Good question. Unfortunately, the only thing that Muslims can go on as the word of God today is the Koran and it has a number of passages where 1. Israel was given to the Jews 2. Suicide is wrong 3. Killing yourself, even if killing one you consider an enemy is wrong 4. Killing women and children is wrong 5. Killing those who do not fight (non-combatants like the family that was just gunned down) is wrong So according to the word of God as they see it, they are in the wrong. As for the Torah, it says to drive out the Canaanites and take possession of the land. No Canaanites anymore so there's no driving out of anyone. Even when the modern state of Israel was founded there was no push to drive the Arabs out. That came (to a degree) after constant attacks and wars. BTW, Abraham owned huge chunks of the land before the exodus including one specific transaction where he bought what is now Hebron.
> How is that different from "god told me to strap on bombs and get on that > bus"? > > I'm not taking sides in this, I just honestly can't see the difference. > > Kevin Graeme > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Judith Dinowitz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Tuesday, October 08, 2002 12:28 PM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: Re: Israel/Arab Conflict 101: The history of Israel > > > > > > Our answer, that God said, Hey, I'm giving it to you, is one that > > we'll support, but not one that you'll accept. > > > > Judith > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Kevin Graeme" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Tuesday, October 08, 2002 1:13 PM > > Subject: RE: Israel/Arab Conflict 101: The history of Israel > > > > > > > > Let's look at the facts. There's been a Jewish presence in Israel > > > > since Biblical times. > > > > > > And how did the Jewish people get Isreal in the bilical texts? > > Wasn't it by > > > grabbing it from the Philistines: > > > > > > -Jews trek through desert. > > > -Find their promised land already taken. > > > -Kick out the mean old squatters. > > > > > > Didn't it go something like that? > > > > > > Kevin Graeme > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-community@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
