Remembering Amalek
Gellman: What the Bible Says About Terrorism - Newsweek Rabbi Marc Gellman - MSNBC.com
Reading this article reminds me of the only real thing about President Bush I can honestly support...except the way he's going about it. Was he duped into sending our troops into Iraq (based off of incomplete and/or faulty intelligence from the Italians)? Did he just want to finish what his father didn't? Who can say for certain? Anyone who says they know the answer are just speculating (unless you are Bush or are in his inner circle), so don't tell me "OF COURSE IT WAS FOR THE OIL." Well, duh! Just look at what happened after Iraq (and Katrina, oddly enough): record profits recorded by the major oil companies (not just OPEC, per se, but by Exxon/Mobil and their ilk). But there's more to it than that, I think. But again, it's just speculation.
Now we're in a time, once again, where we have to respond to this threat of terrorism. There's been speculation about Iran's and Syria's involvement in the recent trouble in Lebanon (open support from their governments, Iranian rockets being used to blow up Israeli targets, etc). There's suspicion that even groups like al Qaeda are getting help from these radical governments. What are we to do about this?
Clearly, if you believe anything the Bible has ever said, the answer is to kill them all. Wipe out all the terrorists. How you do that is beyond my grasp of understanding, short of genocide. I'm not saying ALL Muslims are terrorists; the problem is, how do you figure out WHICH of these Muslims are the terrorists? The only certain way to get them all is to kill ALL Muslims, which is just a bad answer.
I'm curious what Rabbi Gellman believes the Bible says we should do.
Reading this article reminds me of the only real thing about President Bush I can honestly support...except the way he's going about it. Was he duped into sending our troops into Iraq (based off of incomplete and/or faulty intelligence from the Italians)? Did he just want to finish what his father didn't? Who can say for certain? Anyone who says they know the answer are just speculating (unless you are Bush or are in his inner circle), so don't tell me "OF COURSE IT WAS FOR THE OIL." Well, duh! Just look at what happened after Iraq (and Katrina, oddly enough): record profits recorded by the major oil companies (not just OPEC, per se, but by Exxon/Mobil and their ilk). But there's more to it than that, I think. But again, it's just speculation.
Now we're in a time, once again, where we have to respond to this threat of terrorism. There's been speculation about Iran's and Syria's involvement in the recent trouble in Lebanon (open support from their governments, Iranian rockets being used to blow up Israeli targets, etc). There's suspicion that even groups like al Qaeda are getting help from these radical governments. What are we to do about this?
In Deut. 25:17-19 we read: "Remember what Amalek did unto thee by the way, when ye were come forth out of Egypt; How he met thee by the way, and smote the hindmost of thee, even all that were feeble behind thee, when thou wast faint and weary; and he feared not God. Therefore it shall be, when the Lord thy God hath given thee rest from all thine enemies round about, in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee for an inheritance to possess it, that thou shalt blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven; thou shalt not forget it."
Clearly, if you believe anything the Bible has ever said, the answer is to kill them all. Wipe out all the terrorists. How you do that is beyond my grasp of understanding, short of genocide. I'm not saying ALL Muslims are terrorists; the problem is, how do you figure out WHICH of these Muslims are the terrorists? The only certain way to get them all is to kill ALL Muslims, which is just a bad answer.
I'm curious what Rabbi Gellman believes the Bible says we should do.
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