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hap...
Thanks -- I sincerely appreciate that.
mlsoft
lx...
I appreciate the fact that you were honest and correct in attributing the inquisition to the catholic church rather than to Christianity. I thank you for that.
The catholic church began abandoning its Christian foundations shortly after it was formed by the emperor Constantine in the early 4th Century. It did not take long for the catholic church to reject Christ as the head of the Christian church on earth and replace Him with a pope, contrary to the Biblical mandates. They have maintained and built upon this heresy no matter that the papacy throughout most of its history has been a cesspool of carnality and sin.
Like the pharisees of the Jewish faith, they replaced Scriptural mandates with the teachings of man, and both added to and subtracted from Scripture with their own teachings. They have replaced the worship of God with the pure idolatry in their worship of Mary. Catholicism has no basis in Scripture -- it is a collection of one heresy piled on top of another.
It should surprise no one that such a man-made religion would come up with a detestable policy like the inquisition, an institution not only without basis in Scripture, but wholly antithetical to the teachings of the Bible. Man-made religions do not represent man at his highest, they are man at his lowest.
mlsoft
B2B...
Good post -- thanks. And you are correct -- that is exactly what Karzi should have told his people. The reality, however, is that he is making a ton of money off of the war. Business is good, so let's not change a thing.
I could care less if some goofball in Afghanistan, Iran, or even Florida burns a Bible or even if he uses it to wipe his butt.
The book itself is nothing more than ink and paper. It is the truths about God and the Commandments from God contained in the Bible that are Holy, not the book itself. So for a person or group of people to abuse the Bible says a lot more about them and their lost condition than it does about the Bible.
It should be pretty obvious by now that I hold the koran in much lower esteem than I do the Bible, but the concept remains the same -- when someone burns a koran it says more about them than it does about the koran. Before burning the koran, the pastor down in Florida should have paused to consider the probable reactions in the islamic world and the possible ramifications for our troops and for US citizens traveling abroad before doing such a silly, egotistical act just for the publicity for himself and his church.
At the end of your post you said:
"I would feel badly for the handful of Afghans that know a US pull out would doom them. But then I feel bad for the hopeless people of Dhorfor."
I feel badly for them also, along with all truly oppressed peoples and those in need everywhere. But I also feel very badly for our troops who are being asked by our government to daily risk severe injury and even death to fight in wars where the concept of "victory" is not even considered an option, much less the goal. If the reasons we are fighting a war are not important enough to have victory as the goal, then we should not be fighting to begin with. If that is the case, then bring our troops home and let them live their lives here with their families and friends.
mlsoft
ONEBGG...
Um...
HARRR!
How was that for an old dog learning new tricks??
LOL
mlsoft
ONEBGG...
LOL -- well played sir.
mlsoft
trinity...
Hmmm...
Yes, I did say that. Unfortunately, it did not occur to me when I wrote it that the word "tool" carries negative connotations in that type of context. "Implement" would probably have been a better choice of words.
Either way, I believe that based on Scripture (not conjecture) it is true that God used Hertzl to advance His plan for His people the Jews. God did not "cause" Hertzl to advocate Zionism, He just used it for His own purposes.
mlsoft
ONEBGG...
Thanks -- sometimes I forget to add the link. I'm impressed that you were able to identify it!
mlsoft
ONEBGG...
Yep and Amen
mlsoft
ordinary...
Well said -- thanks.
mlsoft
lx...
I am not here to argue -- I am simply stating what is.
Hertzl was a tool used by God to begin the process of the regathering of His people, the Jews, into the Promised Land.
mlsoft
chloe...
No one "trumps" God. No one.
The British were being used as an instrument to accomplish His will as foretold clearly and often in Scripture. He used Ezekiel, Jeremiah, Isaiah, and other prophets to tell all the world that "in the latter days" He would accomplish the regathering of the children of Israel back into the Land of Promise from all the world where He had scattered them.
That regathering process began in 1948, and no one will ever be able to remove them again. Not the British, not the arabs, not the Russians, not the US, and not the Iranians (Persians) -- some of those will attempt it (probably in the relatively near future), but none will succeed.
Again -- no one "trumps" God.
mlsoft
lx...
Not hardly. I am as non politically correct as it gets. Your drivel, however, is exactly that -- anti-semitic and neo-nazi.
