048 posts)
37. Yes
Tue May 14, 2024, 08:27 PM
May 14

A whole lot of cherry picking of the bible going on. Then comes the rationalizations for their unchristian behavior - "Well, the bible says....".

If only these statement by ... er, government ministers were treated with the same seriousness Prairie Gates May 14 #1
Okay atreides1 May 14 #2
Fair market value. LuvLoogie May 14 #11
Yeah, it's a duck LuvLoogie May 14 #13
Is it happening now? If not, then the answer to your question is no. wnylib May 14 #28
You are correct. It's a strong desire for ethnic cleansing and the path they want and right now Nanjeanne May 15 #48
They are emboldened by US support. David__77 May 14 #3
Nonsense. They are emboldened by far right Israeli religious zealots. wnylib May 14 #30
I think they're emboldened by a few things... Violet_Crumble May 15 #47
Believing in a cruel God makes a cruel man. Thomas Paine Ping Tung May 14 #4
Unfortunately, Jews, Muslims, and many Christians worship the god of the old testament. patphil May 14 #5
Yes, the god(s) of the old testament PatSeg May 14 #8
It hurts to know the truth in what you have said. patphil May 14 #25
Sadly that is true PatSeg May 14 #36
Humans have always been like this. Or worse. Crunchy Frog May 15 #45
And not all of it. Just the things that allow them to judge and hate other people. Oneironaut May 14 #32
Yes PatSeg May 14 #37
You don't know the first thing about Judaism apparently Mosby May 16 #51
Thank you for this. democrank May 14 #29
God is only human, after all. dchill May 16 #55
So God created man in his own image Gen: 1-27 Ping Tung May 16 #56
From all available evidence... dchill May 16 #57
So ethnic cleansing is perfectly ok when done by Israel? lark May 14 #6
Agreed. If the govt in tel aviv is not on board with a 2 state solution, Volaris May 14 #12
What ethnic cleansing? Mosby May 16 #53
Some Palestinians must remain. SarahD May 14 #7
They have Filipino guest workers for that. Crunchy Frog May 15 #46
These zealots won't get their way. maxsolomon May 14 #9
But they can be bombed until all are gone or starve obamanut2012 May 14 #16
If there were 2.3 million on 10/7, and there are now 2.265 million Gazans. maxsolomon May 14 #17
They will not all be starved or bombed to death. Butterflylady May 14 #31
Really? You'd bet on that? maxsolomon May 16 #50
How will they live in unlivable conditions for 15+ years? AloeVera May 14 #41
I don't have an answer for that. maxsolomon May 16 #49
It's the destruction of all infrastructure AloeVera May 15 #43
I hope you are right. AloeVera May 14 #40
Is it "true solution", or "final solution"? maxrandb May 14 #10
That sounded really ominous Mad_Machine76 May 14 #14
Nah, it's cool maxrandb May 14 #22
Michael Moore was blasted for saying the Israel situation could hurt Biden. jalan48 May 14 #15
"Did it mean all foreigners had to support the Bush/Cheney war in order not to be branded anti-American?" That was how muriel_volestrangler May 14 #18
Yep, and that's why being anti-Netanyahu's authoritarian government doesn't mean anti-semitic. jalan48 May 14 #20
"Israeli security officials slammed Ben-Gvir's comments" XorXor May 14 #19
He does not speak for Netanyahu or the Govt as a whole. maxsolomon May 14 #21
Can he be fired? maxrandb May 14 #23
He is only in government as part of Netanyahu's zombie coalition. tritsofme May 14 #26
Yes, any minister can be fired. maxsolomon May 14 #27
Very little ,,, and an incredible amount karynnj May 14 #24
Hamas must be real proud of themselves with what disaster they brought upon the Palestinians by their Oct. 7th attack JohnSJ May 14 #33
"Netanyahu Ministers" red dog 1 May 14 #34
Israel has their own Hamas... ExciteBike66 May 14 #35
bibi also agrees ecstatic May 14 #38
Lebensraum. Ron Green May 14 #39
Ugh. moondust May 14 #42
"Voluntary"? Crunchy Frog May 15 #44
Cue Condoleezza Rice... dchill May 16 #52
Yeah - their idiots for that JustAnotherGen May 16 #54
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