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		<title>By: Crocus</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Crocus]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Nov 2013 21:34:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I too believe that Jews constitute a religion not a &quot;tribe,&quot; even though Jews have not yet decided whether they are a religion or a tribe.  Jews have not been a tribe since they left Africa (Egypt). In any case, population genetics (Y-Chromosome DNA and Mt-DNA) have come to enlighten us more on what has always been evident.   

Without expressing any view on the string of comments here or on the article, I want to point out that it is not a historical fact that adherents of Judaism did not commit despicable crimes in the Arabian Peninsula (as did Christians and Muslims). 5th Century C.E., the milieu
from which Islam was born, was a bloody theatre between the Christian Empire of Axsum (Abyssinia) and the Jewish Kingdom of Himyar (Yemen). When Mohammed came of age, he allied himself with the Ethiopians, who were instrumental in the birth of the religion. For one, they protected and sheltered the Muslims (Believers) of the First Hejira, when they were being persecuted by the Quaraish. In contrast, the Quaraish, the pagan aristocracy from which he originated, allied themselves with the Jews of Medina and the Sassanid Persians. Professor G. W. Bowersock has recently published two important books on the period, &quot;The Throne of Adulis: Red Sea Wars on the
Eve of Islam&quot; and &quot;Empires in Collision in Late Antiquity&quot;. 
(The Menahem Stern Jerusalem Lectures.)  I suggest you consult these works for well-known, but little highlighted, period which continues to have repercussions into our age.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I too believe that Jews constitute a religion not a &#8220;tribe,&#8221; even though Jews have not yet decided whether they are a religion or a tribe.  Jews have not been a tribe since they left Africa (Egypt). In any case, population genetics (Y-Chromosome DNA and Mt-DNA) have come to enlighten us more on what has always been evident.   </p>
<p>Without expressing any view on the string of comments here or on the article, I want to point out that it is not a historical fact that adherents of Judaism did not commit despicable crimes in the Arabian Peninsula (as did Christians and Muslims). 5th Century C.E., the milieu<br />
from which Islam was born, was a bloody theatre between the Christian Empire of Axsum (Abyssinia) and the Jewish Kingdom of Himyar (Yemen). When Mohammed came of age, he allied himself with the Ethiopians, who were instrumental in the birth of the religion. For one, they protected and sheltered the Muslims (Believers) of the First Hejira, when they were being persecuted by the Quaraish. In contrast, the Quaraish, the pagan aristocracy from which he originated, allied themselves with the Jews of Medina and the Sassanid Persians. Professor G. W. Bowersock has recently published two important books on the period, &#8220;The Throne of Adulis: Red Sea Wars on the<br />
Eve of Islam&#8221; and &#8220;Empires in Collision in Late Antiquity&#8221;.<br />
(The Menahem Stern Jerusalem Lectures.)  I suggest you consult these works for well-known, but little highlighted, period which continues to have repercussions into our age.</p>
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		<title>By: Lookatme</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lookatme]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Oct 2013 17:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Why? without the cross Ala couldn&#039;t be the best of the deceivers.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Why? without the cross Ala couldn&#8217;t be the best of the deceivers.</p>
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		<title>By: defcon 4</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[defcon 4]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Oct 2013 07:12:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Better a &quot;comedy of errors&quot; than the genocidal rantings of a psychopathic child molester and Jew hater.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Better a &#8220;comedy of errors&#8221; than the genocidal rantings of a psychopathic child molester and Jew hater.</p>
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		<title>By: Shmalkandik</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Shmalkandik]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Oct 2013 05:44:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is only partially correct. Biblical Judaism ha no mention of the afterlife at all. Remez and drush are not substitute for good history and intellectual honesty.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is only partially correct. Biblical Judaism ha no mention of the afterlife at all. Remez and drush are not substitute for good history and intellectual honesty.</p>
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		<title>By: Shmalkandik</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Shmalkandik]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Oct 2013 05:41:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The lies about the philosophers Kant and Hegel being anti-semitic are libels - lies intended to do harm. The did oppose al revealed religion - they both believed religion must exist within the bounds of Reason. It is thanks to the Aufklarung they initiated that Jews were admitted to European society, with what impact and results is well known.  When Europe killed its Jews it did, in the same action, blew its brains out. I would note the children of the Evangelicals are also abandoning their religion as Jews, and for much the same reason. 

