-Caveat Lector- Prudy, you do read a lot into a few words. Jews have been moving in and out of Israel for many, many years now. She didn't say she was joining the army did she?
Almost all people need a sense of community. Here in the US there is a sense of Christian culture, not only in the cultural celebrations of the holy days, but in cultural customs. Community gives a sense of security. People don't like to question what they believe on a day to day basis. Some Jews are very comfortable with a loose sense of community. Some want more. Some want it to the extent they can only find it in Israel. Christians in Israel are equivalent to Orthodox Jews here in that they have developed a sense of community in a larger context. By percentages, Jews have been a minority group in a larger religious community and have been very vulnerable because of it. Christians in many places around the world where they are a minority are under physical threat because of simplistic thinking on the part of the larger group. The same goes for Muslims in Hindu countries and vice versa. I'm sure they could explain to you just what it feels like to be a minority religious group in a larger community. Just recently a third generation young woman Buddhist told me that she wouldn't consider marrying anyone other than a Buddhist who came from the same background as she did. She wanted all things in common with a future husband. When and if we would go to war with China, would she be suspect? I hope not. Should all nuns and priests be suspect as agents of the Vatican? Should all Protestant ministers be considered political agents of the British crown? Being a religious minority is not the same as being a minority of any other kind. The founding of Israel was an effort to found a Jewish community which would not be a minority in a larger community. The success of Israel did trouble the antisemites when it overturned many of the antisemitic cliches, but that hasn't stopped them from coming up with new ones. > Perhaps not, but in what case should we consider that? Had the lady > said, "We are Americans, but we are Jews," I would not have been so > shocked. To me she was saying that she was ready to offer her life to > Israel, not that she was ready to offer her life for her faith. Since > there is no country that allows only Christians (perhaps the Vatican, > but I'm not sure even there), I can't find an equal contest. <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/";>www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html";>Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/";>ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
