Judaism: The World's Most Peaceful Major Religion

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#151 Nengo_Flow
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TBF Jews really never had a chance to persecute others.

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plus they arent that many of them in comparison
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#152 dzaric
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[QUOTE="dzaric"]

[QUOTE="themajormayor"] Peaceful doesn't mean pacifistic. You can be peaceful and defend yourself. themajormayor

Thats fine and all, but you cant be expansionist and be peaceful, which is what Israel is.

No it isn't

Yes it is.

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#153 majoras_wrath
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[QUOTE="dzaric"]

[QUOTE="themajormayor"] Peaceful doesn't mean pacifistic. You can be peaceful and defend yourself. themajormayor

Thats fine and all, but you cant be expansionist and be peaceful, which is what Israel is.

No it isn't

 lol
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#154 themajormayor
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[QUOTE="themajormayor"][QUOTE="dzaric"]

Thats fine and all, but you cant be expansionist and be peaceful, which is what Israel is.

dzaric

No it isn't

Yes it is.

Nope
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#155 Pikdum
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Today? Yes, but only if buddhism didn't exist.
I'm surprised by how many people said no on the poll. Some Jewish people I know are some of the most accepting, giving and kind people I know.

If we're talking a a couplethousand years ago, probably not.

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#157 Darkman2007
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[QUOTE="themajormayor"][QUOTE="dzaric"]

Thats fine and all, but you cant be expansionist and be peaceful, which is what Israel is.

majoras_wrath

No it isn't

lol

Im sorry to ruin it for you, but there was no country called Palestine , heck , in the 2nd and 3rd map , its also wrong because the whole of "Palestine" was ruled by Jordan , hence the map is wrong.

where did you even get that collection of mistakes

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#158 pie-junior
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The Palestine part was 1. everything not in the major jewish settlements at the time of the birtish mandate. mfw everything not jewish in the world is palestne. 2.something that has never happened. 3.Egypt and Jordan respectively. 4. C areas in the west bank. mfw areas A and B are now Israel.
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#159 Darkman2007
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[QUOTE="pie-junior"]The Palestine part was 1. everything not in the major jewish settlements at the time of the birtish mandate. mfw everything not jewish in the world is palestne. 2.something that has never happened. 3.Egypt and Jordan respectively. 4. C areas in the west bank. mfw areas A and B are now Israel.

youve got it slightly wrong, areas A and B are under the control of the PA (with area B being adminstered by the PA but under Israeli security control)
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#160 majoras_wrath
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but israel is evil and hates Palestinians
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#161 pie-junior
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[QUOTE="Darkman2007"][QUOTE="pie-junior"]The Palestine part was 1. everything not in the major jewish settlements at the time of the birtish mandate. mfw everything not jewish in the world is palestne. 2.something that has never happened. 3.Egypt and Jordan respectively. 4. C areas in the west bank. mfw areas A and B are now Israel.

youve got it slightly wrong, areas A and B are under the control of the PA (with area B being adminstered by the PA but under Israeli security control)

You're right regarding the lettering. and- everything in the west bank is under Israeli "security control", according to the Oslo accords Israel retained foreign and military authorities, as well as criminal authority over israeli citizens everywhere. Not to mention- all residual authority over anything not specifically granted to the PNA.
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#162 Darkman2007
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but israel is evil and hates Palestiniansmajoras_wrath
last I checked I don't hate anybody who doesn't hate me.
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#163 pie-junior
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but israel is evil and hates Palestiniansmajoras_wrath
Obviously
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#164 majoras_wrath
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[QUOTE="majoras_wrath"]but israel is evil and hates PalestiniansDarkman2007
last I checked I don't hate anybody who doesn't hate me.

yeah but youre israeli obv. youre evil
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#165 Darkman2007
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[QUOTE="Darkman2007"][QUOTE="majoras_wrath"]but israel is evil and hates Palestiniansmajoras_wrath
last I checked I don't hate anybody who doesn't hate me.

