December 11, 2006
Iran...wtf?
Iran holds Anti-Holocaust Convention
So the Iraq Study Group wants us to negotiate with Iran. And then they go have a conference like this. When is anyone going to see that Iran is not going to be reasoned with on anything? Quite clearly, their intentions are to wipe Israel off the map, a direct quote from the "President" of that country. They deny the Holocaust ever happened, and they invite about 70 speaker to their convention. Why don't they invite the thousands of soldiers that were in Europe during WWII and actually went to these "non-existent" camps? Oh, because then they wouldn't get to blow up Israel.
War is clearly not the answer. But something has to be done....Good luck Mr. Bush & Co. coming up with the answer to this question.
As for the ISG report....I'm glad they didn't call for an immediate withdrawal, because that would only exacerbate the problem. On the other hand, Iraq's PM has a point when he says we can't treat them like a colony. We have to let them make their own decisions. Simply telling the Iraqis what is going to happen is not the way to go. We need to work with them to create a withdrawal plan. They need to get on the ball as well. I've seen articles that they're thinking about increasing the number of troops, which seems like a good thing to do. But the uproar...wow. Once again, good luck Mr. Bush and Co. trying to solve this one too. It sure would be a lot easier if everyone could realize that things happened that need to be looked at, but this is not the time. Focus, get together and make a solution that most people like. I wonder how many people actually favor an immediate withdrawal....
Anyways, back to studying. So distracted.
November 29, 2006
The Bible...a hoax?
So I was reading my Google News and I came across an article about the Pope's visit to Turkey. The article was decent, although the author was very "my way or the highway." In the comments though, I came across a link to this very interesting article.... http://www.hoax-buster.org/sellyoursoul
In a nutshell, the author states that Moses was actually talking to the Devil when he was told to lead the Israelites out of Egypt. This leads to the conclusion that the entire Bible is based on the word of the Devil and not the word of God as has been believed for 2000 years or so.
While this article should be read with a grain of salt, what if the guy is right? What if this whole time all the people claiming to follow God's word were actually disciples of the Devil? The implications of that statement are enormous. I'm not a scholar in Biblical history by any means (I've never even read the Bible the whole way through), but even I can see that the authority of every Bible-based theocratic government in the world would be destroyed. The Pope would have no power, the Kings of old who claimed power from the Bible were clearly wrong, and every single pastor, preacher and evangelist are telling lies.
Scary.
Anyways, I doubt that this would have gone unnoticed for 2000 years until some wacko with a website decided to "discover" it. Plus this article ignores the good stories in the Bible, like David and Goliath (although the author would probably interpret that as him being David and the rest of the "establishment" as Goliath") or even the fact that , in general, the Ten Commandments don't sound like something the Devil would say. Final Judgment: Hogwash...but still pretty interesting.