Picayune Gods & Those Who Market Them

*Note...I edited my previous post* I agree with you that the US is as responsible as is Israel. I fear that we may see some backlash here in our own country...a country already divided ideologically. Progressives will argue for more empathy and perspective, as you are doing. Conservatives will call for an end to a neutered law enforcement that lets acts of shoplifting, robbery, and vandalism go largely unpunished.
As I have said before and am concluding, the world is settling into a pattern of war. Part of the reason is that societies can see their future and know that they will need control over vital waterways, resources, and opportunities for their people. In World War II, Germany referred to "it" as Lebensraum. The concept is morphing into more than just land and natural resources, although I suspect that Putin saw Ukraine as the breadbasket of Russia and not NATO, among other things he eyed. Countries seek alliances with other people who share a common interest and who are easy to get along with.(Hence NATO)
Israel is all alone in the world except for the United States. It may well turn out to be that BRICS is choosing its global allies while Putin indirectly forced the US to back theirs.
World War III is being set up...and humans are to blame. It is far bigger than simply religion. It is ideology.

JC??? I hope you don't mean Jesus Christ. You really should meet the man.

If he ever was a real person he is long dead. Hard to meet dead people. I thought he was a god not a man.

And what do you base this on? The data that fails to show any humans living forever (beyond death)? The apologetic is that He was both. Essentially He was the character of God. There is no hard data on God yet, apart from personal experience, but we are working on it.There is some data out there regarding hate and revenge, which explains the never ending cycle. The Jews always say Never Again. There are 9 million of them in Israel.Perhaps God, if God exists is equally as concerned about the Palestinians. It certainly rings true in my heart. The problem, as many of you have said, is the fact that the Palestinian population, most of them very young, are scarred for life by war. The god of war is not the same as the Prince of Peace.

I'm sure this drew broad guffaws throughout the site. Given your body of work here over the past several years, no one believes that anything remotely like this rings true anywhere throughout your body, especially your heart. Much of what you say here screams religious bigot, racist and profound rube. For you there's a right way to be and a right way to believe, and God's damnation upon you if you're not these things, and especially if you've started four wars against Israel.--Percy

oh stop! Much of my rants were due to a combination of high blood sugars, fear of being broke, and too many You Tube videos, as you have pointed out numerous times.

So now you are reduced to lame excuses for your hate?

He seems to be in the manic stage of his regular cycle.

I don't think anyone's noticed a return to sense and rationality. You don't get to decide when that's happened. That up to other people to decide based on what they observe, and what they observe is the same-old same-old.You only stopped posting YouTube videos when your URL posting privileges were taken away. That you're still watching them is glaringly obvious in the things you say.--Percy

If I am in fact manic-depressive, my hope is that this war in the Middle East and other escalating world events wont send me into a depressive phase. Even as a believer, I wont simply count on God to fix everything wrong with the world. I believe that He has left much of that up to us.

As I read what you say, I dont feel or perceive that I hate anyone human specifically but I am not naive enough to imagine a world where everyone is happy and content--at least not without all of us experiencing as much personal growth as we can.Once we have collectively given rationality our best shot, then it is thought by some believers that God will step in. If we humans do solve our problems, there is no need for God to step in...in my opinion. But....It seems that stepping in is His plan.I would imagine that we all would have to collectively fail to achieve the necessary goals before He does that, however. ( I'm sure that this sounds neurotic and nonsensical to a non believer. I can just hear Tangle now... )

Most of what you post is hate.

Show me some recent examples. I can use the feedback.

For what it's worth Phat, I don't think you hate. I think those accusations are rather cruel. You're just incredibly misguided and rather lost.

That is where the majority of hate comes from.