yeah but youre israeli obv. youre evil

and so are you
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#166 pie-junior
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[QUOTE="Darkman2007"][QUOTE="majoras_wrath"]but israel is evil and hates Palestiniansmajoras_wrath
last I checked I don't hate anybody who doesn't hate me.

yeah but youre israeli obv. youre evil

Not to mention he's a ranger
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#167 majoras_wrath
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[QUOTE="Darkman2007"][QUOTE="majoras_wrath"][QUOTE="Darkman2007"] last I checked I don't hate anybody who doesn't hate me.

yeah but youre israeli obv. youre evil

and so are you

why you gotta be so cruel i'm not even palestinian.
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#168 pie-junior
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[QUOTE="Darkman2007"][QUOTE="majoras_wrath"][QUOTE="Darkman2007"] last I checked I don't hate anybody who doesn't hate me.

yeah but youre israeli obv. youre evil

and so are you

I can't believe it, He wouldn't survive a second with just the one hand. What with all the humus eating savages and all.
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#169 Darkman2007
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[QUOTE="Darkman2007"][QUOTE="majoras_wrath"] yeah but youre israeli obv. youre evilmajoras_wrath
and so are you

. why you gotta be so cruel i'm not even palestinian.

ah yes, more Jew hating immature kids

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#170 pie-junior
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[QUOTE="majoras_wrath"][QUOTE="Darkman2007"] and so are you Darkman2007

. why you gotta be so cruel i'm not even palestinian.

ah yes, more Jew hating immature kids

Currently, everybody in this thread is jewish.

by birth, that is.

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[QUOTE="themajormayor"][QUOTE="dzaric"]

Thats fine and all, but you cant be expansionist and be peaceful, which is what Israel is.

majoras_wrath

No it isn't

 lol

That map is wrong for many reasons. In the first picture Palestinian owned land isn't actually shown, you only see Jewish owned land. But there are plenty of land that wasn't owned by anyone, land that here is represented as Palestinian owned land. And in the next picture nothing has changed, what is shown is the proposal to establish two states. The Jewish state was to be established on land where Jews were in majority and the Arab one on land where Arabs were in majority. So again nothing had changed, even in 1946 Jews were in the majority on the land that is white in the 1947 picture.

Of course the Arabs rejected it and attacked Israel hours after declaring independence (speaking of expansionism). So the picture is actually an expansion yes, but it is an expansion as a result of being attacked from these areas by I think 7 arab coutnries and various arab and palestinian groups, and this is what happened 1967 as well. Funny how they left out 1967-2000 isn't it?? You know cause since 67 Israel has ceded land more than twice their own area, but to include that would not be good propaganda would it? Also since 2000 they've ceded even more.

The big reason why this picture is not representative. They're comparing sovereignty with land ownership which are two different things. They're comparing apples with oranges.

Also they clearly another proof of their ignorance. In the 1947 plan Jerusalem would have been a corpus separatum not Palestinian land. And funny how Jewish land suddenly turned Palestinian in Jerusalem, Gaza, West Bank and the Galilee using their own logic.

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#172 Darkman2007
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[QUOTE="Darkman2007"]

[QUOTE="majoras_wrath"]. why you gotta be so cruel i'm not even palestinian.pie-junior

ah yes, more Jew hating immature kids

Currently, everybody in this thread is jewish.

who? apart from me I can't think of anyone else.
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#173 majoras_wrath
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[QUOTE="majoras_wrath"][QUOTE="Darkman2007"] and so are you Darkman2007

. why you gotta be so cruel i'm not even palestinian.

ah yes, more Jew hating immature kids

you're right. i sure do hate myself. thats why i degrade myself with such painfully obvious trolling. a jewish thread wouldn't be complete without that picture.
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#174 pie-junior
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[QUOTE="pie-junior"][QUOTE="Darkman2007"]

ah yes, more Jew hating immature kids

Darkman2007
Currently, everybody in this thread is jewish.

who? apart from me I can't think of anyone else.

