Student protests over Gaza genocide spreading to other countries - including France and UK:
https://www.theguardian.com/educatio...ter-us-arrests
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Student protests over Gaza genocide spreading to other countries - including France and UK:
https://www.theguardian.com/educatio...ter-us-arrests
https://www.theguardian.com/politics...uk-aid-workers
David Cameron personally recommended that the UK should continue to sell arms to Israel two days after three British aid workers were killed in an Israeli airstrike.
https://northeastbylines.co.uk/more-...-the-gaza-war/
Over the past six months, we’ve seen the horrors of Israel’s war on Gaza unfolding on our TV screens. The news reports tell us of the rising death toll, the levelling of entire neighbourhoods, the destruction of hospitals and the relentless aerial bombardment. But the full truth about what Israel has been doing to the people of Gaza is only now beginning to emerge – and it is even more shocking than we could ever have thought possible.
Well, things are looking up in terms of Netanyahu facing war crimes.
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https://www.972mag.com/lavender-ai-israeli-army-gaza/
Truhpaste, I hope you’re not referring to me either because I’ve called out both Israel and Hamas for their actions in this thread. I would also call out any Islamic state that practices Sharia law, for the oppression of women and punishment by death of LGBT communities. The latter ironically is probably something you think is fair game because it’s not God’s way. I still remember the discussions we had on that subject on this very board many years ago. You made your position on that very clear.
I do not favour one religion over any other. I’m just against the killing and mistreatment of innocent civilians, whoever does it.
1. I did include a quote above my comment.
2. And for the sake of further clarity, while I adhere to God's view of family life, I have never suggested that those who go their own way should be exterminated. All of us in one way or another flout God's Law, which is why we are all in need of a Saviour; some accept Him, others simply add him to their gutter level language.
3. On religion I oppose them all, as they only cause confusion and at their worst death. Jesus was (as planned thousands of years before) murdered because of the religious people in Jerusalem.
P.S. Sorry to hi-jack the thread but as the conversation (inevitably it seems!) has recently turned to "religion" I see that Russell Brand has recently been baptised and declares that he is now a Christian. Like Michael Coren says* (https://inews.co.uk/opinion/russell-...aptism-3032293) I look forward to seeing the change in him. "By their fruits you shall know them". To quote the vernacular: the proof of the pudding is in the eating!
I wonder what other posters make of this?
* Quote from the Coren article: One of the delights of my priestly life is when I’m asked to perform a baptism. Sometimes it will be babies held by their parents, but often it’s mature people who have come to know Jesus Christ, and long for this sacramental bonding into God’s family. I welcome every one of them.
I have the same attitude towards Russell Brand, who has just announced to his millions of online followers that on Sunday he was baptised. He said that he felt “incredibly blessed” and that he was “nourished” by it all. I’m delighted for him and hope that he emerges as a true follower of Jesus, committed to devotion to God, loving his enemies, standing with the poor and the marginalised, and putting others before himself.
But there’s even more to it than that. Baptism involves transformation, a different life, and what we might think of as a great, glorious coming clean. This new covenant is not just for us but to us; in other words, it’s not something that’s passive but for an adult is an indication of action and movement, and it also demands humility and contrition.
While I share your desire to see him live it in his everyday life to prove he is truly serving Christ, the emphasis on baptism will potentially be misleading to many. As I mentioned yesterday, religious ceremonies have no direct impact on a persons eternal destiny, and can only point (as baptism after repentance does) to a commitment that has already taken place; the Bible says, 'believe and be baptised', because it's faith in Christ that saves, and not any religious act or man-made ceremony.
I understand what you mean by baptism sometimes being misleading. Baptism is the outward sign to others that a person has already accepted Christ rather than the act of being baptised somehow makes a person an instant Christian! Only Russell Brand himself can know that in his heart.
So, you’re not religious?
While I say an actual relationship with God is crucial for each individual, I would also warn that religion is the main reason most people never find that living relationship with God. This isn't easy to explain in text, but here's a first attempt.
In the same way americans think you can run holding in football, the word - 'religion' - is viewed by our mainly secular society as anyone who excercises any form of faith in any form of greater being or someone who performs rituals or practices of any kind.
In the middle of such 'fog' - we end up eagerly looking for the irrational examples found in the mix and end up throwing out religion and all other faith as irrelevant. In fact all religion is hopeless as far as Almighty God is concerned, and only invented to stop us seeing what we really need - the Bible calls them 'cunningly devised fables'.
Or to put it another way, flood the world with fake Rolex watches, say they are the real thing and eventually people (let down by their performance) assume all Rolex watches, even the real ones, are unreliable.
Religion is ultimately dead and is something that can only be observed on the outside, whereas faith in Christ happens on the inside and will always manifest itself on the outside in every aspect of someone's life; in their speech, their priorities, their ambitions and their key reason for living. Someone put it like this, if you hired a detective to follow me for 7 days, they should collect enough information to convict me of being a Christian!
Hoping that starts to answer your question, I'm very happy to explain any of the above in more detail or answer any new questions you may have. And thanks for asking such an important question.
It’s okay. I think I get where you’re coming from. And thank you for taking the time to explain. It’s an interesting viewpoint. But it also comes across as saying you don’t want to be associated with all those other deluded religious people, because yours is the correct path and all the others are wrong. This is essentially why I don’t believe.
We don't like the press
Let's ban them
Al Jazerha
If you think a free press is important though (and it is) then Israel is by far your biggest friend in the middle east.
Same as if you believe in democracy, in the right for gay men to leave in peace and all the rest of it.
Let's not forget that Israel is by some distance the country where arab citizens have the most freedom.
The most liberal yes, but that doesn’t excuse them of war crimes.