Israel and Hamas Close to Long-Term Cease Fire

[tazber]

Amen

[Jane2]

Amen

[Liza's Headband]

Provided "all the world" doesn't include Islamic Jihadists and terrorists, then yes. Amen.

[YouWantitWhen????]

Amen.

[Addison D.]

Amen.

(And why in the name of all that is sane and rational would we NOT want to bring Peace to terrorists???? I would think they should be among the first on the list.)

[FindingNamo]

Because you're a logical thinker?

[Liza's Headband]

Because they do not believe in peace and have not for thousands upon thousands of years; they only believe in violence and destruction, as it is decreed in their own values and beliefs.

With the exception of converts and western traitors, these terrorists were raised to believe islam should be the only recognized religion and all others are "infidels." If you do not believe me, feel free to look up any guiding doctrine or charter of Hamas, ISIS, Hezbollah, Boko Haram, Al-Qaeda, and the like.

[Liza's Headband]

I'd love to see a "logical thinker" enter a terrorist camp with the message of peace and prayer. I would guarantee you that you'll be murdered in a matter of seconds.

[madbrian]

If the farmer and the rancher can be friends, there is hope for all.

[Gothampc]

Wake up Sally Bowles! These people do not want to be your friend.

[Liza's Headband]

Yes, even though the farmer didn't like the rancher they learned to co-exist. The farmer was not, however, raised (and brainwashed) to believe the rancher was an "infidel" and that all ranchers, like him, must be obliterated from the face of the earth.

[madbrian]

...these terrorists were raised to believe christianity should be the only recognized religion and all others are "infidels." If you do not believe me, feel free to look up any guiding doctrine or charter of Fox News.

[Addison D.]

Oy.

The point of prayer--for me, anyway--is not to worry about doctrine and charters and whether the political realities of a given situation permit for the prayer to be answered.

Presumably the Omnipotent Being to whom we are praying will deal with all that. S/he has, no doubt, staff who can iron out all of your concerns.

If we are praying to bring Peace to the world, I stand by my fervent belief and hope that it is to those who have, historically, resisted Peace that it should be delivered first. And in heaping measure.

If those who make war were to live in Peace, then we would have Peace.

[Liza's Headband]

If all they know is war and violence, and refuse the idea of peace and prayer, there is no hope. When you are completely committed and prepared to sacrifice your life for a religious or violent cause, you have crossed the threshold of no return. In my opinion.

[Liza's Headband]

madbrian - I do not believe in religious oppression of any kind. I believe in acceptance of all religions and spiritual beliefs. Islamic jihad is not a religion and it's not a belief; it's a disease that propagates the idea of war, destruction, violence, and ethnic extermination.

[YouWantitWhen????]

Nice of you to define what is and is not a religion or a belief system.

[Liza's Headband]

per Merriam-Webster: a holy war waged on behalf of Islam as a religious duty

Do you really recognize Islamic Jihad as a legitimate "religion"?

[YouWantitWhen????]

It is not my place to determine, since I find any belief system premised upon a book of fables to be suspect. But, but your definition, I assume those Catholics who went on Crusades were also not following a religious belief.

[FindingNamo]

Guys! Guys!! LH is the kind of person who reads some poor schmuck's wide-open Facebook and thinks that means he's a master detective. Not worth the time or energy on that one.

[YouWantitWhen????]

True that Namo.

That was my only intended response, and was probably more than warranted.

[FindingNamo]

Remember 7th grade book reports? "Webster's dictionary defines 'vexatious' as:…".

[YouWantitWhen????]

That is such a perfect word. Do you know what those who file vexatious IP lawsuits are called. Patent Trolls.

[madbrian]

And Namo, when you see them on your outings, they would be Patent Leather Trolls.

[YouWantitWhen????]

MB Wins!

[Liza's Headband]

I'm glad we live in a world where old, lonely, bitter people would rather respect brutal terrorists than support those innocents under needless persecution and tyrannical violence.

[FindingNamo]

You use syllogistic reasoning. Because you are insufferable and because I remind everybody about you and your tactics I therefore am old and bitter and respect brutal terrorists. And though it's not true, you saying untrue things about me and others telling you they're untrue things about me does not stop you from slapping on your blinders and doubling-down on falsehoods.

YOU have a serious thinking problem, LH.