Wednesday, January 31, 2007
Synagogues Messianic: Introduction
Or ever wondered about what a Messianic Synagogues is? well now you can find out with the launch of a basic but fun and free www.Encyclocentral.com
Search by alphabetical listing and scroll through till you find the article that takes your interest. Great way of spending a few spare internet minutes.
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Lets focus on Iran NOW
Iran has become like the weather. Everyone talks about it, but no one knows what to do about it. Now Larry Derfner has written an article "Against a preemptive holocaus''. in response to Benny Morris's chilling depiction of how Iran, once it attains nuclear weapons, will use them against Israel and murder us all.
Derfner's speculative contribution lies in warning us not to dare to preempt Iran militarily as that would involve taking millions of Iranian lives. He says we are going to be tempted to do this because it appears that no US administration will dare to take on Iran.
I do not know for certain that he is wrong, but the US has firmly committed itself to not allowing Iran a nuclear option. The US also has means of preemption that are much more varied and accurate than anything Israel has.
I would thus speculate that the preferred and most likely scenario is one in which the US prevents Iran from attaining nuclear weapons. I hope Israel's leaders will not have to come to the decision Derfner believes will be disastrous for us. Of course, not taking action might at that point be even be more disastrous.
A new religion in town !
The Supplementology.org 9 norms include the following four core:
1. God gave man free will to choose to do good or evil
2. actions and good deeds are the true prayers producing results while prayers in words only are meaningless to God
3. children are the future of humanity and the most important subject to be taught in school should be creating a successful family life
4. human beings consist of both spirit and matter; and every living human being possesses an immortal spirit.
"The new Religion is here not to destroy the old gods, but to unify them in a single, true God who will rule all the nations – with justice, love and omniscience..."
I'm not completely sure how this new player will perform but at least they dont preach destruction and war, so all is potentially good.
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Suicide Bombing in Eilat - Wake up !
Monday's suicide bombing in Eilat by a Palestinian should more than suffice to make Israel understand beyond doubt that the cycle of violence and acts of reprisals and counter reprisals will never elicit a final solution to the Arab-Israeli conflict in general and the Palestinian-Israel struggle in particular.
From its inception in 1948, Israel has relied on a policy of carrying out punitive reprisals and, when necessary, defensive offensives to defeat the Arabs militarily. Such a policy worked out well throughout the 1950s and '60s. But the Israeli concept of "strategic depth" has become invalid and useless because today's modern weapons and the Palestinian struggle by human elements have thus far hit almost all parts of Israel.
Furthermore Israeli policy of relying on separation walls, lines of defense and electronic fences will not avail the Jewish state. Israel had better be wise enough to understand that the best option is to solve the core of the Israeli-Arab conflict politically through negotiations and compromise. Otherwise Israel is doomed in the long run, especially if the Iranian nuclear threat is not counted out.