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Politics : Israel to U.S. : Now Deal with Syria and Iran -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Crimson Ghost who wrote (14087)	1/18/2007 2:21:57 PM
From: sea_urchin	Respond to of 22250

Crimson > Increasingly, today's young Jews see the future not as a choice between Zion and exile, but as a fruitful fusion of both. Frankly, I don't see how that's possible -- that's if the Jewish religion, itself, has any meaning. As I understand it, the Jewish religion is simply a set of laws which, if they are dutifully obeyed, will impress the Almighty to such an extent that the Messiach/Messiah, at His discretion, will come to earth and lead the Jews to the Promised Land. There is no other reason for the religion eg being "saved" or going to Heaven, as in Christianity. The Jewish religion is, in fact, a spiritual means to a secular ending. However one looks at it, the state of Israel exists -- indeed, that's what the Israelis shove down the Palestinians' throats on a daily basis. Therefore, since the Jews are already ensconsced in the Promised Land, the purpose of the Jewish religion falls away. Furthermore, even though the Torah-true Jews don't "recognize" the state of Israel, they have to concede that it "exists". Therefore to pretend that it doesn't exist -- when it does -- is to be schizophrenic. And likewise, to follow a religion when its purpose has already been realized is absurd. So it makes no sense to me why Jews in the diasporah even want to be Jews, let alone live a life which is either pure hypocrisy or else pure madness.