01-01-2009, 06:56 PM
(This post was last modified: 01-01-2009, 07:00 PM by David Healy.)
A thought... the old testament, when GOD'S chosen people made their way to the promise land (out of Egypt) it was not unusual (at the hand of the Jews when they made it to that promise land) for entire cities to be massacred read: every man woman and child put to the sword. NO exceptions. This at GODS direction - he certainly can be a tough old guy!
If the Jew's lost a battle during those initial promise land days it was used as a learning experience to correct battlefield tactics, then re-attack that city AGAIN until conquered. Then onward to the NEXT city in the vicinity. By my reckoning this happened in over 30 places.... it seems wondering in the desert for for all those years focuses ones attention. And staunch reliance and dependence on THINGS and FORCES *unseen* seem to help, too.
As history shows, the tribes of Israel, some many generations later, were then scattered to the four winds (as described in that same old testament AND after the arrival of the "Messiah") with the promise of a national re-birthing AND a retaking of Jerusalem (and a few, from the near-recent historical standpoint, dark, dark DAYS presided over by Hitler and his boys) quite a few generations later.
The Jews have returned to that very place they once called home, under I might add, another long road through the 'desert' and, under the direction of their GOD (as HE promised they would).
Considering the Jews historical past (in the geographical area), and up to this point in time, some feel they've showed considerable restraint. Negotiations even! I suspect those (negotiations and restraint) are coming to a close.
No wringing of hands, prayers, politics, negotiations, wishing and a hoping are going to change the road the Jews are on, not even reduced support of the good old USA will effect their path.
Dennis Kucinich knows this. I suspect Dennis Kucinich has read the old testament (and the NEW). Not he, nor Obama (despite Obama's growing mythical status) will stem the inevitable conclusion to the human dilemma... the same human dilemma playing itself out in each individual and our collective mind and has since the beginning of man...
Ya want an answer to this mess, it wont be found in Israel, Gaza, Washington, Dennis Kucinichs' address book or any earthly place for that matter. Perhaps, just perhaps we got an answer or at least a clue to the answer a thousand or two years ago.
Agnostics and Atheists alike seem to be in the dark closet of the mind when it comes to this topic.
Just a thought...
If the Jew's lost a battle during those initial promise land days it was used as a learning experience to correct battlefield tactics, then re-attack that city AGAIN until conquered. Then onward to the NEXT city in the vicinity. By my reckoning this happened in over 30 places.... it seems wondering in the desert for for all those years focuses ones attention. And staunch reliance and dependence on THINGS and FORCES *unseen* seem to help, too.
As history shows, the tribes of Israel, some many generations later, were then scattered to the four winds (as described in that same old testament AND after the arrival of the "Messiah") with the promise of a national re-birthing AND a retaking of Jerusalem (and a few, from the near-recent historical standpoint, dark, dark DAYS presided over by Hitler and his boys) quite a few generations later.
The Jews have returned to that very place they once called home, under I might add, another long road through the 'desert' and, under the direction of their GOD (as HE promised they would).
Considering the Jews historical past (in the geographical area), and up to this point in time, some feel they've showed considerable restraint. Negotiations even! I suspect those (negotiations and restraint) are coming to a close.
No wringing of hands, prayers, politics, negotiations, wishing and a hoping are going to change the road the Jews are on, not even reduced support of the good old USA will effect their path.
Dennis Kucinich knows this. I suspect Dennis Kucinich has read the old testament (and the NEW). Not he, nor Obama (despite Obama's growing mythical status) will stem the inevitable conclusion to the human dilemma... the same human dilemma playing itself out in each individual and our collective mind and has since the beginning of man...
Ya want an answer to this mess, it wont be found in Israel, Gaza, Washington, Dennis Kucinichs' address book or any earthly place for that matter. Perhaps, just perhaps we got an answer or at least a clue to the answer a thousand or two years ago.
Agnostics and Atheists alike seem to be in the dark closet of the mind when it comes to this topic.
Just a thought...