>> Ja...@nospam.com (Jason) wrote in
>> news:Jason-2204121431030001@66-53-220-250.stkn.mdsg-pacwest.com:

>> > In article <XnsA03D53FD18D3Enomailcomcast...@216.196.121.131>,
>> > Mitchell Holman <nomailcomcast.net> wrote:

>> >> Ja...@nospam.com (Jason) wrote in
>> >> news:Jason-2104122334050001@66-53-219-87.lsan.mdsg-pacwest.com:

>> >> > In article <VNzkr.59153$YM2.58...@newsfe05.iad>, Tom McDonald
>> >> > <tmcdonald2...@charter.net> wrote:

>> >> >> On 4/21/2012 1:53 AM, Jason wrote:
>> >> >> > In article<l9gkr.9948$VF7.1...@newsfe02.iad>, Tom McDonald
>> >> >> > <tmcdonald2...@charter.net>  wrote:

>> >> >> >> My point was that, if you are correct and the Hebrews had to
>> >> >> >> kill the other Canaanites because they were not obeying the
>> >> >> >> commandments (which, by the way, the Hebrews had themselves
>> >> >> >> just gotten), why wouldn't the first effort of the Hebrews
been
>> >> >> >> to preach to them and attempt to convert them? Instead, they
>> >> >> >> just killed them.

>> >> >> >> And if the war was a holy war against non-believers in the
>> >> >> >> brand-new Hebrew religion (much like the holy war against
>> >> >> >> unbelievers in the then-brand-new Islamic religion a thousand
>> >> >> >> years later), why stop where they did? Why not attempt to
>> >> >> >> convert the whole world?

>> >> >> >> I think you haven't thought this through very well.

>> >> >> > Yes, I have.

>> >> >> Then you can tell me why the Hebrews didn't try to convert the
>> >> >> other tribes before killing them all. What is that reason?

>> >> > I can guess that God did not trust them--they could say they were
>> >> > Hebrews but God knew they would go back to being enemies of the
>> >> > Hebrews about a dozen years later. The best example is Egypt. The
>> >> > Jews made an agreement with them--but it's possible that if the
>> >> > Muslim Brotherhood gets control over Egypt that they will restart
a
>> >> > war with Israel despite the peace agreement.

>> >>      Balderdash. A stable Egyptian government will do
>> >> nothing to endanger their stipend from the US, not to
>> >> mention their income from tourism. Even an official
>> >> Islamic government - like the ones we created in Iraq
>> >> and Afghanistan - has nothing to gain from starting a
>> >> war.

>> > Let's wait and see. They will probably go about it in such a way
that
>> > their actions can NOT be tied to the government of Egypt.

>> > How will they do it? If the members of their military or the police
>> > discover terrorists building tunnels into Israel--they will order
the
>> > military or the police to NOT do anything about it.

>> > If a group of terrorist attacks Israel--they will claim the
government
>> > was not responsible for those attacks and will promise to keep it
from
>> > happening again. However, they will secretly decide to allow it to
>> > happen again without taking any acitons to stop those attacks.

>>      Saudi Arabia - our "ally" - has been funding terrorism
>> for years and the US has done nothing about it.

>> > Obama will believe them and keep providing them with money.

>> > If Reagan was still president, he would cut off the money supply in
>> > that same situation.

>>      Reagan would respond to terrorism in the future
>> the way he did inthe past - by selling arms to the
>> terrorists.

> LOL