Tim Cook Speaks Up

Re:Tim Cook Speaks Up by acqq on Friday October 31, 2014 @05:35AM (#8537973)

The build-up of hatred directed to Jews lasted for 2000 years, since Christian religion was formed and had seen Jewish religion as the original competition.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antisemitism_and_the_New_Testam...

Some inconvenient examples: Between 1290 and 1753 it was illegal for Jews to exist in England. Then until 1846 they had to wear special clothes.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Jews_in_England

And when you say "Semitic" you're probably not aware that the Arabs are actually Semitic too:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semitic_people

And the Muslim religon is very problematic because its founder was a warrior, and the religion texts actually promote the "war for religion" and also that other religions aren't "true."

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad

Finaly, Judaism is problematic too, as their belief is that they are "chosen people" by the God who assisted them in wars against all others.

Welcome to the world we live in.

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Re:Tim Cook Speaks Up by hnal943 on Friday October 31, 2014 @10:43AM (#8538981)

You think that Antisemitism started with Christianity? Read the Old Testament.

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Re:Tim Cook Speaks Up by acqq on Friday October 31, 2014 @11:04AM (#8539087)

The Old Testament tells the story from the point of view of Jewish tribes, and they don't complain that other people are anti-Semitic, and it's appropriate as the most fighting happens between different Semitic people (and they know it since they actually tell so in their genealogies, you know that "boring" "who begat whom" parts). The main difference to Jewish writers is if these other people (or frequently even the Jewish tribes) believe in Him who must not be named (you know, the arch-enemy of that Harry Potter guy (1)) or not. Read it. When Jewish tribes win in the Old Testament, they joyfully perform different acts of genocide (2), which was OK since Ya... um, the Lord wanted exactly that.

Not so surprising that that Muhammed guy (peace be upon him! (0)) got inspired for his wars. Apparently he was illiterate, but it seems that somebody read him big parts of OT. Muslims believe it was an angel named Gabriel (3), not to be confused with Moroni (4) that appeared in the US. And when we're there, Americans should understand Muhammedans and vice versa, as the US president was directly instructed by God too (5) so much for the Separation of church and state (6).

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(0) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad

(1) http://www.hebrew4christians.com/Names_of_G-d/Adonai/adonai....

(2) http://www.bricktestament.com/judges/

(3) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad%27s_first_revelation

(4) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angel_Moroni

(5) http://www.theguardian.com/world/2005/oct/07/iraq.usa

(6) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Separation_of_church_and_state

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