RG Welcome to the club, didn't know you are so up on relegion? I thought relegious and non relegious jews voted for Obama also a few non jews too? Comrade B In a message dated 2/24/2013 12:11:37 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, xgeorge@xxxxxxx writes: Kelly, Really nice to read something intelligent. RG On 2/24/2013 9:14 AM, Kelly A wrote: > John, > > I think it primarily comes down to religion. Of course, not all Jews > in Israel are religious, or even believers, but there are enough > religious people in Israel to effectively control their government. > That is the main reason why Israel has been lead primarily by > conservative governments through it's history. One hallmark of the > religious is that as a group they are highly and predictably > conservative. Be it Jews, Muslims, Evangelicals, or Mormons... the > more religiously orthodox, the more an individual or a group will be > socially conservative. > > The religious naturally find comfort in the prospect of a father > figure. The various sects may have different names for him but all of > these world religions have evolved to provide the Conservative with > emotional comfort in some sort of intelligent order in the universe. > Chaos and chance are terrifying things to anyone, and so it's just > natural that most people are drawn to coalesce into groups of like > minded believers who together provide reassurance that everything is > right in their world, and that at least in the long run, 'Father' will > see to it that we his children will be safe. > > The Jews who voted for Barack Obama are not the same Jews who would > vote for Benji Netinyahu! You can rest assured that it was the more > liberal, less religious Jews who voted for President Obama. The > President's supporters are who are Jewish will be found to be > primarily Jews socially, but not so religious. Remember, it's > conservative Americans (mostly Christian) who most actively defend > Israel with a literal religious zeal. The most religious take that > defense so far as to couch the very existence of Israel and it's > eventual destruction as prophesied necessities to occur in order that > their own religious delusions may come to pass. > > My guess is that many German Jews of the 1930's simply trusted in > their elusive invisible father figure in the sky to take care of them > through the Nazi years. Of course that never happens, but it does > give the religious comfort... all the way to the gas chambers and to > the ovens. > > Kelly A. > > > > From: schalestock@xxxxxxxx > > Date: Sun, 24 Feb 2013 11:55:58 +0000 > > To: sparkscoffee@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Subject: [sparkscoffee] Re: Columbine Victim Asks Obama "Whose Side > Are You On?" > > > > RR,DR > > > > I must say, it has always baffled me how the Jews, who have suffered > so much at the hands of totalitarian governments,. still continue to > support them. It is not as if they are low information voters. Yet > even as recently as the last election, their demographic voted > overwhelmingly for Obama. i. e. Democrat party line. Seemingly > oblivious to (what is now) the inevitable consequences. One can't help > but draw a comparison to the "good German" Jews in 1930's Germany who > either remained silent or tacitly supported Hitler. But why remains a > mystery. > > > > And by the way Stan, not every issue has two sides to it - > especially when dealing with good and evil. As Socrates observed, > compromising a true principle (good vs evil) is like drinking a little > poison. > > > > JS