Me you and majoras. A real elders of zion gathering we have over here.
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#175 Darkman2007
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[QUOTE="Darkman2007"]

[QUOTE="majoras_wrath"]. why you gotta be so cruel i'm not even palestinian.majoras_wrath

ah yes, more Jew hating immature kids

you're right. i sure do hate myself. thats why i degrade myself with such painfully obvious trolling. a jewish thread wouldn't be complete without that picture.

maybe youre Norman Finkelstien in disguise :P and no , my sense of humor does not include trolling in the funny catagory.
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#176 themajormayor
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[QUOTE="Darkman2007"]

[QUOTE="majoras_wrath"]. why you gotta be so cruel i'm not even palestinian.majoras_wrath

ah yes, more Jew hating immature kids

you're right. i sure do hate myself. thats why i degrade myself with such painfully obvious trolling. a jewish thread wouldn't be complete without that picture.

I wrote all that text because of your trolling :evil:
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#177 Darkman2007
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[QUOTE="pie-junior"][QUOTE="Darkman2007"][QUOTE="pie-junior"] Currently, everybody in this thread is jewish.

who? apart from me I can't think of anyone else.

Me you and majoras. A real elders of zion gathering we have over here.

somebody should record this meeting in a book and sell it.
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#178 majoras_wrath
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[QUOTE="majoras_wrath"][QUOTE="Darkman2007"]

ah yes, more Jew hating immature kids

themajormayor
you're right. i sure do hate myself. thats why i degrade myself with such painfully obvious trolling. a jewish thread wouldn't be complete without that picture.

I wrote all that text because of your trolling :evil:

sh*t bro. that was quite possibly the laziest attempt at trolling ive ever done. if you got fooled by that, thats your problem.
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#179 Darkman2007
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[QUOTE="majoras_wrath"][QUOTE="themajormayor"][QUOTE="majoras_wrath"] you're right. i sure do hate myself. thats why i degrade myself with such painfully obvious trolling. a jewish thread wouldn't be complete without that picture.

I wrote all that text because of your trolling :evil:

sh*t bro. that was quite possibly the laziest attempt at trolling ive ever done. if you got fooled by that, thats your problem.

just out of interest, are you a reform Jew?
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#180 pie-junior
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So majoras, how are things? get into law school, yet?
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#181 Darkman2007
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[QUOTE="pie-junior"]So majoras, how are things? get into law school, yet?

a Jew going into law school....... stereotypes abound www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/israel-first-in-world-for-lawyers-per-capita-study-finds-1.376646 some stereotypes are true.
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#182 majoras_wrath
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[QUOTE="Darkman2007"][QUOTE="majoras_wrath"][QUOTE="Darkman2007"] sh*t bro. that was quite possibly the laziest attempt at trolling ive ever done. if you got fooled by that, thats your problem.

just out of interest, are you a reform Jew?

Non-denominational originally, and in terms of beliefs, atheist. And on a serious note, if I had any hope for OT in holding an intellectual conversation, I'd argue in favor of critics such as Norman Finkelstein for actually trying to hold a conversation about some not so great aspects of Israel and right-wing Judaism in general. I'm really sick of any scholar trying to raise legitimate points about the behavior of Israel being termed "anti-semitic". Sadly, OT reaallllly does not seem the place. [QUOTE="pie-junior"]So majoras, how are things? get into law school, yet?

lol, no. I don't think I want to commit to law school. doing good otherwise.
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#183 Darkman2007
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[QUOTE="majoras_wrath"][QUOTE="Darkman2007"][QUOTE="majoras_wrath"] sh*t bro. that was quite possibly the laziest attempt at trolling ive ever done. if you got fooled by that, thats your problem.

just out of interest, are you a reform Jew?

Non-denominational originally, and in terms of beliefs, atheist. And on a serious note, if I had any hope for OT in holding an intellectual conversation, I'd argue in favor of critics such as Norman Finkelstein for actually trying to hold a conversation about some not so great aspects of Israel and right-wing Judaism in general. I'm really sick of any scholar trying to raise legitimate points about the behavior of Israel being termed "anti-semitic". Sadly, OT reaallllly does not seem the place.

thing about Finkelstien and such is that he doesn't want debate, he just wants to bash Israel , if it was debate Id be ok with it, but with someone like him , I honestly feel betrayed by someone like him. hes essentially part of the that part of the left which basically would hate Israel no matter what it did.
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#184 majoras_wrath
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[QUOTE="Darkman2007"][QUOTE="majoras_wrath"][QUOTE="Darkman2007"] just out of interest, are you a reform Jew?

