I'm listening to Peter Gabriels "passion" , the soundtrack for "the Passion of the Christ" , on this , Christmas or "Hanukwansamas" , as I am calling it this year. I didn't read much of the bible , as I believe too many people have died in the name of "my religion is better than yours" , and "your religion doesn't count" , and that sort of thing, and, as the war in Iraq still goes on , there are folks that want to change the " Muslim hordes" into "good god fearing Christians" , and you know who these people are. Aren't all religions in search of mans' origins , and aren't all religions for peace on earth? Or, are we all going to die in a fit of hellfire and brimstone , and the "true believers" are going to heaven , and the rest of us going to burn in hell? After the horrors of the world trade center attacks , there were people saying that the Islamic extremists who allegedly masterminded the attacks and who flew the planes into the buildings were to be greeted by 100 virgins in heaven , and the other non believer " infidels " were going to that fiery place of desolation and awfulness. I guess it's all a matter of perspective , as the other side will say that those who flew the planes and died went straight to Hades to burn , while the good people who died in the ruins , went straight to heaven, maybe not to meet 100 virgins , but to be in peace. Hey , whets the deal with 100 virgins? As some comedian said , I ' d rather be with 100 woman who've had some sex than 100 virgins , at least they'd know what to do , but , I guess the fundamentalists among us like to put woman way atop the pedestal and treat them as their slaves , but that's another topic for another time.
I find that fundamentalist religions of whatever stripe to be abhorrent , be them Jewish Hasidim or Baptist Christians or Islamic fundies, the whole "my religion is better than yours" thing is disgusting to me. I mean , sure , Israel is the Jewish state , but , hey guess what , there are Palestinians living there too , and , as much as you don't want to recognize them , you can't kill them all off. And , hey you Islamic fundies , the Jews have just as much right to live there, too.
So why does it go on . I mean, there has been war in Israel since its founding in 1948 , and sometimes I think the only reason this government supports the state of Israel is because they buy massive amounts of weapons from us. I mean , after all, this war has been going on for more than FIFTY YEARS! Fifty years to defend an area the size of Rhode Island. And after 50 years and gazillions of dollars , what have we got? A promise of peace , a walled Israel to keep the "Palestinian hordes" out of the "true Israel" , and more war and bombings. After the holocaust in Europe in WWII ( the big one) , the state of Israel was founded . And now , 50 years after the Jews were rounded up in Poland , Germany , and other places , they still round up Palestinians, treating them not so differently as the Germans treated them. So it just goes on and on. And I'm tired of the arguments that go nowhere from the hasids saying they're different than the "terrorists". As far as I'm concerned , they are also terrorists. There methods may be different , and more sophisticated , but the end result is the same. People die , and it doesn't matter whether they be Jews or Muslims , or whatever. You can run , but you can't hide.
On that happy note, I'll just say
Happy Hanukwansmas!!!
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