Meh. Blech. Yawn. Scroll. Time to waste my breath - I was having a conversation with a nice guy earlier, I think he just happened to be Muslim, and we were talking about the ridiculousness of people getting offended by the term "Merry Christmas".
I lived in a bunch of Arab Muslim countries, and went to my friends for giant yummy Iftars during Ramadan and my Hindu friends went too...and it was lovely, lovely, lovely. And we'd talk about Israel and the world and how there are injustices everywhere...but with no ill wishes on the people of Israel - because we all knew good Israelis and were smart enough to know a gov't isn't its people (except, when in your case, it clearly is)...and we could talk freely about our Gods and beliefs and disagree and still be friends.
But you know what I found - that the really religious ones with brains - the ones who may have been born into their faiths, but embraced their personal relationships with whatever God they worshiped was...they never once preached. Nope, they were just good ass people who didn't give 1 shit about anything but their personal relationship with their higher power - and living by what those tenants truly were (to them).
So back to that nice convo earlier with the Muslim Steemian - we came to the conclusion that - and this would blow your mind it sounds like - but that religion can be a grounding and amazing thing for individuals when they don't use it as a weapon, and when they respect the beliefs of others.
In no universe - in no parallel damn dimension does Zionism do that. Notice - I distinguish between Zionism and Judaism - because no sir, you're totally wrong. Lots of good Jews who want nothing to do with the history of bulldozing over Palestinians cause some damn mandate from way back said it was 'their' land.
And now, where I probably get disrespectful, cause I don't believe in any God man created - though I do like bits and pieces of many religions and freely draw from them - citing your holy book to justify the slaughter is basically the same as swearing on a book of greek mythology. How the hell religion can be used in this day and age - and the whole world can recognize it as the cornerstone of a country's existence is beyond me...
I can't get behind superiority complexes and entitlement and believing your religion is the only way - and that it should be cast on others (this happens in many places, here I don't single out just Israel..)
In the words of my two-faced lying orange haired president: "Sad"
PS. ANTI ZION DOES NOT = ANTI SEMITISM