If Judaism cannot survive in a free society, that is a criticism of the religion and not the society. Marx is a degenerate bastard child of the Enlightenment;National Socialism was in open revolt against it. Fact is that what was good in Judaism and Christianity was recognized and absorbed by the classical Englightement. Unless you are prepared to believe in a personal Deity, what need then for either 
religious tradition?]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The lies about the philosophers Kant and Hegel being anti-semitic are libels &#8211; lies intended to do harm. The did oppose al revealed religion &#8211; they both believed religion must exist within the bounds of Reason. It is thanks to the Aufklarung they initiated that Jews were admitted to European society, with what impact and results is well known.  When Europe killed its Jews it did, in the same action, blew its brains out. I would note the children of the Evangelicals are also abandoning their religion as Jews, and for much the same reason. </p>
<p>If Judaism cannot survive in a free society, that is a criticism of the religion and not the society. Marx is a degenerate bastard child of the Enlightenment;National Socialism was in open revolt against it. Fact is that what was good in Judaism and Christianity was recognized and absorbed by the classical Englightement. Unless you are prepared to believe in a personal Deity, what need then for either<br />
religious tradition?</p>
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		<title>By: antiallanbloom</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[antiallanbloom]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Oct 2013 01:07:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This they accomplished by subsuming the Hebrew scriptures (like the 
New Testament) under a broader criticism of “work of revelation.” As a 
revealed text, (a divine covenant ordered by a deity with which none of 
us have direct dealings), the Hebrew scripture was then misrepresented 
as something that has no relevance for people trying to determine for 
themselves what it means to live a good, moral and just life.  

Hazony does not simply expose the philosophical crime against the Jews undertaken by the Enlightenment philosophers.

^^^

it&#039;s harangue like this that makes me proud to support the freedom from religion foundation and other secular atheist activism]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This they accomplished by subsuming the Hebrew scriptures (like the<br />
New Testament) under a broader criticism of “work of revelation.” As a<br />
revealed text, (a divine covenant ordered by a deity with which none of<br />
us have direct dealings), the Hebrew scripture was then misrepresented<br />
as something that has no relevance for people trying to determine for<br />
themselves what it means to live a good, moral and just life.  </p>
<p>Hazony does not simply expose the philosophical crime against the Jews undertaken by the Enlightenment philosophers.</p>
<p>^^^</p>
<p>it&#8217;s harangue like this that makes me proud to support the freedom from religion foundation and other secular atheist activism</p>
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		<title>By: defcon 4</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[defcon 4]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Oct 2013 21:13:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Could such Christians qualify as Noahides?]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Could such Christians qualify as Noahides?</p>
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		<title>By: defcon 4</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[defcon 4]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Oct 2013 21:11:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I see your point.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I see your point.</p>
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		<title>By: defcon 4</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[defcon 4]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Oct 2013 21:10:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I had always believed that the ancient Hebrews were at war w/the Canaanites etc. The atrocities wasn&#039;t done out of spite, but self defense and never under the color of a peace treaty.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I had always believed that the ancient Hebrews were at war w/the Canaanites etc. The atrocities wasn&#8217;t done out of spite, but self defense and never under the color of a peace treaty.</p>
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		<title>By: emptorpreempted</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[emptorpreempted]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Oct 2013 19:13:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Your objection strikes me as senseless pedantry.  Unless the rabbis are insisting that Abraham and Moses literally knew themselves as &quot;Jews,&quot; in which case these rabbis might be committing a factual error, I really don&#039;t see your point.  Indeed, the people originally known as the Hebrews have, by an accident of history, come to be known by the name of one of its constituent tribes.  This has been established usage for 2000 years and I see nothing in it perverse or sinister.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Your objection strikes me as senseless pedantry.  Unless the rabbis are insisting that Abraham and Moses literally knew themselves as &#8220;Jews,&#8221; in which case these rabbis might be committing a factual error, I really don&#8217;t see your point.  Indeed, the people originally known as the Hebrews have, by an accident of history, come to be known by the name of one of its constituent tribes.  This has been established usage for 2000 years and I see nothing in it perverse or sinister.</p>
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		<title>By: Debbie G</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Debbie G]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Oct 2013 18:39:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&quot;Do not be yoked with unbelievers..&quot;  
http://biblehub.com/2_corinthians/6-14.htm
This is a thread that is in both the New and Old Testaments.   I don&#039;t think it&#039;s a parochial issue.   
As a Christian, I would find it personally difficult to be married to someone of a different belief system.  And how would you raise the kids?]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;Do not be yoked with unbelievers..&#8221;<br />
<a href="http://biblehub.com/2_corinthians/6-14.htm" rel="nofollow">http://biblehub.com/2_corinthians/6-14.htm</a><br />
This is a thread that is in both the New and Old Testaments.   I don&#8217;t think it&#8217;s a parochial issue.<br />
As a Christian, I would find it personally difficult to be married to someone of a different belief system.  And how would you raise the kids?</p>
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		<title>By: The Mad Jewess</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Mad Jewess]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Oct 2013 18:07:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Killing MURDERERS for the sake of a WHOLE is not an atrocity.
Who God told them to kill were the likes of the Nazis of their day.


