Ray Evans Harrell wrote: [snip] > What do you think of all of > those "handmaidens", "male consorts" and concubines were throughout history > from Abraham to the present? [snip]
Behind every Isaac there is an Ishmael. We don't speak (we don't *think*!) about how the family made its fortune. We have always humbly obeyed out God and walked in the path of self-righteousness.... The Palestineans are descended from Ishmael, and the Israelis from Isaac? That just may explain clarify the root cause of the present-day animosity between the Israelis and the Palestineans. Abraham should have got a vasectomy after he had Ishmael, or Sarah should have had an [you know what], and then we would not have this terrible problem today. \brad mccormick -- Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works.... (Matt 5:16) Prove all things; hold fast that which is good. (1 Thes 5:21) <![%THINK;[SGML+APL]]> Brad McCormick, Ed.D. / [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----------------------------------------------------------------- Visit my website ==> http://www.users.cloud9.net/~bradmcc/