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Archive for February 9th, 2009

Shoah is Hebrew for Holocaust

Monday, February 9th, 2009

Ever wonder what the Hebrew word for Holocaust is?

Shoah.

I discovered that bit of trivia reading a news account recently of how the German chancellor, Angela Merkel, met with the Pope to set him straight on recent Jewish-unfriendly decisions. Imagine that! The chancellor of Germany confronting the Pontiff on HIS anti-Semitic tendencies!

Will wonders never cease? Of course not. It just goes to prove that sometimes what one needs to really drive such hatred out is to expose it enough to cast away all denial and confront sin at its ugliest, head on, so it can be finally discarded like a set of disposable gloves.

Crying out for intervention

Monday, February 9th, 2009

Praying for the peace of Jerusalem is no small task. While some people seem to be under the delusion that the anti-Judaic, anti-Semitic slants of the past remain in the past, one need look no further than modern day Iran to see the falseness of that assertion.

Like finding a life insurance no medical exam deal, finding a solution for peace in the Middle East is not easy, and the biggest problem is that the underdog – Israel – is always expected to be the one to make sacrifices for peace.

I mean really; when’s the last time Palestinians conceded anything for the sake of reaching a peace agreement with Israel? Hint: it rhymes with Snever.

Some people just don’t want to listen

Monday, February 9th, 2009

I’ve come to the conclusion that some people just don’t want to listen. I’d be better off trying to sell them promotional products than trying to reason with them from Scripture.

Of course, this is not the case in most places, except on message boards. I frequent a couple and although everyone claims to be there to “learn different perspectives,” all they really spend time doing is picking apart everything that is written, and then questioning your salvation.

That’s to say nothing of the name-calling and other obnoxious behavior I’ve observed. I’m getting to the point, definitely, where I see no point in continuing to engage in reasoning with unreasonable folks, especially on a faceless chat board.

Folks tend to relate a bit more civilly when face-to-face, even during disagreements.