Conflict In The Middle East

[mnichols7]

I have had my faith in my God shaken to the point of beginning to think that there is no God and that this life is all there is.  That the good will not be rewarded and that the evil will not be punish.  We have our Heaven and Hell here on Earth.  When we die, we are gone.  We returned to the dust and maybe if we are lucky we will be consumed by some plant as fertilizer and maybe have another existence in that manner.  So distressing to think like that.

What changed my mind?  Nothing big.  Only playing with a spirit board years ago as a young adult, I was a disbeliever in the spirit world and so when I was challenge to give it a try, I said. â€ËÅ"why not?’ and this board began answering my questions that only I knew the answers too, I was stunned beyond reality.  Something was controlling the piece and I knew it was not me.

To believe in God, I had to first believe in the Devil.

[Techdomain]

To believe in God, I had to first believe in the Devil.

Thats a good point... My mum always said to me that to not believe in God takes just as much faith as believing - if not more.

and Crip - yes, war is hell.

I certainly have no fear of being drafted - after all, its hard to get drafted to something you are already in!

[mnichols7]

Where are you?

[Crip]

Oh man..
There dropping 500 pound bombs now killing innocent children..The UN needs to ask for a cease fire now.

[gerrymo]

Oh man..
There dropping 500 pound bombs now killing innocent children..The UN needs to ask for a cease fire now.

What would be the point if the US and UK refuse to sign the mandate? It was on the news earlier that the US supports what the Israelis are doing, and even assisting in some way with munitions supplies.

[Crip]

So true gerrymo,
it's bad man, really bad.. I can't even watch it on TV no more, kinda makes me ill ..

[carnage]

War is just a big bog up no matter which on it is, war is the powerful playing soldiers in there rooms like little kids..
shame we cant just all get along

[Techdomain]

soldiers just do as they are told, and try to do the best job that they can in an ugly mess. most soldiers do not and would not kill innocents, any more then any civillian would. having said that, you are using weapons that are fairly destructive, and weapons that are driven by the inaccuracies of a human - so there are going to be problems.

Ideally though, you wouldnt be there to start with, and we would all be smiling and happy... imagine (sound like john lennon now) if the money that was spent on defence was instead spent on health, education, crime and welfare... wouldnt life be pretty grand then

[carnage]

im guessing in the end it is all down the to equipment provided, countries like isreal definatly dont spend like usa on techno weapons and probably dont even use the same tech.. that probably why these stray bombs are hitting innocents, just watching the news 400 people out of jobs because a rocket hit a bottle factory..... that sucks and wrecks the economy off the surrounding area :\

[Techdomain]

actually, I think you would find that isreal is one of the most advanced on earth - they are under constant threat, well supplied (both by thier own industry and the US) and they are not afraid to modify something if it will suit them better that way (eg their humvee's, their merkerva tank)

They are often scared, and often attacked. I imagine that if I or my country were in a similar position, our response would be the same, if not worse.