<em>With God on Our Side</em> -- Christian Zionism Exposed

It's interesting how much over-generalization there usually is when discussing Christians, Evangelicals or Jews, let alone an issue that involves them all. We take for granted that the loudest and most prominent voices represent everyone in a category. There are more varieties of Christians than paint samples at Sherwin Williams. Most live quiet lives with varying degrees of faith and adherence to tenets of their church. And those who claim to be "God's voice" are often so far removed from the things Jesus taught he wouldn't recognize them.



I'm a Christian, and have done my share of teaching others in years past, but I don't look at the Jews as a stepping stone in my quest to bring the end of days closer. I revere the people and places where the gospel first developed. They helped set the stage for the birth and life of my Savior. Their history and stories can have value in our lives. I look at the Jews as neighbors, human beings like us. Also as a society who were once "chosen and blessed" but have become a "hiss and a byword" just as the scriptures predicted. It shouldn't have to be that way. I don't have any agenda for promoting Armageddon. I'd much rather see folks come to their senses, shake hands and sit down at the table to work things out.



Christian, Atheist, Jew... labels to call attention to differences and ignore how we should all work together.
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Aretha Franklin Cancels Appearances Through May

In her prime Franklin was the queen. People change over the years, though. Now she can't sing, and with all these health issues it appears she's being displayed by her handlers purely for the money. Aging stars and comeback careers. There's something to be said for nostalgia. But Aretha's legacy stand on its own. Parading her for the crowds and cameras now only chips away at the memory of her monumental earlier work.



She had it all and retired with it. The total opposite of those Whitney types who had it all and snorted it away. Let the magic of the past be. Now's the time for healing and living. Much better to remember her as a giant in the music industry, and one who later struggled with physical problems courageously and even valiantly, rather than one who struggles to carry a tune in a bucket.
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Nick Cannon: Chelsea Handler Is Angry, Ugly White Trash

You aren't the only one whose ancestors were abused. A number of groups were. And yet, you and I, and everyone else here have it so much easier now because of their sacrifices and struggles to live free. You have never been a slave. I have never been mobbed and k!l led for my beliefs. Others here haven't been slaughtered simply because someone else wanted their land, or put in camps and gassed.



While we are the products of our heritage, we are not our ancestors. To wear their pain on our sleeves is to ignore what they dreamed of for their children and grandchildren. It's a slap in the face of their dignity. Keeping alive the h@te that they endured is sick, destructive and would surely have them turning in their graves.
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GLAAD Fires Back At Vince Vaughn Over 'Gay' Remark

It's a freakin joke. Comedians tell them all the time, about themselves, gays, races, sexes, everything. My gay son used it himself the other night. If we can't laugh a little at life, our situation, etc, what's the point? Life is so much better when we put away our pretenses and have even a little sense of humor. If Vaughan wanted to offend folks I'm sure he could have done a better job.



If we're gonna start getting outraged over the least things we better get prepared to bury an amendment and put a muzzle on every comedian, talk show host, disk jockey, politician, and a whole lot of other people. Wouldn't it be better to save the battle for things said and done with malice, and let the small stuff go? It's ok to laugh a little (a lot is even better) and get down off our high horses once in awhile.
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The NRA Is Wrong Again

We have a habit of finding a scapegoat to blame our problems on. When the scapegoat du jour is an inanimate object, it's easy to say our troubles will all go away if we get rid of them. Take, for example, hammers. When confronted with the case of Maxwell and his Silver Hammer, one could say it never would have happened if we had only outlawed them. We don't stop to think about carpenters around the world who use them every day with positive results. But I digress...



Our real problem is multi-layered and has nothing to do weapons. It's "Us vs Them." We take our differences and turn them into battlegrounds. Dems vs Reps, Atheists vs Christians, Rich vs Poor, Science vs Religion, and any of a million other things. If there's a difference, we expand it. If there's a disparity, we blame someone else. We rarely, if ever, take responsibility for our own situation or our future.



So here we sit, feeling tense and miserable about (enter your problem here). Unsatisfied. Hopeless. Blaming someone or something. In that condition some muddle through, some fade away, some rise up and some strike out. McVeigh used fertilizer. If only we had outlawed that a little sooner, or passed laws preventing people from getting it.



Instead of blaming an object for our woes, let's each take responsibility for ourselves, stop vilifying each other, and work on making our communities better places to live.
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September 11 Anniversary Stained By Politics And Prejudice

More Muslims lost their lives in the twin towers than caused them to come down. More Christians lead quiet lives trying to live their faith than march as b! gots. Yet we all get so uptight about the few cr@ck pots we overgeneralize, lump them all into a category and blame the whole group for something they had nothing to do with.



Treating our own neighbors like enemies over a civic center that could benefit everyone in the community! Blaming all Christians for the actions of a few antisocial nuts! Blaming all Muslims for an act of terrorism not condoned by Islam and performed by a handful of radicals.



As long as we keep our us vs. them mindset over all our differences, we'll foster intolerance and fear, let chaos rule the cities, states and country, and inspire those who would commit acts of terrorism and treason, from outside our borders and within.
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Iraq Combat Continues: Despite Formal End, U.S. Joins Baghdad Battle

When this all started, there was talk about sending in a team of SEALs to target Hussein. Two Bushes and a Bill decided it's more "moral" to let the war machine and profiteers do their thing. Morality 101... One genocidal maniac.... hundreds of thousands of lives and trillions of dollars during a huge financial crisis. Hmmmm.....
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