[sparkscoffee] Re: Columbine Victim Asks Obama "Whose Side Are You On?"
- From: Sblumen123@xxxxxxx
- To: sparkscoffee@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 24 Feb 2013 16:20:48 -0500 (EST)
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
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