The god Myths Continue to Haunt Humankind

Recent articles conveying reasons why many folks put as much distance between themselves and traditional faiths as they can:

THE POPES AGAINST THE JEWS
The Vatican's Role in the Rise of Modern Anti-Semitism [link inactive]
New York Times Service, October 3, 2001

Excerpt:

"... For the better part of a century and a half, from the fall of Napoleon to the rise of Hitler, the church not only failed to combat anti-Semitism, but actively, knowingly, purposely contributed to it, lending it authority and respectability while honoring its most active purveyors inside the church and outside. ..."

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Arabs Idolize Hitler
The Sowetan (Johannesburg)
October 2, 2001

Excerpt:

"Arab media is awash with hideous anti-Jewish incitement that Western media does not find significant enough to publish, writes Jack Bloom

The appearance of a pro-Hitler pamphlet at the World Conference Against Racism (WCAR) held in Durban was one of many ironies attesting to the continuing strength of
raw anti-Semitism.

It was published by the Durban-based Islamic Propagation Centre International, now revealed to have received at least US $3 million from Osama bin Laden.

There was a huge push to depict Israel as a Nazi state, symbolised by the transmuting of the Star of David into a swastika. This same lobby attempted to diminish the crimes of the Nazis themselves, including trivialising or denying the Holocaust against the Jews.

Ambiguous Arab-Muslim attitudes to Hitler can be traced to his popularity in much of the Arab world both before and during the Second World War.

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As in the 1930s, the world is not unduly concerned with anti-Semitism. Arab media is awash with hideous anti-Jewish incitement that Western media does not find significant enough to publish.

Nevertheless, as observed in Durban by Dr Shimon Samuels of the Simon Wiesenthal Centre, "what starts with Jews does not end with Jews".

We might just be finding this out with the horrific terror attack in America.

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Robertson says attacks 'wake-up call from God'
Associated Press
Published October 2, 2001

Entire article:

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. -- Religious broadcaster Pat Robertson on Monday called the Sept. 11 attacks a "wake-up call from God" and said the nation can shield itself from future attacks through a spiritual revival.

"The Lord is getting ready to shake this nation. We have not yet seen his judgment on America," Robertson told about 1,000 people attending a ceremony marking the 40th anniversary of the on-air debut of his Christian Broadcasting Network.

"This thing that happened in New York was child's play compared to what's going to happen," Robertson said.

Robertson also said he stood by a statement he released after the attacks in which he said that Americans had insulted God by, among other things, allowing abortion and "rampant
Internet pornography" and that "God Almighty is lifting his protection from us."

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Comments:

Isn't the god of the mass suiciders / mass murderers, the god of the muslims, the god of the Jews, the god of the christians, and all other gods of all other faiths exactly the same in that they are all make-believe super-being thingies that do not, and point in fact, cannot exist?

Please say "Yes!" as a god who would endorse the acts of 9-11-01 is a god unworthy of anything but damnation to a fate worse than the "immortal burning in hell" most religions threaten humans with.

The following links lead to some of the best graphics available regarding the situation the world faces in response to the 9-11-01 attack on America:

• Afghanistan - Targets, Terrorist Camps, Former Bin Laden Locales

• Afghanistan - Topography, Ethnicity, History

• Afghanistan - Northern Alliance 1 of 2

• Afghanistan - Northern Alliance 2 of 2

• Summary of the Region - Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Russia, Central Asia, China

• Maps of Afghanistan and Surrounding Regions

• Preparing For War (Flash Graphics)

• Military - U.S. Military Aircraft

• Military - USS Carriers

• Military - Special Operations Forces

• Coalition Maps

• World Terrorism - Locales, Chronology of Events

• Security - Biological & Chemical Weapons

• Air Security - New Technology

• Air Security - Cockpit Door

• Air Security - Initial Changes
  

Vive La France

A victory for one at this time is a victory for us all ...

Complete article, from Paris:

Woman Missing for Two Weeks Found Safe

A young French woman, severely shocked by the suicide attack on the World Trade Centre in New York, was located in hospital by her family after being listed as missing for two weeks.

The woman, named as Alexandra Arnaud-Lepers, was in her apartment close to the twin towers when they collapsed. Although not injured physically, Ms Arnuad-Lepers, who is in her late 20s, was taken to hospital suffering from extreme shock and failed to contact her family.

She was located on Monday last week, 13 days after the attack, when the French consulate in Paris circulated her description to all hospitals in the New York area. Her mother traveled from Toulon to New York last week to be reunited with the daughter
she feared had died.

"The more days that passed, the more we were overcome with grief," her grandmother, Marie, told the newspaper Le Parisien. "Then we got a telephone call from the American consulate in Marseilles and we exploded with joy.

"On 11 September, she was in her apartment a couple of steps from the World Trade Centre. She saw everything, the flames, the falling bodies, the collapsing towers. She was brought out uninjured but severely
psychologically shocked."

Ms Arnaud-Lepers' condition is said to have improved since her mother's arrival. She had been working in the New York fashion industry for two years.

New Star Trek, Near Future, & Science

Beam-me-up, Scotty? Well, in the new Star Trek prequel, Enterprise, transporting is experimental and a rather risky adventure. Per a scientist analyzing Star Trek physics, the transporter is not possible, ever.

Another Star Trek advance (not available in the new show, set in 2151, about 100 years prior to the original series), the holodeck might be possible, but only in an entertainment sense rather than the pseudo-realistic sense as depicted in the first Star Trek sequel, The Next Generation.

Sources:

• BBC
• CNN [link inactive]

150-Year Human Lifespan

Within 30 years, a genetic consultant is predicting that repair of tissues and organs and efforts to slow aging will lead to life expectancies of up to 150 years.

Another scientist, specializing in a field called "anti-aging medicine", believes immortality may be on the way, some day.

Source:

• Australian Broadcasting Corporation