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Comment Re:The campfire gave rise to two things (Score 1) 89

I'm not sure why you decided to be the poo-flinging primate in this discussion, but acting as if there are no facts behind the Bible is utter nonsense and anti-intellectual. I'm not asking you to believe that Elijah was carried up in a flaming chariot, but to realize that most of the people, places, and events recorded have been corroborated by archaeology and contemporary sources. Meanwhile, when you make sweeping statements like "isn't a single tale of religion that is substantiated by facts", it sets a pretty low bar for people to dismiss you.

Comment Re:lets pump the brakes here and analyze. (Score 4, Informative) 165

Then again the United States basically ignored Palestine when it pulled israel from its magical sky god book and transported displaced Jews into it after WWII.

Not only is this incorrect, but you topped it off with a bigoted assault on religion. "Palestine" was administered by the UK, not the USA, and American Jews voluntarily moved to it mostly after the 1948 independence. At the time of independence, it had nearly indefensible borders after suffering additional partitions beyond what the UK had promised. See "Transjordan" had already been partitioned for settlement by Palestinian Arabs. The West Bank, Gaza strip, and some other small areas were snipped off after WWII. Israel mostly lived with what they were given until they were attacked, repeatedly, by the Arabs who hated them. Regardless, even if you don't think Israel should have occupied any territory gained in 1948 or 1967, you can't blame it on the USA.

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