H. re: Christian beliefs about rebuilding the temple - does that mean that we would all get to have a Second (umm, NM...) ;-) -Ben
> -----Original Message----- > From: Howard Owens [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, March 29, 2002 6:41 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: Why (Re: They invaded! 0_0) > > > Some of the things about the creation of Israel makes it > sound like the Jews had no say in the matter. > > That's not the history I learned. > > Religious Jews wanted to return to the Holy Land so they can > rebuild the temple. That is, I believe, still the goal of > Israel. What I learned is that Jews (at least some) believe > that the Messiah cannot come until the Temple is rebuilt. > Also, the Jews cannot perform certain rituals until the > Temple is rebuilt. > > Christian believe (at least some) that there will be no > Second Coming of Christ until the Temple is rebuilt. > > H. > > > ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- > from: Nick McClure <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > date: Fri, 29 Mar 2002 18:03:31 -0500 > > >If there we easy answers we wouldn't be discussing it. > > > >Yes when that happened a number of things changed for a > number of people. > >What I was trying to get across, was that the people there > were for some > >reason forced to move. They may not have been held at gun > point but for > >some reason they felt they just couldn't stay there. > > > >This has caused a lot of anger from a lot of different > people. I am only > >trying to answer the question why as best I can. Were these > things right, > >of course not, I don't think that many people will argue it > once you look > >down and see there are real people. > > > >But Todd asked why? Why are the Palestinians upset, and why > are the other > >Arab nations upset. I just set forth what believe to be the facts. > > > >At the end of WWII The Christians controlling the Treaty > process decided to > >move the Jews now homeless due to the Holocaust, and not > wanting to go back > >for obvious reasons to Palestine, instead of keeping the > country the way it > >was, the created a new Country and called it Israel. > > > >Many Palestinians living there felt they had to move away, > and resented > >what was happening. They left the area, some went to > Palestine, some went > >to other countries as Refugees. > > > >These other countries were angered because of the refugees, > so in 1967 they > >prepared to attack, so they can get the refugees off their land. > > > >Israel was prepared for battle, and the US and other > countries were able to > >get all side to back down. > > > >This puts us to today. The hatred is still there. > > > > > >>I don't have any easy answers, sir... > >> > >>-Ben > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-community@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
