Israel/Palestine conflict... "I imagine God is weary...

[MissMillie]

...of being called down on both sides of an argument."


That's a quote from the movie Cold Mountain.


It's what comes into my head when trouble starts.


Foreign policy based on faith. Domestic policy based on faith.

Don't get me wrong... nothing wrong with having faith, as long as it doesn't give anyone license to harm others.

[Binkie The Clown]

1. What we need is a virus that erases memory so the Middle East could start fresh

with no feuds or grudges.

[Biophilic]

2. It is truly too bad that humans can't do that, isn't it? Sometimes our memories are our

worst enemies. These feuds from one generation to another are so sad and misplaced. They don't seem to accomplish much of anything except continued warfare. It really is too sad.

[BlueTsunami2018]

3. That's the most frustrating part of all this.

They’re killing each other over mythology, over absolutely nothing. Religion is a scourge.

[Blue_true]

4. In a lot of places in this world, modern conflict is based upon religion and centuries old

atrocities. So people kill today to keep fueling the vicious cycle.

[hatrack]

5. Every piece of this is a man's bullshit . . .

. . . . they called this war a cloud over the land but they made the weather then they stand in in the rain and say 'Shit! It's raining!'

[Xolodno]

6. That's why the framers had the wisdom...

...to keep religion out of government. They had seen the problems it could and did cause.

Nothing wrong with faith if it makes you a better person. But others will hijack it for their own profit or establish themselves in positions of power. But it is concerning some on the right want to go back to that.

[rampartc]

8. much of the problem in palestine is instigated by american evangelicals

who would have us think that after 2,000 years god needs animal sacrifice from a location currently occupied by a mosque.

[UTUSN]

7. I'd say, " 'God' caused this" - don't intend to disrupt the thread (don't understand)

[mitch96]

9. My land, no MY land.. no it's my land, I was here first.. Bull you left so it's now MY land..

I see it as who drew the line in the sand first. Who owned what, when.. It seems that every major power in Europe has redrawn the "lines" on the map of the Middle East at some point and pissed someone off..
Oh and the "god gave us the land" story is getting old no matter who said it.. YMMV
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[Koch Ebola]

10. What the world needs is...

Solomonic wisdom not avenging angels.

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