Senator Rick Santorum

"The enemies of Israel are tyrants and sponsors of terrorism from Iraq to Iran, from Libya to Syria ... We know that if we do not protect the freedom of Israel and all true democracies today, we will soon fall victim to those same evil forces. So we have two missions ahead of us. One is to assist Israel in its struggle against anti-democratic enemies and two, defend ourselves here in America, against the rising tide of anti-Semitism."

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Please do not get all freaky that I have blogged your quote and am responding to it. It is called debate. When possible (or interested) I will respond!

>>>Anonymous wrote: yeah, kick those palestinians off of their land, kill them and humiliate them... take their resources, take their wealth, and take their dignity... this is what the Testament has taught us! <<<

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Actually, You could paraphrase your own statement: 'kick those Jews off of their land, kill them and humiliate them... take their resources, take their wealth, and take their dignity.'

Rebuttal: No, the "Testament"; which I assume you to mean the Bible; has taught us that the land of Israel belongs to Israel. It is Israel's land, wealth and resources that are desired.

God had other plans and blessings planned for the descendants of Ishmael.

Genesis 16:10 "The angel added, 'I will give you more descendants than you can count." Genesis 21:13 "But I will make a nation of the descendants of Hagar's son because he also is your son." 21:18 "Go to him and comfort him, for I will make a great nation from his descendants."

Even though Sarah initially had so little faith and sent her servant Hagar in to Abraham to insure the birth of the son God had promised~~then grew jealous of this~~and Abraham failed to solve this problem~~God did not forget Ishmael in all this or his descendants!

Later one of Ishmael's daughters MARRIES Hebrew Esau. (Genesis Chapter 36)

Realistically, this is just one HUGE dysfunctional family. The Israelites and the Middle Eastern tribes are cousins. Same patriarch, different matriarchs.

What most evangelical Christians have a problem with is the Middle Eastern nations who desire to completely DESTROY Israel. It is their goal and has been for a very long time. We also have a problem with their desire for the entire world to worship "Allah".

As an evangelical, my hopes are for each to come to know the saving grace of Jesus. I will witness when given the opportunity. Here is the difference: While I will be sad if your choice is denial, I'm not going to call for your death if you choose not to accept Jesus as your Lord and Savior.

When you reject Allah, Islam is NOT this forgiving.

Check this out for yourself~~it's not just Israel they are intolerant of: Christian Freedom

The Land Dispute:

Israel by comparison to all her neighbors is a very small land mass. They are not greedy~~unlike those neighbors who want even that little bit of land.

(Israel is in red on the above map.) Their land mass is .1% of the total or about 8000 square miles; whereas, the surrounding 22 Arab countries are 640 times larger than tiny Israel yet they expect Israel to turn over all the West Bank, Gaza Strip, the Golan Heights and half of Jerusalem... territory they lost after they started the 1967 war! Fresh Hope

Palestine/Palestinians~~not a "real" people or land. They are displaced Jordanians, Syrians, and other Arabs. The only reason the Middle Eastern countries even acknowledge these people is because it helps their cause of grabbing the land. Otherwise, they could CARE less about the Palestinians~~if they truly did care, any or all of these nations could give a few miles of their country to give these people their own homeland.

“And what is anti-Zionist? It is the denial to the Jewish people of a fundamental right that we justly claim for the people of Africa and freely accord all other nations of the Globe. It is discrimination against Jews, my friend, because they are Jews. In short, it is antisemitism. The antisemite rejoices at any opportunity to vent his malice. The times have made it unpopular, in the West {Not so anymore}, to proclaim openly a hatred of the Jews. This being the case, the antisemite must constantly seek new forms and forums for his poison. How he must revel in the new masquerade! He does not hate the Jews, he is just 'anti-Zionist'!”

Quote from a man who knew first hand: hatred, and discrimination.....Martin Luther King, Jr. who today WOULD BE CONSIDERED AN EVANGELICAL CHRISTIAN! Not Islamic Muslim.


Finally, my dictionary defines

sarcasm-- a taunting, sneering, cutting, or caustic remark; gibe or jeer, generally ironical.

sarcastic--implies intent to hurt by taunting with mocking ridicule, veiled sneers, ect.

Both I find to be the impediment to honest discourse.

Yes, on occassion, being HUMAN, I too can feel the urge to be sarcastic. I do try however to use it minimally as it really serves VERY LITTLE purpose.

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