Daniel’s religion

kim! wrote: Heh - there have been a few weird Bible editions over the centuries - like the Bible in which the "not" was accidentally omitted from "thou shalt not kill". It has a nick-name, but I've forgotten what it is. Something like the "murderous Bible", or something...   Kim...

OOPS! I was wrong! It was the "Naughty Bible" because it left the "not" out of "Thou shalt not commit adultery"!

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Kim... 

Bismillah,

My grandpa's were Baptist preachers.  I didn't know them, unfortunately.

So this grandfather of yours, was he also Jewish as well as Romanian, or am I missing something?

I think we should do an Arab/Muslim version of the Princess Bride because laughter vitalizes us humans.

Bismillah,

I thought all people were naturally jealous, and NOW I find out it's just us whites!  What a wonderful grandfather!  It's too bad tolerance skips a generations sometimes.  What did your grandfather think about the Arabs and the situation in Israel and Phalastine?

I thought I had taught my daugher the things I feel naturally, like not being a bigot or racist; but she hates hispanics because a group of girls were very cruel to her when we moved to a new area. 

So is that it?  A group of Phalastinee were cruel to some Jews and the revenge is going to continue?  And then when time passes and the Phalastinee have more power, they will show equal cruelty in revenge also?  Of course I probably shouldn't have put the cruelty by Phalastinees first.  Who did it first is so important, right? (Maybe in reality it would be best to concentrate on who was the one to stop the cycle.)

So, there are people who want to just make peace, but we seem outnumbered by the people who need revenge.  Sorry for being so dismal. 

Bismillah,

How is non-violent passive resistance helping, for example, in Israel and Phalasteen?

I think about Ruwanda and how so many people were murderers and how the families of the victims must co-exist with them.  How are they doing it, and how will they stand it?  If they make it, it seems anybody should be able to.

That's a beautiful saying of your grandfather's.  My feeling is that the most heinous killers and rapists should be killed also, maybe as an example; and people who are activelly physically trying to kill you, like in your house.

Then if we provide education, healthcare, and housing to people, most of them wouldn't be criminals anymore.