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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

Okay, the thread is about terrorism. I understand that a lot of today's news on that subject is tied to certain religious beliefs. That does not mean we get to turn it into a discussion on the existence of God, or anything like that. Not that what I'm seeing now is in any way a "discussion".

Please end it here.

Well considering that the Ark of the Covenant was created by God to instill terror early on while housing stone tablets and supplanting a golden-calf (and killed a lot of Non-Levite Jews and Philistines...and terrorist Roman Catholic wops at Adowa-1898...used as a 'counter terrorist weapon in this case) I will concede there is no god but merely an advanced case of "third man syndrome" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_Man_factor

often experienced by mountain climbers: (i) Matthew 4 :1-11: "Again, the devil took him(Jesus) to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their splendor." (ii) Exodus 24: 15: "Then Moses went up to the mountain, and the cloud covered the mountain. The glory of the LORD rested on Mount Sinai, 7,490 ft, and the cloud covered it for six days; and on the seventh day He called to Moses from the midst of the cloud.…" (iii)"According to Islam, Muhammad's first revelation was the event in which Muhammad was visited by the archangel Gabriel (hey!!one of our guys too!) who revealed to him a verse from the Quran. The event took place in a cave called Hira, 890 ft, located on the mountain called Jabal an-Nour, near Mecca." God, or whoever employs Gabriel...and/or the devil, knew Mohammed kept "a tight schedule" and a slow camel, occasionally the "mountain would come to Mohammed." These guys (the big three) talked directly to god actually; a rarity where the air was ....thin!???? Park City, Utah is at 7,000 feet... considerably "up there" and I'm a true believer BBY!