Monday, March 22, 2004

Re Israel's assassination of Sheik Yassin: Terrorists be warned, Israel is now playing hardball. For three years now you have indescriminately killed innocents, flouting your power and showering terror. For three years Israel restrained itself, leaving your leaders alone, going after only the pundits, meting out punishment but not retribution. Those days are over.
No longer will Israel show you any level of mercy, or compassion. You will not be safe anywhere, and you will know the meaning of terror. For 56 years, the olive branch extended to you has been met with the sword. Now you will fear the sword that is extended to meet yours.
Israel is coming for you. God have mercy on your filthy souls.

Monday, March 15, 2004

Gee I haven't posted in quite a while...anyway, here's a thought: What makes any religious myth more legitimate than another? Why do Christians believe in the story of Jesus' resurrection more than the story of Muhammed's ascension? Why do Muslims believe in the story of Muhammed's ascension more than they believe in the story of Jesus' resurrection? Why don't Jews believe either? What makes one more compelling than the other? Suddenly, belief in any of them seems foolish, because at some point they become mutually exclusive, and there's no way to show one is any more true than another. Both are the source of both incredible and terrible things in this world, so how can we evaluate them?
Just a thought.