If you agree the Nazis should have been killed, then you should not disagree with God.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Killing MURDERERS for the sake of a WHOLE is not an atrocity.<br />
Who God told them to kill were the likes of the Nazis of their day.</p>
<p>If you agree the Nazis should have been killed, then you should not disagree with God.</p>
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		<title>By: The Mad Jewess</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Mad Jewess]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Oct 2013 18:05:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[God did not demand that his people slaughter INNOCENTS.  The people that God told them to kill were murderers.  

You have a conflict with the word kill and murder.

A murderer must be killed in self defense of the whole.

&#039;Modern Jewish identity has replaced the old rites and rituals with progressivism&#039;



You are looking at 2 sects and judging all by some.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>God did not demand that his people slaughter INNOCENTS.  The people that God told them to kill were murderers.  </p>
<p>You have a conflict with the word kill and murder.</p>
<p>A murderer must be killed in self defense of the whole.</p>
<p>&#8216;Modern Jewish identity has replaced the old rites and rituals with progressivism&#8217;</p>
<p>You are looking at 2 sects and judging all by some.</p>
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		<title>By: The Mad Jewess</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Mad Jewess]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Oct 2013 18:03:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I feel this way many times.  I dont relate to Bolshevik, Liberal, Secular Jews in the least bit.
BUT, in the words of life, there is peace.  So, this reason alone drives me to get closer to God and farther from *Religion*]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I feel this way many times.  I dont relate to Bolshevik, Liberal, Secular Jews in the least bit.<br />
BUT, in the words of life, there is peace.  So, this reason alone drives me to get closer to God and farther from *Religion*</p>
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		<title>By: The Mad Jewess</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Mad Jewess]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Oct 2013 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Interesting, DeShawn.. This MAY have been said over 1900 years ago.  However, the same words which you claim to hate are the words you live by to bury you some Jews.
Projection.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Interesting, DeShawn.. This MAY have been said over 1900 years ago.  However, the same words which you claim to hate are the words you live by to bury you some Jews.<br />
Projection.</p>
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		<title>By: fish</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[fish]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Oct 2013 15:54:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If I&#039;ve read my bible correctly, the Israelites forgot their mission 5 minutes after they were given it, and have been forgetting it over and over again. The more things change, the more they stay the same. The Hebrew bible reads rather like a comedy of errors.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If I&#8217;ve read my bible correctly, the Israelites forgot their mission 5 minutes after they were given it, and have been forgetting it over and over again. The more things change, the more they stay the same. The Hebrew bible reads rather like a comedy of errors.</p>
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		<title>By: motherofbeaver</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[motherofbeaver]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Oct 2013 15:13:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[No.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>No.</p>
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		<title>By: PAthena</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[PAthena]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Oct 2013 14:12:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[See Geza Vermes, Jesus the Jew]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>See Geza Vermes, Jesus the Jew</p>
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		<title>By: Mac</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mac]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Oct 2013 07:08:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Caroline Glick, one of the few truth-tellers out there, thank you Caroline for all your great work over the years.  Please remind Israeli businessmen, that is, potential employers, that anglo immigrants can make good employees.  In my extensive experience, Israelis don&#039;t like to hire anyone without interlaced connections into their own world.  This is a big problem for &#039;olim.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Caroline Glick, one of the few truth-tellers out there, thank you Caroline for all your great work over the years.  Please remind Israeli businessmen, that is, potential employers, that anglo immigrants can make good employees.  In my extensive experience, Israelis don&#8217;t like to hire anyone without interlaced connections into their own world.  This is a big problem for &#8216;olim.</p>
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		<title>By: defcon 4</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[defcon 4]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Oct 2013 06:20:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well, Christmas is a re-branding of a pagan, Germanic(?) holiday. I don&#039;t think Yeshua or his disciples celebrated anything remotely like Christmas.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Well, Christmas is a re-branding of a pagan, Germanic(?) holiday. I don&#8217;t think Yeshua or his disciples celebrated anything remotely like Christmas.</p>
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