en-us https://www.intensedebate.com/users/5498965 Comments by George_Babbitt http://salvomag.com/new/articles/salvo25/cracking-eggs.php#IDComment684897775 The Jews learned many things from their Nazi oppressors that should have been lost to time, and yet are being implemented in fresh and new ways to this very day in the State of Israel. Mon, 22 Jul 2013 13:49:19 +0000 http://salvomag.com/new/articles/salvo25/cracking-eggs.php#IDComment684897775 http://www.dodbuzz.com/2013/06/11/navy-to-buy-99-ospreys-in-6-5-billion-order/#IDComment659870595 Because the U.S. didn't even buy 100 of them...can we think about the U.S. first for once? Wed, 12 Jun 2013 13:30:01 +0000 http://www.dodbuzz.com/2013/06/11/navy-to-buy-99-ospreys-in-6-5-billion-order/#IDComment659870595 http://americanvisionnews.com/5339/ny-senator-exposes-secret-dem-plan-for-confiscation-of-assault-rifles-and-more#IDComment551168047 So...what amendments did McLaughlin let through that infringed on our rights? Tue, 22 Jan 2013 21:24:15 +0000 http://americanvisionnews.com/5339/ny-senator-exposes-secret-dem-plan-for-confiscation-of-assault-rifles-and-more#IDComment551168047 http://defensetech.org/2012/12/07/f-16-engines-stolen-from-israeli-base-again/#IDComment515334784 Maybe we just stop giving the 'Israelis' any US technology, that would solve many more problems than just this one. Mon, 10 Dec 2012 15:31:34 +0000 http://defensetech.org/2012/12/07/f-16-engines-stolen-from-israeli-base-again/#IDComment515334784 http://frontpagemag.com/2012/ryan-mauro/israel-haters-invade-wheaton-college/#IDComment491587942 Congratulations, you know how to copy/paste and use a word processor. Do you know how to read? Thu, 15 Nov 2012 23:55:36 +0000 http://frontpagemag.com/2012/ryan-mauro/israel-haters-invade-wheaton-college/#IDComment491587942 http://frontpagemag.com/2012/ryan-mauro/israel-haters-invade-wheaton-college/#IDComment491587635 Don't justify bad deeds by comparing yourself to others There's a psychological trap which pretty much everyone is in danger of falling into at some time or another. It's a mind-trick we use on ourselves to justify deeds we're not proud of. We simply compare ourselves to others who've done something worse. I've done this many times myself to justify in my mind acts that I know were wrong, and I'm sure if you're honest, you can think of examples too. It works like this: You admit to yourself and others that you've committed an error, but belittle it by comparing it to greater errors committed by others. For example, an alcoholic who drinks a bottle of whisky every day says to himself: "Well, at least I don't drink two bottles a day like Henry next door." The wonderful thing about this trick is that it can be used to justify virtually any act, no matter how immoral. No matter what you've done, you never have to look far to find someone who's done something worse. Have you become lazy lately? Well, at least you're not as bad as that slothful uncle of yours. Are you violent? It's nothing compared to those families living down on the housing estate. Do you take drugs? At least you're not one of those junkies sleeping in bus shelters. Using this method, you never have to face up to doing anything wrong. It's extremely comforting. The only problem is, you still have to eventually face up to the consequences of your actions. Lazy people still end up with fewer rewards, regardless of their uncles. Violent people still get arrested, no matter how nasty those on the housing estate are. Drug users still wreck their health, even if someone else wrecks theirs worse. This mental trick is the equivalent of sweeping dust under the carpet. The dust is still there, even if it's hidden from view. Some of the most dishonest users of this trick are politicians. They can justify almost any evil act simply by comparing their choices to those of their peers in other nations. They use it to legitimize war, torture and all sorts of other wrongs. All they have to say is "Well, what I'm planning is nothing compared to what politician X in country Y gets up to". Morality and good deeds aren't measured by comparing yourself to others. It's something that comes from within. Most people know when they're committing bad deeds, and are perfectly aware of the consequences. Trying to hide behind someone else's badness is often as immoral as the original act itself. Thu, 15 Nov 2012 23:55:03 +0000 http://frontpagemag.com/2012/ryan-mauro/israel-haters-invade-wheaton-college/#IDComment491587635 http://frontpagemag.com/2012/ryan-mauro/israel-haters-invade-wheaton-college/#IDComment491586561 If you had read what I wrote beyond the first few lines, you would have seen the raison d'être -->" their rhetoric is leading souls straight to hell." Thu, 15 Nov 2012 23:53:20 +0000 http://frontpagemag.com/2012/ryan-mauro/israel-haters-invade-wheaton-college/#IDComment491586561 http://frontpagemag.com/2012/ryan-mauro/israel-haters-invade-wheaton-college/#IDComment491229993 You are whitewashing what the nature of those countries are. You do not have a good understanding of what you are talking about. I said military service was necessary for FULL citizenship. The State of Israel has a parliament. THERE ARE NOT TRIALS BY JURY IN THE STATE OF ISRAEL.