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Clash of cultures
Manfred Gerstenfeld
Published: 24.09.12, 22:05
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1. Arab world needs Arab AIPAC, Arab ADL, to fight politically
Steven Benassi ,   Silver Bay, MN USA   (09.24.12)
...and culturally, in the West, without resorting to violence. A Westerner who questions Jews, Judaism, or Israal, in America, will lose their job. Look what happened to Helen Thomas, after the Rabbi David Nesenoff interview, she was forced to resign. Jews did not have to riot, they had "conditioned" the Western sycophants to act on their behalf, wittingly, or unwittingly.
2. Israel must be religious to survive..
ORA ,   JERUSALEM   (09.24.12)
in the midst of the religious arab world. A secular Israel state might be rejected as a foreign body.
3. What is funny is that....
Iranian Hunter   (09.24.12)
The reason why these "misguided" and "extremist" muslims are that devout is because they believe their religion is the final truth. The only way to stop the "extremist" is by strengthening the real truth. Israel needs people that learn Torah and can spreads the truth while proving the lies of the LIE, focus on the LIE that is currently trying to destroy Israel and kill jews. So, what is funny is that israelis that calls the orthodox as useless actually needs the orthodox. It's no fun if you are fighting and building for an Islamic Israel, right ? Also.....guns and nukes are good to keep the "extremist" at bay. While Torah will be the weapon that will spreads light.
4. The problem is that....
Iranian Hunter   (09.24.12)
Many western people including orthodox russians have a secret doubt about their religion. The problem is that Christianity opens path to Islam, because Christianity believes in Trinity, which is not believed by the older jewish christian sect or by Arians. And there is a wide propaganda that bible is edited and fake. This leads to some / many going to Islam because of doubt. Now Islam leads people to Extremism or to Shia, people who studied hadith and quran will go to Shia because sunni believes in people that killed or tried to kill Mohammad's family (like Umar, Abu Bakr, Aisha). Shia Islam will leads people to Judaism, because in the end, you realizes that many people go to Islam not because of Mohammad, but because of tawheed (monotheism), the desire of the simplicity that there is only one that creates everything instead of three as one. Shia islam is basically Sunni Islam but with a mixed of human worship and arab cursing (cursing Umar, Aisha, and many more). And also, Shia Jafari does not believe Uthman quran (today's quran) is complete, the complete quran is kept by the hiding Mahdi.
5. #1 - I agree
Oleg ,   Canada   (09.25.12)
Good point. Why don't they create lobbies as powerful as the Jewish ones? Why don't they excel in science, technology, medicine and many other fields like the Jews do? Why don't they have as many Nobel Prize winners as the Jews have? Why don't have as many musicians, writers, scientists as the Jews have? In that case they wouldn't need to be jealous and resort to violence.
6. #5 - Oleg - there is a good Yiddish saying
Arthur ,   SF, CA   (09.25.12)
"Az Got hob nisht ge gibn - can nisht koyfn" - If G-d didn't give - you can't buy it. That pretty much sums it up for them.
7. Culture Clash
Henry ,   Cavite, Philippines   (09.25.12)
There is no clash of cultures per se in the events unfolding in these last days we are in. Evil nations and people are deliberately moved to fight and destroy each other. This is the culmination of the punishment from Heaven. WW3 will have to come. Sainthood will abound among Christians who are murdered for their faith. The muslim allah will come from the abbys and create the most evil leader the world will ever know.
8. #3 all religions are made up with lies
Gregg ,   Haifa IL   (09.25.12)
Wake up! Islam is like Judaism and christanism; stories full of violence and lies
9. #1
Moshe of Rockville ,   Rockville,MD USA   (09.25.12)
Unfortunately for her, Helen Thomas expressed a deep prejudice toward Jews.Such prejudice is not tolerated in this country and for good reasons: the end result was the destruction of European Jewry in WW2.Prejudice against any faith,race,gender or nationality in the US of A -and in many other countries - is a career ending move.This expression of hatred , supported by the 1st amendment of the Constitution, does not prevent a negative reaction by the same document. Your so-called 'conditioning' is really nonsense. People are merely responding to the disgusting bigotry of others,which is also supported by the same Constitution. Your Jew-hatred has a positive effect on you.This hatred slowly destroys your life span.So keep on hating.
10. #4, So atheist is in the middle, at peace with all religions
Michael ,   California, USA   (09.25.12)
11. the death for cementery
my life for my life ,   my life for others   (09.26.12)
12. The road that Christianity and Islam took
Arnold ,   Canada   (09.26.12)
Judaism along with the Far East Asian religions have several things in common one of which is that they do not force others into them. There are no forced conversions. Christian religious groups travel the world trying spread the word albeit peacefully. In the past it was by the sword. But Islam as in the past is a religion which forces itself on the people. It smothers them. You need to be born a Jew. You can convert if you choose. There is not and never was forced conversion. There are parts of the Torah, the Bible, and the Koran that deal with war and bigotry. No dispute but history has shown that of the three Judaism never mixed in forced conversion by threat of death.
13. The Jewish response
Steve ,   Liverpool, UK   (09.27.12)
If someone had made a film which was negative towards Moses, we would a) already be working on the sequel, b) working out how to produce a spin-off TV series and c) developing a wide range of merchandise to accompany the launch. These people have no idea!
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