What do you mean 'what if' :) Angel Stewart wrote:
>Hey ...ya know..umm.. > >What if the Bible was just a fairy tale? Sort of a really really old >equivalent of Lord Of The Rings? > >What would that mean for the current conflict....Hypothetically >speaking? > >-Gel > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Michael Dinowitz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > >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. > > > ______________________________________________________________________ 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
