Doubt that you know that much about your enemies

  This story about the persecution of Yazidis is a little bit more interesting than your typical article about one group killing members of another group over land or religion.
   In this case the one doing the killing is doing it for what they think the other side thinks.
 While I can grant someone that there are reasons for misunderstanding, ( after half a dozen websites glanced through I cannot figure out if it is Yazidi or Yazidis) to act on such a misunderstanding for a few hundred years seems to be bad form.
 The point that is being misunderstood is ISIS thinks that Yazidis worship the devil. If the character in question is the devil we will leave for a moment. The character has a name , Melek Taus and in the creation story that the Yazidis ( or is Yazidi the plural?) believe he was an angel that was thrown in a hell type place not over pride but because he only loved god and wouldn't bow to man. But this story is older than the creation story that involves a snake that was sometimes called Satan. In the Yazidis story this particular angel was able to redeem himself like most religions command, encourage, or point to.
  So he is not the devil, they don't worship him and they are getting killed for worshipping the devil.

   just think what a little bit of doubt could do.

Is There Proof That God Exists?

"That said, multiple arguments have been advanced as evidence of God’s existence.5 None of them will represent convincing proof to every skeptic. However, when taken together, they merit careful reflection. "







all that sounds quite a bit like the folks on social media that post some quote or statement that says oh... "The school shooting was government plot" and then say "makes ya wonder"


Is There Proof That God Exists?

I doubt that the same way of looking at the Gaza Strip is a good idea

I am not sure that I can put together any helpful thoughts on this situation. I am fairly sure I am not qualified to do so. The fact that I would question what Israel is doing would prove to many that I am ignorant of the fact that God has a plan for the middle east.

   That is the part that bothers me. Folks have decided, or accept that it is decided for them that there is a divine plan for the land and part of that plan is that the world will end based on things that go on in that land.

 Well until the world ends I hope we can find a way to help human beings live better and peacefully in whatever part of the globe they live in.

  Here is somebody's thoughts on this that is more articulate than I.



Brian Eno on the Israel-Gaza crisis: How can you justify images such as this? - Comment - Voices - The Independent