(you had better look that one up!) The monarchy in Britain is just a figurehead? Then explain the Upper House of Parliament which is comprised entirely of titled persons whose titles pass on as an inheritance. The State of Israel doesn't even have two houses of it's parliament, hence the term 'unicameral'. The U.S. has a bicameral legislature comprised entirely of voter-elected representatives. The State of Israel uses the Party-list proportional representation system, where people vote for the party they want, and the party appoints people before or after the fact. I said "WITHOUT comparing them to some stupid Islam country that EVERYBODY already knows doesn't have CLUE about democracy??? " Is suppose I should have included in that 'all countries that NO ONE has difficulty telling that they don't have a clue about democracy, but it didn't matter because you still went off and mentioned Islamist countries as if anybody is going to think they have good examples of democratic states. I don't want "to see really oppressive "Republics" that abuse power" and I don't care about "countries that support Islamism" that are "repressive and totalitarian". Why does "blame Russia" for Syria come up, that falls under the 'no clue about democracy' default status. Why don't I criticize 'true repressive regimes" instead of the "democratic West"? First, the State of Israel is not part of the democratic West, it is an Afro-Asiatic Socialist hub with Jewish Nationalist policies who have an apartheid system enacted to the detriment of the non-Jewish population inside and outside it's borders. Why does this matter to me? Because they have one of the most non-proportionately powerful, representative speaking, political lobby that is entirely foreign to the U.S. in nature, advocating in the U.S. entirely for a foreign country. This non-proportional powerful lobby has also confused a Biblical illiterate populace, that is unaware of the historic position of their own churches regarding Jews, Israel, the sufficiency and supremacy of Christ for all, the Temple sacrifices which are obsolete, the abolishing of the Levitical priesthood, the ascension of Christ to the position of High Priest for all eternity, as the Aaronic priesthood is disappeared never to return. All these things are being ignored by Jews that are today working to build a third Temple where the Dome of the Rock now stands. They plan to start up Temple sacrifices, reinstate the Levitical priesthood, dream up an Aaronic High Priest from thin air, find the Ark of the Covenant(the covenant which is broken), secure a pure Red Heifer(which they don't have the ashes from the last one to make the new one pure), craft new priestly vestments(without the old ones which had special irreplaceable stones on them), and many other things which can not, will not, and in the light of what Christ has done, should not be done. They have the right to practice the religion they want, but it is when they lobby another country for support in doing these things that will only benefit themselves, that is what I take issue with. Thu, 15 Nov 2012 15:31:00 +0000 http://frontpagemag.com/2012/ryan-mauro/israel-haters-invade-wheaton-college/#IDComment491229993 http://frontpagemag.com/2012/ryan-mauro/israel-haters-invade-wheaton-college/#IDComment490568284 You are so ready to turn the world on it's head to save the 'State of Israel' from a bunch of ghetto thugs with AKs. There are bigger issues in the world, namely Russia, China and South America that can't be handled like the childish war games in the middle east. Thu, 15 Nov 2012 00:07:21 +0000 http://frontpagemag.com/2012/ryan-mauro/israel-haters-invade-wheaton-college/#IDComment490568284 http://frontpagemag.com/2012/ryan-mauro/israel-haters-invade-wheaton-college/#IDComment490565744 Only if you are a 'State-of-Israel Firster. Thu, 15 Nov 2012 00:04:30 +0000 http://frontpagemag.com/2012/ryan-mauro/israel-haters-invade-wheaton-college/#IDComment490565744 http://frontpagemag.com/2012/mark-d-tooley/anti-israel-christians-stir-further-controversy/#IDComment490342324 I will not tell you that you did not. I don't presume to tell you your own mind like some on here. That's why I asked. If you had used the term "CE" to mean Common or Current Era, and then referenced the New Testament as a rebuke, you can see why I would say "What is up with that?" I get the gnat reference to Matt 23:24, but it's the 'Latinist' remark that really had me wondering at your meaning. Wed, 14 Nov 2012 19:41:41 +0000 http://frontpagemag.com/2012/mark-d-tooley/anti-israel-christians-stir-further-controversy/#IDComment490342324 http://frontpagemag.com/2012/mark-d-tooley/anti-israel-christians-stir-further-controversy/#IDComment490313494 Tell me you used it in that manner, and you have my apology. But, I had never heard it used as an acronym for Christian Era. I