[sparkscoffee] Re: Columbine Victim Asks Obama "Whose Side Are You On?"
- From: Ron George <xgeorge@xxxxxxx>
- To: sparkscoffee@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 24 Feb 2013 10:11:33 -0700
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
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