At some level, I have at least a shred of respect for those that share your perverted beliefs and admit to it. However I have zero respect for those like you who cling to those views but try to cover them up with gibberish and pseudo-intellectual bull.
mlsoft
"lx...
lx...
You are referring to the Abrahamic Covenant, a covenant by God with Abraham as recorded in Genesis, chapter 12 and expounded upon in chapter 15. If you will read it carefully, you will first note that although the Covenant was with Abraham, it was unilateral -- one-sided. Only God was obligated under this Covenant and that is why it is often referred to in the rest of Scripture as a "Promise" by God rather than a Covenant, which it technically is.
In it, and in the later Palestinian Covenant which elaborated on it, God promised Abraham eternal ownership of the land by Abraham's descendants through Isaac and Jacob (Israel). That is why it is called "the Promised Land". While the ownership of the Land was eternal, the right of any particular generation of the descendants of Israel to actually live in and enjoy the benefits of the Land was conditional upon their obedience of God's Commandments.
Israel repeatedly and continually was disobedient to God and rejected His authority over them, therefore He drove them from the Promised Land where they had been residing. This began with the Northern Kingdom (Israel) in the Assyrian Captivity which was followed by the Babylonian Captivity in which Judah was also evicted. Finally, in their ultimate apostasy, they rejected their rightful Messiah and King, Jesus, and God dispersed them all over the earth, just as He had told them He would do.
But He has also promised through many of the prophets that "in the latter times", He will return them to the Land, never to leave again. That regathering began in 1948 with the rebirth of Israel -- a nation that was uniquely "born in one day" (see Ezekiel's Dry Bones Prophesy)
mlsoft
lx...
Your sources on this topic are all similar -- all of them are anti-semitic and/or neo nazi. The one you cite here is both anti-semitic and neo-nazi. Based on your posts here today (along with previous ones) one comes to the inescapable conclusion that you also are anti-semitic and fully support neo-nazi thinking.
A little about your source for this particular post:
lx...
Yes, I know exactly what I am saying.
You continue to make factually incorrect assertions -- are you capable of anything else?? You have become very boring and most definitely need new source material.
So far, what has been studied of the Dead Sea Scrolls does not contain much of the OT (and by definition none of the NT). What fragments that have been found, however, such as Isaiah and some of Daniel for example, are virtually identical to what we have today and most of the differences are those of spelling and grammar. There are no differences that impinge on doctrinal truth.
mlsoft
lx...
ROTFL...
Your witless assertions are factually incorrect. Even most non-believing scholars are forced to agree that the Bible is the most well-attested book in history. We are far more certain about what the Bible says than we are about any other ancient text -- even more so than we are about the writings of Shakespeare.
mlsoft
lx...
lx...
LOL!!! --Can you not see your own hypocrisy?? You reject the witness of virtually all historians ("old fools") then fall 100% for the only one who wrote something different, something that all the facts say is patently false, just because the venomous foolishness he spews agrees with your personal warped and perverted hatreds.
I take you back to your own admonition to ordinary -- have YOU researched all the documents about the holocaust in the original languages"? I suspected not. Are you so ignorant and blinded by your hate that you actually believe that all the historians who view Irving as an IDIOT rather than a historian did not read any of the source material in the original languages and interview the people involved?? Do you really think that Irving has had "more contact with the people involved than any other man alive"??? Just how foolish are you???
How many of the victims did he interview?? If you are uncertain, I can answer that -- NONE!! They were all murdered so they cannot talk.
lx, you have soared today to new heights of ignorance. I did not think it possible.
mlsoft
lx...
I performed a quick scan of that post and did not see Galileo mentioned once.
Deflect,, obfuscate, reload....
Carry on, oh wise one.
mlsoft
lx...
LOL -- Stop it, you're killing me!!! Is this a stand up comedy routine, or did David Irving write this history?
mlsoft
lx...
And just how do you think what SOROS posted constitutes him advocating "a breaking of God's Covenant with Israel. Be specific, for there was more than one Covenant.
This should be interesting -- pass the popcorn, please.
mlsoft
lx...
I gave up reading comic books a very long time ago, and even when I read them as a child I never "pondered" them.
Apparently you, on the other hand.....
mlsoft
ordinary...
Well said.
Thanks
mlsoft
SOROS...
Well said, thanks.
mlsoft
lx...