Non-denominational originally, and in terms of beliefs, atheist. And on a serious note, if I had any hope for OT in holding an intellectual conversation, I'd argue in favor of critics such as Norman Finkelstein for actually trying to hold a conversation about some not so great aspects of Israel and right-wing Judaism in general. I'm really sick of any scholar trying to raise legitimate points about the behavior of Israel being termed "anti-semitic". Sadly, OT reaallllly does not seem the place.

thing about Finkelstien and such is that he doesn't want debate, he just wants to bash Israel , if it was debate Id be ok with it, but with someone like him , I honestly feel betrayed by someone like him. hes essentially part of the that part of the left which basically would hate Israel no matter what it did.

Definitely not saying he is the best option in terms of scholarship, but I would like to see some pushback at the very least. Especially with Netanyahu in office. That sort of right-wing government makes me very uneasy. And he does have some very important points. I know it's uncomfortable to think about, as any sort of questioning of the hegemonic forces at work in the US tends to be, but the commodification of the Holocaust he discuss especially really bothers me.
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#185 Darkman2007
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[QUOTE="majoras_wrath"][QUOTE="Darkman2007"][QUOTE="majoras_wrath"] Non-denominational originally, and in terms of beliefs, atheist. And on a serious note, if I had any hope for OT in holding an intellectual conversation, I'd argue in favor of critics such as Norman Finkelstein for actually trying to hold a conversation about some not so great aspects of Israel and right-wing Judaism in general. I'm really sick of any scholar trying to raise legitimate points about the behavior of Israel being termed "anti-semitic". Sadly, OT reaallllly does not seem the place.

thing about Finkelstien and such is that he doesn't want debate, he just wants to bash Israel , if it was debate Id be ok with it, but with someone like him , I honestly feel betrayed by someone like him. hes essentially part of the that part of the left which basically would hate Israel no matter what it did.

Definitely not saying he is the best option in terms of scholarship, but I would like to see some pushback at the very least. Especially with Netanyahu in office. That sort of right-wing government makes me very uneasy.

Netanyahu is relatively tame tbh, hows your Hebrew? if you knew how to read Hebrew, I suggest reading some newspapers to understand Israel a bit better. and I have no idea in what way Israel is discussed in the US Jewish community, I honestly can't believe Jews there would see Israel as 100% perfect, flaws exist like in every country.
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#186 majoras_wrath
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[QUOTE="Darkman2007"][QUOTE="majoras_wrath"][QUOTE="Darkman2007"] thing about Finkelstien and such is that he doesn't want debate, he just wants to bash Israel , if it was debate Id be ok with it, but with someone like him , I honestly feel betrayed by someone like him. hes essentially part of the that part of the left which basically would hate Israel no matter what it did.

Definitely not saying he is the best option in terms of scholarship, but I would like to see some pushback at the very least. Especially with Netanyahu in office. That sort of right-wing government makes me very uneasy.

Netanyahu is relatively tame tbh, hows your Hebrew? if you knew how to read Hebrew, I suggest reading some newspapers to understand Israel a bit better. and I have no idea in what way Israel is discussed in the US Jewish community, I honestly can't believe Jews there would see Israel as 100% perfect, flaws exist like in every country.

It's frankly kind of disturbing. Every synagogue that I have been to, and I live in an incredibly densely Jewish area, promotes Israel 100%. Every service includes Israel (the actual political state, not the the biblical concept) as a huge part of the sermon.
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#187 Darkman2007
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[QUOTE="majoras_wrath"][QUOTE="Darkman2007"][QUOTE="majoras_wrath"] Definitely not saying he is the best option in terms of scholarship, but I would like to see some pushback at the very least. Especially with Netanyahu in office. That sort of right-wing government makes me very uneasy.

