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Old 10-30-05, 12:28 PM   #8
Abraham
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Default Israel... Why them???

I think your posting is off topic, Col7777.
Israel can claim rights of first possession of Palestina/Judea & Samaria or whatever you call it.
Israel can claim that the country was promised by God, but it does not do that.
As far as international law is concerned it is important that Israel was established in a period of 30 years according to contemporary procedures and with final confirmation of the United Nations. There can not be more doubt about the 'legality' of Israel then about the legal existence of East Timor, Jordan, my own country or any other nation.

The second part of your remark concerns the accuracy of the Scriptures. In general it can be said that the New Testament scriptures are written within a short period after Jezus was on earth, a period of 10 to 60 years. It is difficult to establish how accurate the message was passed by word of mouth, but in those days people realised the importance of messages and usually did their utmost to give an accurate description of the story.
The Old Testament has been passed by word of mouth in an extremely accurate way. That has been scientifically established by comparing relatively new texts with archeological findings. There were minimal if any discrepancies.
You certainly can't compare 'Chinese whispers' to Holy Scriptures or historic sources in general.

But again, this has nothing to do with the topic, which is the question why Israel should be whiped of the earth.
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