Please answer nicely, I just want honest opinions?

Question

Don't you think that all of the problems that Israel is having with the rest of the world just further prove the validity of the Bible?

Israel is a very small nation, with very big problems that no other nation has. Doesn't it just make you think that there is something going on?

Well, since everyone gave their opinion, I decided to give mine.

I believe that this is not just coincidence. It could be a repeat of history as some people say but I study history and have come to believe that history in itself validates the Bible. It is said that every generation will experience the same things so that every one always expects that the end time is coming. History repeats itself just for this purpose.
I believe that these problems that Israel is having further proves the Bible and I believe this even though some people on here may call it a book of "fairytales."
I would like to thank everyone for their honest opinions. :)

Answer 1

yes, due to the fact that the BiBle predicted that it would happen.

Answer 2

No. I think the problems Israel is having with the rest of the world just gives that much more credence to Marx.

No, it doesn't make me think anything is going on in Israel, no matter how small the nation is. Other nations are having more problems than Israel, they just don't get media coverage. What do you know of Sierra Leone? Do you care? Does the media? It's not important to us, so we don't care. Israel is, so we do. Israel's problem is that three different religions claim they solely own it, particularly Jerusalem. None of these religions can share, nor can they acknowledge that the other religions in the region are just as valid. Of course, we're not even getting into the true reason for the conflict. Land. It's finite and everyone wants it without having to share it with someone of a different religion.

Answer 3

The Israelis are having problems with the rest of the world because they are Europeans who decided to start a new country where Arabs already lived.

The Palestinians are pissed off because they were already there, and while it's easy for us to say the other Arab countries should just absorb them, Western countries likewise turned away the Jews when Hitler was willing to let them leave because it was during the Great Depression. The economy of most Arab countries are worse than ours was in the 1930s.

As far as the stuff about the Bible, I would be impressed if it said the moon was going to explode on Tuesday or all the ducks in the world would die on Thursday, but this is not a supernatural event. This conflict is the result of people acting on the basis of their religious beliefs, and it is no more miraculous than a Muslim saying that no non-Muslims have been to Mecca. They haven't been because Muslims don't allow them there.

Israel exists now and since it has nukes, it can probably find a way to live in peace with its neighbors since it would unwise for anyone to try to invade them. They have continuing problems because they are trying to force the Palestinians out of the occupied territories, primarily for secular reasons, the way we did with the Indians, but the Bible actually makes things worse since some of the Israeli settlers think of Palestinians as the Canaanites in the Bible god told the Israelites to exterminate when they took possession of the land.


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Deuteronomy 20:16-18

However, in the cities of the nations the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance, do not leave alive anything that breathes. Completely destroy [a] them—the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites—as the LORD your God has commanded you. Otherwise, they will teach you to follow all the detestable things they do in worshiping their gods, and you will sin against the LORD your God.

1 Samuel 15:2-3

This is what the LORD Almighty says: 'I will punish the Amalekites for what they did to Israel when they waylaid them as they came up from Egypt. Now go, attack the Amalekites and totally destroy [a] everything that belongs to them. Do not spare them; put to death men and women, children and infants, cattle and sheep, camels and donkeys.' "

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I don't think genocide is admirable, regardless of who the perpetrators and victims are.

It was wrong when Turkish Muslims did it to Armenian Christians, wrong when Germans did it to Jews, wrong when we did it to Indians, and wrong when Jews do it to non-Jews, whether in biblical times or now.

If a religious leader today said god told him to exterminate a whole race of people to take possession of their land, we would rightly lock him up as a mental patient, and at the very least keep a close eye on all his followers.

Somehow, adding a couple of thousand years to the crime makes it deeply spiritual and okay.

Answer 4

Tibet is also a small nation with Internationally recognised problems too. But Tibetans don't need a Communist army to validate its spiritual beliefs.

As for the Bible... Israel's problems spring from poltical history, it doesn't validate the Bible. WOnderful Christians who make bright the life of others, bring hope to those in Despair and give dignity to the dying homeless... such Christians validate the beauty and power of the bible to be able to liberate people... Mother Teresa was just One of the many people who Lived a life that validated the teachings of the Bible.

Answer 5

I believe that Israel is the closest thing to a working model of democracy in the Middle East. I believe, because of that, the USA LOVES Israel as a beacon of hope/shinging example of what the other nations there should be doing. However, I believe the Israelis know, because of this, we "got there back" and thus their foreign policy comes across as the barking dog in the neighborhood that everyone on the block wants to see silenced one way or another and part of the animosity the Middle East feels towards us is because we are holding the leash to the annoying barking dog.

Answer 6

First of all I would examine my reasons for not being attracted to her. Is it really because of the "family" thing, or is it that you are just not attracted to her and you use that as an excuse? If it's the former, she is right: you are NOT related! But, if it is the latter (and I think that is really your problem with her), then I think that you just need to be honest with her--tell her that she is not your cup of tea. I know this is difficult, especially if you see her often, and especially around family. But you have to know that if you did develop a relationship it would not be immoral. The "I'm not interested" part of your answer is the part you have to try to get her to understand. How do you let other women know you're not interested in them? Be nice, but be firm. Tell her that even if she was not your "cousin" you would not care to date her. If she still bugs you, maybe you just need to stay out of her way, or have another family member speak to her for you.

Answer 7

Israel has, technically, nothing to do with the Bible or Religion. Only 7-10 seats in their Kinesett are Jewish, the rest are secular.

Many Israelli's buy bread, clandestinely on Friday night from Arabs.

Many Israelli's enjoy a Big Mac with a Chocolate Shake.

Answer 8

The reason that Israel has so many problems is because they went to war over the land in the 1940's and won. Now the people that lost their land think that Israel shouldn't exist anymore. They also want their land back. That's what it's really over.

Answer 9

The reinstatement of Israel as a nation after a thousand years , is one of the most significant prophecy in the Bible. A living proof that the Bible is indeed the word of God.

Answer 10

Ummmm..... no.

There are some religious scholars who are of the belief that the lands promised to Abraham are not where modern day Israel is, but more likely to be in Saudi Arabia based on geographical descriptions in the bible. I can't remember the name of the books but I will get them once I get home.

Answer 11

Candice, while there are others who blindly jump on the "religion" band wagon to disagree with you, they forget that there is secular history as well that enters into the arena. The Bible doesn't always deal with "religion" although it is about the relationship of man to God, and the desires of God for mankind. I believe that people need to separate religion from history as is appropriate.
While the Bible outlines problems that Israel will have, not just with the world, but with it's neighbors as well, one needs to realize that Israel is not as "religious" a country as many might like to think that it is. The people of Israel are, however, God's chosen, and He will continue to deal with them as He see fit to do. That process is stated in the Bible and can be followed if one wishes to do so. "Religion" is not the problem of man, it is man that has a problem with "religion", and how man believes that such issues that man originates should be addressed. Many of the wars of man that man said were for God were never ordered by God to begin with. Man does silly things, and tries to justify it by putting a "God" label on it. In many of the things done in the name of God by Christians had been researched carefully to begin with, and properly prayed about, they would never have happened to begin with.
The issues that Israel is having are in part demonstrating the validity of the Bible, at least in respect to end time prophecy. Some of those issues, such as the Palestinians, are because of unwise decisions made by certain peoples, such as the Palestinians, about 60 years ago, and they have not the honesty to admit that they brought it upon themselves.