Netanyahu is relatively tame tbh, hows your Hebrew? if you knew how to read Hebrew, I suggest reading some newspapers to understand Israel a bit better. and I have no idea in what way Israel is discussed in the US Jewish community, I honestly can't believe Jews there would see Israel as 100% perfect, flaws exist like in every country.

It's frankly kind of disturbing. Every synagogue that I have been to, and I live in an incredibly densely Jewish area, promotes Israel 100%. Every service includes Israel (the actual political state, not the the biblical concept) as a huge part of the sermon.

this includes Reform synagouges? I would have thought that if anything, they would not care much about it. then again Ive never been in a Reform Synagouge, they simply do not exist in Israel (I think there were a few thousand Reformists in the country)
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#188 majoras_wrath
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[QUOTE="Darkman2007"][QUOTE="majoras_wrath"][QUOTE="Darkman2007"] Netanyahu is relatively tame tbh, hows your Hebrew? if you knew how to read Hebrew, I suggest reading some newspapers to understand Israel a bit better. and I have no idea in what way Israel is discussed in the US Jewish community, I honestly can't believe Jews there would see Israel as 100% perfect, flaws exist like in every country.

It's frankly kind of disturbing. Every synagogue that I have been to, and I live in an incredibly densely Jewish area, promotes Israel 100%. Every service includes Israel (the actual political state, not the the biblical concept) as a huge part of the sermon.

this includes Reform synagouges? I would have thought that if anything, they would not care much about it. then again Ive never been in a Reform Synagouge, they simply do not exist in Israel (I think there were a few thousand Reformists in the country)

Reform, yes, as the majority of synagogues around here are. I should amend that statement, however to say that reconstructionist synagogues do not much at all. However, reconstructionist tends to be the minority.
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#189 Darkman2007
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[QUOTE="majoras_wrath"][QUOTE="Darkman2007"][QUOTE="majoras_wrath"] It's frankly kind of disturbing. Every synagogue that I have been to, and I live in an incredibly densely Jewish area, promotes Israel 100%. Every service includes Israel (the actual political state, not the the biblical concept) as a huge part of the sermon.

this includes Reform synagouges? I would have thought that if anything, they would not care much about it. then again Ive never been in a Reform Synagouge, they simply do not exist in Israel (I think there were a few thousand Reformists in the country)

Reform, yes, as the majority of synagogues around here are. I should amend that statement, however to say that reconstructionist synagogues do not much at all. However, reconstructionist tends to be the minority.

odd, though I also find this diversity in denominations rather odd, in Israel you basically get one kind of Judaism , and thats Orthodox (technically Im an Orthodox Jew). but in regards to that, Im not sure what to say, on the one hand, I can't say Im unhappy because I would rather have that then the Finkelstien model , but on the other, a healthy discussion of the good and bad would also be ok.
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#190 majoras_wrath
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[QUOTE="Darkman2007"][QUOTE="majoras_wrath"][QUOTE="Darkman2007"] this includes Reform synagouges? I would have thought that if anything, they would not care much about it. then again Ive never been in a Reform Synagouge, they simply do not exist in Israel (I think there were a few thousand Reformists in the country)

Reform, yes, as the majority of synagogues around here are. I should amend that statement, however to say that reconstructionist synagogues do not much at all. However, reconstructionist tends to be the minority.

odd, though I also find this diversity in denominations rather odd, in Israel you basically get one kind of Judaism , and thats Orthodox (technically Im an Orthodox Jew). but in regards to that, Im not sure what to say, on the one hand, I can't say Im unhappy because I would rather have that then the Finkelstien model , but on the other, a healthy discussion of the good and bad would also be ok.