Galileo was what for hundreds of years??
A holocaust denier?? Nope, probably not. That is an area that is reserved for utter fools, like David Irving, Ahmadinejad, and yourself. (I see you are in good company) Certainly not all fools are holocaust deniers, but all holocaust deniers are fools.
So are you saying that Galileo was a fool for hundreds of years?? Nope, not that either.
That pretty much sums up the subjects of my post.
Somehow I fail to connect anything in my post to Galileo -- perhaps you would enlighten us.
mlsoft
mopar...
Only because arafat did not have access to them.
mlsoft
lx...
lx...
Right. Keep telling yourself that Israel is a greater threat to world peace than Iran, North Korea, and all the jihadists that want to dominate the world through islam.
Your little world is obviously utterly untouched by reality.
mlsoft
lx...
The depths of your self deluded ignorance is amazing.
mlsoft
Obama's 1st campaign ad for 2012:
ONEBGG...
Very, very true and well said.
mlsoft
ordinary...
Geo...
redfisher...
Actually, his approval rating is astoundingly high when you consider his overall dismal job performance since he became president. It truly boggles the mind that so many people continue to "like him personally" and think he is doing an ok job -- and that in the face of ramming through (with his cohorts pilosi and reid) program after program that the American people claim to strongly oppose.
I never believed obama had a chance of being elected president, and I was very wrong -- I just did not believe that there were that many Americans that were so pathetically ignorant that they would actually vote for the man. Now, I am just as astonished that a large percentage still like him, even though he has proven himself to be exactly what I and many others said -- the most incompetent, unqualified candidate to ever run for the office.
Utterly amazing.
mlsoft
extel...
Not at all -- if you read the piece carefully he set the stage in his comments to pander to the hispanic vote in 2012:
"On Monday, at the Univision town hall, Mr. Obama said most Democrats supported the Dream Act, but it couldn’t gain enough support within the Republican Party to pass.
“I believe that we can still get it done,” he said. “But it’s going to be very important for all the viewers of Univision, all the students who are interested in this issue, we’ve got to keep the pressure up on Congress.”
In other words, obama has chosen to capitalize on this issue to mobilize the hispanic community to vote for him and other liberals that support amnesty in 2012.
Meanwhile, despite his protestations about him not having the authority to stop deportations, he is de facto doing exactly that using the cover of:
"Still, he said his administration has shifted the focus of deportations to criminal aliens."
Guess what happens to the rest of the illegals -- they get a pass. This is a "non-legislative version of amnesty" that he claims he does not have the authority to do. The immigration laws of the United States do not give him the option to discriminate concerning which illegal aliens to deport.
mlsoft
ONEBGG...
That is the truth, for sure. Very good point.
mlsoft
ONEBGG...
Not surprising at all. I said in an earlier post that if he declined to run for president he would be even more unlikely to run as VP.
I cannot remember which VP it was (Garner?? Johnson??) but one of them said that being VP was "not worth a warm bottle of piss" or something to that effect. I believe that is a true observation unless the sitting president dies or gets booted out of office.
mlsoft
h24ever...
Sadly for our country, the answer is no, we will not be there if Israel needs us. The best that Israel can hope for is that we do not actively support the arab/palestinians.
Our leaders have forgotten the admonition of God in Genesis 12:3 where He told Abraham:
"I will bless those that bless you and curse those who curse you."
If we fail to support Israel or worse, if we turn against her, I fear it would be the final nail in our coffin.
mlsoft
ONEBGG...
I would expect the arabs/palestinians to take advantage of the all the turmoil in the middle east to foment some serious problems for Israel. Not only does the rioting in most of the area provide them cover and distraction, they also know that America, who in the past has generally been a supporter of Israel, now has a very weak president who if anything can be expected to support the palestinian cause.
Another real possibility is that since hamas in both Gaza and Lebanon is backed by money from Iran, more attacks from those countries on Israel might encourage the Israeli's to pull the trigger and take out Iran's nuclear program. I believe they would have already accomplished that if they had more confidence in their supposed ally, the United States.
Whether now or over the next few years (probably some of each) the muslim brotherhood will most likely end up in control of most of the arab countries in the middle east, and thus they will have control of the oil. They will also have one voice as bitter enemies of the mere existence of Israel. Better for Israel to strike now before "da brudders" consolidate their control.
mlsoft