Comments on: My view of the Jews http://www.jamesforsyth.net/my-view-of-the-jews/ same time, vastly different place ― same place, totally different time Thu, 08 Jan 2009 12:27:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.3 By: xtc http://www.jamesforsyth.net/my-view-of-the-jews/#comment-475 xtc Sun, 06 Jul 2008 04:48:49 +0000 http://www.jamesforsyth.net/my-view-of-the-jews/#comment-475 Israel is also the only country in the Middle East to have been created with a good dose of ethnic cleansing and that practices apartheid. Do you even care for Palestinian Christians who make a significant minority of the West Bank, or made an attempt to hear their side of the story? Israel is also the only country in the Middle East to have been created with a good dose of ethnic cleansing and that practices apartheid.

Do you even care for Palestinian Christians who make a significant minority of the West Bank, or made an attempt to hear their side of the story?

]]> By: James http://www.jamesforsyth.net/my-view-of-the-jews/#comment-476 James Sun, 06 Jul 2008 08:18:50 +0000 http://www.jamesforsyth.net/my-view-of-the-jews/#comment-476 Thanks xtc, You make a very welcome point. I'm not sure which point of mine your actually arguing with. From what you've said, you either (1) take issue with paragraph three, and don't believe the land of Israel was promised to the Jews at all, (2) disagree with paragraph five, that Israel is compatible with democracy, given their forced occupation of the land in modern times, or (3) you have something against Jews as a whole. I think if it's point 2 that applies to you then fair enough, but remember that my post isn't about being *against* a peoplegroup, whereas your response definitely is. Further, if you are a Christian you may need to think of point 1 in the light of that. James Thanks xtc,

You make a very welcome point. I’m not sure which point of mine your actually arguing with. From what you’ve said, you either (1) take issue with paragraph three, and don’t believe the land of Israel was promised to the Jews at all, (2) disagree with paragraph five, that Israel is compatible with democracy, given their forced occupation of the land in modern times, or (3) you have something against Jews as a whole.

I think if it’s point 2 that applies to you then fair enough, but remember that my post isn’t about being *against* a peoplegroup, whereas your response definitely is. Further, if you are a Christian you may need to think of point 1 in the light of that.

James

]]> By: xtc http://www.jamesforsyth.net/my-view-of-the-jews/#comment-477 xtc Sun, 06 Jul 2008 15:03:46 +0000 http://www.jamesforsyth.net/my-view-of-the-jews/#comment-477 What makes you think that I have something against Jews as a whole?? What makes you think that I have something against Jews as a whole??

]]> By: James http://www.jamesforsyth.net/my-view-of-the-jews/#comment-478 James Sun, 06 Jul 2008 22:13:23 +0000 http://www.jamesforsyth.net/my-view-of-the-jews/#comment-478 Hi xtc, I don't think that at all, it was my 3rd of three of my guesses as to what your argument was about. You mention in your first post the terms "ethnic cleansing" and "apartheid", saying that Israel was the only country in the Middle East associated with such things in the process of their state being established. How, then do you feel about the dhimmitude being carried out by virtually everyone in the Middle East with the exception of Israel? James Hi xtc,

I don’t think that at all, it was my 3rd of three of my guesses as to what your argument was about.

You mention in your first post the terms “ethnic cleansing” and “apartheid”, saying that Israel was the only country in the Middle East associated with such things in the process of their state being established. How, then do you feel about the dhimmitude being carried out by virtually everyone in the Middle East with the exception of Israel?

James

]]> By: xtc http://www.jamesforsyth.net/my-view-of-the-jews/#comment-481 xtc Mon, 07 Jul 2008 18:14:26 +0000 http://www.jamesforsyth.net/my-view-of-the-jews/#comment-481 Please explain what you mean by dhimmitude and give me specific examples. You really shouldn't learn Middle History from the likes of Robert Spencer. You should have more self-respect, James. Is this the best you can do? Have you read any scholarly works on the Middle East? Here are a few links on Christian Zionism: http://www.hcef.org/index.cfm/mod/news/id/16/subMod/NewsView/NewsID/1595.cfm http://rightweb.irc-online.org/rw/848.html Please explain what you mean by dhimmitude and give me specific examples. You really shouldn’t learn Middle History from the likes of Robert Spencer. You should have more self-respect, James. Is this the best you can do? Have you read any scholarly works on the Middle East?

Here are a few links on Christian Zionism:

http://www.hcef.org/index.cfm/mod/news/id/16/subMod/NewsView/NewsID/1595.cfm

http://rightweb.irc-online.org/rw/848.html

]]> By: james http://www.jamesforsyth.net/my-view-of-the-jews/#comment-483 james Tue, 08 Jul 2008 04:46:47 +0000 http://www.jamesforsyth.net/my-view-of-the-jews/#comment-483 Hi xtc, Thanks for dropping by. I know you'd like to question my credentials and reading, but as I've already stated I'm curious to know whether you feel the terms "ethnic cleansing" and "practices apartheid" bear any relation to the common practice of dhimmitude. Dhimmitude is a term which speaks for itself and to say that it needs to be defined or have explicit examples provided is unnecessary obfuscation. Perhaps if you wish for things to be so furnished with definitions and examples you may like to define and provide examples as to why there is anything particularly wrong with "the likes of Robert Spencer". James Hi xtc,

Thanks for dropping by. I know you’d like to question my credentials and reading, but as I’ve already stated I’m curious to know whether you feel the terms “ethnic cleansing” and “practices apartheid” bear any relation to the common practice of dhimmitude. Dhimmitude is a term which speaks for itself and to say that it needs to be defined or have explicit examples provided is unnecessary obfuscation.

Perhaps if you wish for things to be so furnished with definitions and examples you may like to define and provide examples as to why there is anything particularly wrong with “the likes of Robert Spencer”.

James

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