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Obama is making his speech now. Airstrikes are promised and all that.
So you have no good criteria?Does anyone?
Well, given that Arabs are sons of Abraham by Ishmael, & Jews are sons of Abraham by Isaac (the 2 men were half-brothers), this does stand to reason. Ought to smack my head for not thinking of this. Of course Arabs & Jews are related. But they are still separate, albeit related, ethnic groups. So yes, you're partly right, I'll grant the point. But I stand by what I said re: the Levites, the Cohanim, & Jews generally, & their various DNA markers. The Samaritans are obvious. They are mixed, half Israelite & half Assyrian, mostly.Why do Jews usually like to mate only with other Jews despite a world wide distribution of Jews and such low population numbers?
QUOTE: "I did some reading on the subject.
You are wrong. While there are genetic markers not commonly found in other groups they are all found in groups originating in the northern fertile crescent. This includes non-jew Palestinians."
I'm not sure what reading you did, but you are full of it. Jews live all over the world. If in fact you were correct, then "Palestinians" would have the same frequency of incidence of Tay-Sachs Disease as Ashkenazi Jews do, along with other interesting genetic disorders. Even other Jews don't have the same problems, so go figure.
The fact remains that Jews are an ethnic group. You can argue this all you want, and you will lose the argument, no matter how many times you argue it. Jews from Ethiopia share genetic markers with Jews from Iraq and Jews from Germany that they do not share with "Palestinians" (or anyone else for that matter).
I would encourage you to read something intelligent, and then get back to me when you actually know what you are talking about. I realise that might be difficult for you, but do try.
Have they come out with a smart phone with battery life yet? Or that is stupid charger habit proof?Battery life is Dependant on what you do, how long you do it, and your battery size.
QUOTE: "Well, one, we don't want a high conversion rate."Power?
"Well that seems silly. What, don't want to save people or something?"
Judaism has NEVER claimed that one needs to saved from anything. Judaism is the civilisation of the Jewish People. Aside from people born Jewish, and those few called to join us as Jews by Choice, we have little interest in making other Jews out of non-Jews. Why would we. That would be like the theoretical tribe in Venezuela wanting to make more little tribal members out of non-tribal members. What would be the point?
I never said that Israel didn't take a lot of work to make it arable. It certainly does. It is, after all, a desert. Although the environment during the Bronze Age was likely wetter and more amenable to farming. Hence the designation "The Land of Milk and Honey". But once you put the work into it, you get some pretty damn good results, and the Kibbutzim and the Moshavim have borne this out.So God gave your people a desert and said "Have fun with that?" I honestly think God hates Jewish people.
Well, one, we don't want a high conversion rate.Well that seems silly. What, don't want to save people or something?
Two, .2% of the population is not unusual for a small nation. Imagine being a Rohingya, which nation is small enough to NOT have its own nation, but to be ruled (rather badly) by Myanmar. Or how about a tiny tribe of naked Natives in the Venezuelan rain forest?Umm.... what small nation? That's THE WHOLE WORLD! 0.2% of the WORLD POPULATION is Jewish, in and out of Israel.
What you consider crappy is classified as pretty choice by large numbers of people. Israel, with proper irrigation, has some of the richest farmland in the world.Everything from dates and nuts to oranges and other fruits is produced exported from the Land. Granted, a weakness is the supply of water, but that IS and has ALWAYS BEEN a perennial problem that will hopefully be resolved evolved eventually. You obviously have little knowledge about that which you speak.It really isn't.
Only 20% of the land area is naturally arable.
And have you unseen the PPI?
what does this mean
I wish I could agree but so far those who follow Jewish culture over their native country's culture seem to be very similar to Yaakov here. Kiryas Joe here in New York being a fine example as is Israel.If he is the standard for Jewish culture
I have detected the flaw in your argument.
There is no Jewish culture of being an asshole. There are assholes in every ethnicity.Yes but yaakov is showing me that Jewish culture is about believing yourself superior in almost every way. If he is the standard for Jewish culture, doesn't that make it a culture of assholes?
Hating Jews is the exact definition of anti-semitism. Your argument is ridiculous, Dave.
Actually, I grant I've insulted Muslims and Arabs. I have NOT insulted others on the planet. I have NOT implied anything about what other Jews think or do not think. I have insulted you, because I do think you are an idiot, yes. Other members in some cases, yes, in other cases no. Yes, anybody who dislikes Jews is by definition an anti-Semite and yes, a barbarian. what else would you call them? If I hated Black people (I don't) I would be called racist. What other word would there be for it? And yes, I do perceive my own culture as somewhat superior to others, but that is natural. Any person who DOESN"T see their own culture as superior to others is going to commit cultural suicide. That is a case of Felony Stupid.You also said that without Jews, no one else would have made the scientific they did. (Like the polio Vacccine) That's insulting. You've also said you disregard international law and what the UN does yet then go run to it when you defend the Jewish claim to the land now known as Israel.
So, for the record. I don't like Arabs, or Muslims generally. I do think Lord Dave is a fucktard. Anyone who dislikes Jews IS an anti-Semite, just as anyone who disliked Blacks would be a racist. And any rational human should prefer his own culture to that of another. To further clarify, I am an English Jew. I prefer the English and Jewish civilisations as the most civilised as of the world.
I know, I know, that is going to sound not Politically Correct. Well, tough shit. Wake up, my friends. Political Correctness is NOT one of my strong points.