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Israel/Palestine

tymorial

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4. I'm not really sure what discussing the tenets of Christianity would accomplish

Reply to hlthe2b (Reply #1)

Thu Sep 5, 2019, 01:01 PM

Sep 2019

There are numerous sects, many of which have nothing to do with the conflict. Christians face persecution across the middle east and even if we refer only to Israel, its not a Christian nation.

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Jesus Was a Jew, Not a Palestinian [View all] Mosby Sep 2019 OP

... hlthe2b Sep 2019 #1

I'm not really sure what discussing the tenets of Christianity would accomplish tymorial Sep 2019 #4

way to totally miss the point, which was far more secular in nature. hlthe2b Sep 2019 #6

Okay so you bring up discussing the tenets of christianity but I am missing the secular point? tymorial Sep 2019 #9

thus word "tenets" not any specific passage, which are not inconsistent with philosophy of Gandhi hlthe2b Sep 2019 #10

The Stranger Cartoonist Sep 2019 #2

Palestine is a geographic area, not a people. Jesus was a Jew from Palestine. DetlefK Sep 2019 #3

Expertly stated. tymorial Sep 2019 #5

Ooh ... That means that Netanyahu Igel Sep 2019 #8

Jesus was from Judea not Palestine Mosby Sep 2019 #7

Yes, but, mapol Sep 2019 #16

Yeah, and the philistines were a non semitic group fro the med area Mosby Sep 2019 #17

It wasn't called Palestine sabbat hunter Sep 2019 #18

Jesus may not have existed as presented. Karadeniz Sep 2019 #11

Considering that sabbat hunter Sep 2019 #12

While it's true that Jesus was a Jew, rather than a Palestinian, mapol Sep 2019 #13

Actually, he didn't, his disciples and the Romans did. Mosby Sep 2019 #14

One must bear in mind, however, that the United States has always been a country of immigrants. mapol Sep 2019 #15