It really is an unfortunately polarized discussion. I still have no idea where exactly I sit. I just know that I don't agree with either side 100%. I don't think Israel is "apartheid" like some claim, but I really don't think they have a healthy relationship with that side of the community.
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#191 Darkman2007
Member since 2007 • 17926 Posts
[QUOTE="majoras_wrath"][QUOTE="Darkman2007"][QUOTE="majoras_wrath"] Reform, yes, as the majority of synagogues around here are. I should amend that statement, however to say that reconstructionist synagogues do not much at all. However, reconstructionist tends to be the minority.

odd, though I also find this diversity in denominations rather odd, in Israel you basically get one kind of Judaism , and thats Orthodox (technically Im an Orthodox Jew). but in regards to that, Im not sure what to say, on the one hand, I can't say Im unhappy because I would rather have that then the Finkelstien model , but on the other, a healthy discussion of the good and bad would also be ok.

It really is an unfortunately polarized discussion. I still have no idea where exactly I sit. I just know that I don't agree with either side 100%. I don't think Israel is "apartheid" like some claim, but I really don't think they have a healthy relationship with that side of the community.

which community? you mean Arabs in Israel?
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#192 Riverwolf007
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yeah, on their next job application they should put they are the least violent people in the asylum.

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#193 Acemaster27
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In the old testament God told Israel to conquer wicked nations in order to punish/cleanse them. Then God punished Israel when they didn't conquer all their enemies. So I'm going with no...
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#194 MattDistillery
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[QUOTE="MattDistillery"]Hinduism or Buddishm seems to be the most peacefull.Zeviander
Are you people trolling for my benefit or are you actually this dumb? My god... You know, even if I give you Buddhism despite it being wrong, there is no way anyone who knows even a shred about Hinduism would think it is peaceful. One of it's main texts centers on a gigantic war between two families and enjoins the power of the gods to assist in a death toll into the MILLIONS (for those out there who don't know what I am talking about, see the Mahabharata). Hell, there is a recognized "warrior" caste (the Kshatrya). I do find it amusing that people struggle to claim the title "most peaceful" when in reality, there are noble forms of violence, especially that which protects the innocent from harm. I say that any religion that professes absolute non-violence is doing a comparable amount of harm, indirectly, for their non-action in times of requirement. There is only a single religion that could be considered truly "peaceful" (and to a fault no less): Jainism. They are the only group that originated in India that has upheld the concept of ahimsa (complete non-violence) perfectly.


Most peacfull in the context of major religions and their texts doesn't leave you with alot hence why I said Humanism. There certainly alot more peacefull than the Abrahimic religions.

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#196 deactivated-59d151f079814
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TBF Jews really never had a chance to persecute others.

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Perhapes you should read about the story of David.. That and the Jewish people when they went and immigrated into the region after Egypt slaughtered and usurped the population living there.. I would most certainly not even put any of the abrahamic religions in the title as "most peaceful" when it comes to their history.

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#197 Zensword
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[QUOTE="themajormayor"]It is often considered to be one of the five world religions. Probably when talking about influence and not number of adherents. Zeviander
I'd argue that it wasn't as influential as Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism and Confucianism. Three of those religions conquered entire continents. The other two have lasted over 2500 years and defined the countries they came from on the world stage. Judaism, I'd argue, has never been largely important, merely a convenient scapegoat for the popular religions to rag on.

Judaism is not a major religion. When Western people talk about major religions, all they know are Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Hindusim and Buddhism. But Judaism is not a major religion, Shinto of Japan and Taoism of China has far more adherents than Judaism.
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#199 Zeviander
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Most peacfull in the context of major religions and their texts doesn't leave you with alot hence why I said Humanism. There certainly alot more peacefull than the Abrahimic religions. MattDistillery
So essentially, you know nothing about Buddhism, and are telling me, someone who has literal accreditation in the academic study of the religion, that I'm wrong. Buddhism is not peaceful. It is not "more peaceful than the Abrahamic religions". Give up. You are wrong.
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#200 COBHC_reaper
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I don't really understand how people these days can believe in bronze age myths! It's baffling to me! I have read Greek mythology, but I don't believe that Zeus and Posiden actually exist!!

What's funny is that the people that study the world in which we live in depth, such as scientists, are largely non-believers in Gods. The closer you understand the universe, the less likely it seems that is was created by some supernatural being.