had always seen it used by people that did not believe in Christ as an acronym for Common or Current Era. "~ YOU ENJOY CHOKING ON LATINIST GNATS......" Is that some derogatory statement against Roman Catholics? Or perhaps an accusation of legalism? Wed, 14 Nov 2012 19:01:51 +0000 http://frontpagemag.com/2012/mark-d-tooley/anti-israel-christians-stir-further-controversy/#IDComment490313494 http://frontpagemag.com/2012/ryan-mauro/israel-haters-invade-wheaton-college/#IDComment490261651 Britain still has a Unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy with a lady at it's head that is referred to as the Supreme Governor of the Church of England(British Pope). The people in that country are NOT allowed to own any guns. They have cameras on every corner, and you will thrown in jail for saying mean things. The 'State of Israel' is a parliamentary republic with a unicameral legislature, mandatory military service to achieve full citizenship status, NO trial by jury, and their leaders call elections when ever they want. Please explain to me how those are prime examples of of democratic countries, WITHOUT comparing them to some stupid Islam country that EVERYBODY already knows doesn't have CLUE about democracy??? Christ Jesus first. My family second. My church third. My state fourth. America fifth, but before EVERY other country/nation. Wed, 14 Nov 2012 17:54:01 +0000 http://frontpagemag.com/2012/ryan-mauro/israel-haters-invade-wheaton-college/#IDComment490261651 http://frontpagemag.com/2012/ryan-mauro/israel-haters-invade-wheaton-college/#IDComment490082686 The terrorists are irrelevant. Matthew 10:28 "Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather, be afraid of the One who can destroy both soul and body in hell." Wed, 14 Nov 2012 13:45:37 +0000 http://frontpagemag.com/2012/ryan-mauro/israel-haters-invade-wheaton-college/#IDComment490082686 http://frontpagemag.com/2012/ryan-mauro/israel-haters-invade-wheaton-college/#IDComment490081743 The question was why American citizens would care what a foreigner wants or doesn;t want regarding America. But you're stuck on that State-of-Israel-first mindset, and don't really care about America unless it sacrifices every last ounce of it's reserve for the 'State of Israel'? Wed, 14 Nov 2012 13:44:14 +0000 http://frontpagemag.com/2012/ryan-mauro/israel-haters-invade-wheaton-college/#IDComment490081743 http://frontpagemag.com/2012/ryan-mauro/israel-haters-invade-wheaton-college/#IDComment490080273 Read ALL the comments. Then you wont have to ask questions like this. Wed, 14 Nov 2012 13:41:49 +0000 http://frontpagemag.com/2012/ryan-mauro/israel-haters-invade-wheaton-college/#IDComment490080273 http://frontpagemag.com/2012/ryan-mauro/israel-haters-invade-wheaton-college/#IDComment490079824 Or something lady. The leaps, bounds and assumptions that are taken and made, I imagine for the sole reason of discrediting a persons answer to your question while you ask it, is limitless aren't they? Wed, 14 Nov 2012 13:41:10 +0000 http://frontpagemag.com/2012/ryan-mauro/israel-haters-invade-wheaton-college/#IDComment490079824 http://frontpagemag.com/2012/mark-d-tooley/anti-israel-christians-stir-further-controversy/#IDComment490064769 "Who is the liar? It is the man who denies that Jesus is the Christ. Such a man is the antichrist—he denies the Father and the Son. No one who denies the Son has the Father; whoever acknowledges the Son has the Father also." 1 John 2:22-23 Wed, 14 Nov 2012 13:18:45 +0000 http://frontpagemag.com/2012/mark-d-tooley/anti-israel-christians-stir-further-controversy/#IDComment490064769 http://frontpagemag.com/2012/mark-d-tooley/anti-israel-christians-stir-further-controversy/#IDComment490061935 Boring..... Wed, 14 Nov 2012 13:14:40 +0000 http://frontpagemag.com/2012/mark-d-tooley/anti-israel-christians-stir-further-controversy/#IDComment490061935 http://frontpagemag.com/2012/mark-d-tooley/anti-israel-christians-stir-further-controversy/#IDComment490061235 I prefer the term Supersessionism, but probably close enough for most. You have a knee-jerk response to call it garbage because you have a vested interest in it not being garbage, just like the pharisee and Sadducee. Christ has made Israel complete by His power, and therefore God has not replaced Israel, it has come of age, but in Christ alone. Of course the Law is still there, I never said the Law wasn't there, I said the old covenant is dead, broken, obsolete and has disappeared. The Law is there to show the whole world that they need Christ, for He is the only one who was ever perfectly unblemished according to the Law. And to answer your final question, The 'Jew and Gentile'(that are no more in Christ)are grafted into what, you ask? Into Christ the vine of course. Jews were a branch on the vine, not the vine itself. They can also be restored to the vine, but they must recognize and accept what and who the reborn vine is. Wed, 14 Nov 2012 13:13:41 +0000 http://frontpagemag.com/2012/mark-d-tooley/anti-israel-christians-stir-further-controversy/#IDComment490061235