> NoEinstein wrote:

>> Dear Day Brown: A bit of sociology and history from you!  Jews and
>> Americans need to realize that "What goes around, comes around."  At
>> various times Israel has varied from a lush garden to a pile of rocks—
>> depending on the fickle weather.  Part of my plans to improve the
>> world condition is to address the weather problems which are turning
>> North Africa into a growing desert.  Giving Muslim nations the
>> resources, like water, to improve their own lot, will go a long way
>> toward reducing the causes of wars.
>>      The location of Israel, geographically, is in the middle of the
>> shortest route between Egypt and Greece.  That made it an ideal
>> stopping off point as well as a banking center.  The Crusades weren't
>> fought over lush gardens, but over artifacts and protecting those
>> sites.  Those same motives are common, today, for both Jews and
>> Muslims.  I'm an architect.  I think there could be grand
>> architectural solutions to allow Jews and Muslims to both be better
>> neighbors, and to increase tourism that would be so beneficial to the
>> region.  Christians, Jews and Muslims have common roots.  They should
>> learn to be friends, not foes.

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> I've been given different facts. Early on in Levantine scripture, we see
> Joshua doing to the Canaanites what we now call "genocide". The
> Levantine concept of god, no matter what you call it, is designed to
> provide forgiveness to the warrior classes. They are all religions
> designed to make thugs feel better. They will never learn to get along,
> and they've been trying a damn long time.
>
> Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism, & Hinduism dont have this kind of god,
> and have never had anywhere near this kind of trouble. Gibbon noted how
> the Roman pagan could enter any temple of any god, witness the rites,
> and feel the presence of the divine without worry over whether he had
> the name of god right. Rather like Native Americans now, religion was
> part of the tribal identity, and not something to be imposed on the rest
> of mankind.
>
> There were many places and times where the generally accepted concept of
> the divine was the Great Earth Mother. Nobody ever went to war over what
> Her name should be. Another reason for the peacefulness is obvious if
> you consider the problems a demagogue would have trying to rile up a mob
> or an army by claiming that *he* speaks in *HER* name.
>
> Smart young women've figured this out, which is why so many are wiccan.
> It all goes on under the radar cause they dont build monumental
> architecture or gather in stadiums. Like Native Americans and ancient
> Celtic ancestors, they prefer to gather in the woods. No media.- Hide quoted text -
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