I'd love to take your word for it Judith, but isn't Israel a Jewish Democracy (their word not mine)? Then if you say most of the people are non-religious, then where exactly does the democracy part come in?
Adam. > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, October 08, 2002 2:02 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Israel/Arab Conflict 101: The history of Israel > > > Adam, most Israelis are not non-religious. Which is why > there's so much division in Israel, so much strife between > the religious and the non-religious. In fact, many Israelis > look upon me, a religious Jew, with hatred. Having been there > and suffered that hatred, I think you should take my word as > someone much more familiar with Israel than you are. > > Judith > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Cantrell, Adam" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, October 08, 2002 2:36 PM > Subject: RE: Israel/Arab Conflict 101: The history of Israel > > > > How can you say Israel is mostly non-religious? > > > > One only has to visit the official Israeli government > website to tell how > > non-religious Israel is. > > http://www.mfa.gov.il/mfa/home.asp > > > > Especially apparent was the site map: > > http://www.mfa.gov.il/mfa/go.asp?MFAH00040 > > > > You could also just look at their flag. > > > > I think it's safe to say that Israel is VERY MUCH SO > religious. Religion is > > the very basis of their existence. Saying that most of Israel is > > non-religious is like saying most of Saudi Arabia is non-muslim. > > > > This is a holy war. It's two sides in argument over whose > religion is right. > > It's as simple as that. > > > > Adam. > > > ______________________________________________________________________ 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
