tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7560220615271337359.post6203285733969569567..comments2024-03-12T08:04:47.314-07:00Comments on Naming His Grace: Science has underlined the keeping power of GodViola Larsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09146967423654966140noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7560220615271337359.post-79812338218987726362010-06-17T09:33:28.383-07:002010-06-17T09:33:28.383-07:00And destroy archeological strata in the process! ...And destroy archeological strata in the process! Most curious is that the Israel Antiquities Authority has control over all possible archeological sites in Israel and the West Bank but refuses to exercise that control on the Temple Mount! Afraid of a riot maybe?<br /><br />But some are going to the dump where the dirt and antiquities went and are sifting through the leavings. No Stratification however.Pastor Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10510081361292855641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7560220615271337359.post-67744680070754631802010-06-15T14:20:27.960-07:002010-06-15T14:20:27.960-07:00Pastor Bob - lol
Of course, they seem to throw aw...Pastor Bob - lol<br /><br />Of course, they seem to throw away contrary artifacts.will spottshttp://wspotts.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7560220615271337359.post-87483198787383003822010-06-15T13:35:41.468-07:002010-06-15T13:35:41.468-07:00Will
If you listen to the Waqf there was never a ...Will<br /><br />If you listen to the Waqf there was never a temple on the temple mount.Pastor Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10510081361292855641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7560220615271337359.post-53125526652427903512010-06-14T15:29:01.984-07:002010-06-14T15:29:01.984-07:00John,
Thanks. I read that just awhile ago. I was s...John,<br />Thanks. I read that just awhile ago. I was suprised too. It is very good and I was happy it pointed out some of the same things I have pointed out, only they did it with a much nicer tone. Having written on anti-Semitism and racism for so many years and about that happening on the conservative side I am afraid the liberal side has really shaken me. I hope that you also read the piece on rooting racism out of the PCA. A very good article.Viola Larsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09146967423654966140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7560220615271337359.post-50700984363081407772010-06-14T13:09:14.164-07:002010-06-14T13:09:14.164-07:00Dear Viola,
This is not a response to your post s...Dear Viola,<br /><br />This is not a response to your post so much as a heads-up to a surprisingly helpful article I discovered (via Presbyweb) in The Christian Century. I am very pleased that the Christian Century prints perspectives different from those of James Wall: http://www.christiancentury.org/article.lasso?id=8539<br /><br />Blessings,<br /><br />John Erthein<br />Erie, PAPresbymanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17673477298859022278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7560220615271337359.post-1565108647253777302010-06-14T10:02:03.813-07:002010-06-14T10:02:03.813-07:00Pastor Bob - you may be right about genetic simila...Pastor Bob - you may be right about genetic similarities between Jews and Palestinians. In fact, I suspect that to be the case. <br /><br />Having said that, the point of the 'genetic impurity' argument that has been so often repeated in anti-Israel activism is to argue that Helen Thomas argument. The Palestinians are the indigenous inhabitants and the Jews come from Germany and Poland.<br /><br />While this might seem laughable, it is widely argued - in the Middle East and historically among European and American antisemites. It used to be that you could instantly tell that literature was borderline Nazi (or neo-Nazi) when it started to speak about Khazaria. <br /><br />Today, this basic argument is being made by, for example, the IPMN - but in a veiled manner. The IPMN presents Sand's book to suggest ... what exactly? Of course, this way they can avoid being accused of making the statement ... they just report the results of an Israeli writer.<br /><br />I would say the IPMN is fooling no one. But I fear that is demonstrably untrue. <br /><br />Will Spotts<br />North East, MDwill spottshttp://wspotts.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7560220615271337359.post-75385721090329294902010-06-14T09:15:26.038-07:002010-06-14T09:15:26.038-07:00Bob, both points are good. I think by thrive the w...Bob, both points are good. I think by thrive the writer meant grew into huge communities. And yes, there was a time when the Jews of Germany did thrive. But of course in Eastern Europe they were constantly persecuted<br /><br />And I have to admit that while I was including them In my thoughts, the Jews who had never left the Arab nations until the 1940’s when they were exiled, he did not mention them. However the studies he is looking at may have, I will have to go back and check.<br /><br />I know the Arabs are a Semitic people but this is about whether the Jews from Spain as will as Europe are connected to ancient Israel.Viola Larsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09146967423654966140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7560220615271337359.post-68363987896761819552010-06-14T08:52:21.678-07:002010-06-14T08:52:21.678-07:00Personal opinion: "Semitic" is a languag...Personal opinion: "Semitic" is a language group. That doesn't mean that there aren't genetic links (I think I read somewhere that there are genetic links between Jews and Palestinians as well which would not be a great surprise.)<br /><br />The Ashkenazim thrived in Northern and Eastern Europe until their devastation by the Hitler regime, and now live mostly in the United States and Israel. The Sephardim were exiled from Spain in 1492 and from Portugal in 1497 and moved to the Ottoman Empire, North Africa and the Netherlands.’<br /><br />The Ashkenazim thrived in Northern and Eastern Europe? Aside from the various pogroms and attacks by Christians I would guess this means unless thrived means having lots of descendants. But please note that there is no mention here of Jews who stayed in the Middle East and held on to the faith. And this is to say nothing of the Ethiopian and Indian Jews.Pastor Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10510081361292855641noreply@blogger.com