New Posts For Thread: Btw, it's not the Al Asqa mosque, but the Temple Mounthttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/28946047/Btw,_its_not_the_Al_Asqa_mosque,_but_the_Temple_MountPart of the media bias is to use names that reflect one side and not the other. Long before Islam, King Solomon built the Temple (in Hebrew Beit HaMikdash) on the site where Jacob had his vision of the ladder. Long before Muhammed, Ezra and NehemiahLet's please stay away fro the purely religious stuff here, except in as much as it directly affects the politics of the topic. That means IF someone ants to throw in something religious, do it in a historic way that obviously affected events, and nohttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/28946047/Btw,_its_not_the_Al_Asqa_mosque,_but_the_Temple_Mount?post_id=517248885#517248885Let's please stay away fro the purely religious stuff here, except in as much as it directly affects the politics of the topic. That means IF someone ants to throw in something religious, do it in a historic way that obviously affected events, and noTue, 06 Mar 2012 22:11:07 -0600AminThe Muslim position that Judaism was "bogged down in human corruption" and therefore the "true" religion needed "re-establishment" is not only offensive to Jews it is diminishes the almighty as it states that G-d did not know what he was doing inhttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/28946047/Btw,_its_not_the_Al_Asqa_mosque,_but_the_Temple_Mount?post_id=517248815#517248815AminThe Muslim position that Judaism was "bogged down in human corruption" and therefore the "true" religion needed "re-establishment" is not only offensive to Jews it is diminishes the almighty as it states that G-d did not know what he was doing inTue, 06 Mar 2012 22:06:54 -0600All who post here regularly know that I'm a strong supporter of Israel. Many may remember my hgaving said, on several occasions, that I think Israel made a big mistake in 1967 by not immediately, fomrally and openly annexing ALL the territory it capthttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/28946047/Btw,_its_not_the_Al_Asqa_mosque,_but_the_Temple_Mount?post_id=517245715#517245715All who post here regularly know that I'm a strong supporter of Israel. Many may remember my hgaving said, on several occasions, that I think Israel made a big mistake in 1967 by not immediately, fomrally and openly annexing ALL the territory it captTue, 06 Mar 2012 19:43:28 -0600***Islam revers Jerusalem when it is politically advantageous to do so.***You do keep repeating that, but I simply don't agree, and history is written about wars. That does not mean there was nothing in the intermediate periods and in fact there washttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/28946047/Btw,_its_not_the_Al_Asqa_mosque,_but_the_Temple_Mount?post_id=517244139#517244139***Islam revers Jerusalem when it is politically advantageous to do so.***You do keep repeating that, but I simply don't agree, and history is written about wars. That does not mean there was nothing in the intermediate periods and in fact there wasTue, 06 Mar 2012 18:48:24 -0600Islam revers Jerusalem when it is politically advantageous to do so. History proves that there is no true or continuing regard for the city. The facts of history are hard to ignore.That being said, political realities are also hard to ignore, whichhttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/28946047/Btw,_its_not_the_Al_Asqa_mosque,_but_the_Temple_Mount?post_id=517242381#517242381Islam revers Jerusalem when it is politically advantageous to do so. History proves that there is no true or continuing regard for the city. The facts of history are hard to ignore.That being said, political realities are also hard to ignore, whichTue, 06 Mar 2012 17:51:00 -0600I'm in agreement with Amin here.Judaism supplemented Islam, it can therefore be argued Islam and Judaism have the same roots which span objectively from monotheistic traditions since neolithic times.Judaism is not Islam I agree but both religions revhttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/28946047/Btw,_its_not_the_Al_Asqa_mosque,_but_the_Temple_Mount?post_id=517240017#517240017I'm in agreement with Amin here.Judaism supplemented Islam, it can therefore be argued Islam and Judaism have the same roots which span objectively from monotheistic traditions since neolithic times.Judaism is not Islam I agree but both religions revTue, 06 Mar 2012 16:45:36 -0600I suppose this becomes a matter of opinion to some extent...Though Jinn also are considered to be similar in a number of ways to the demons believed in by Christians...and you also neglect to mention that the Arabs were considered by many and for somhttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/28946047/Btw,_its_not_the_Al_Asqa_mosque,_but_the_Temple_Mount?post_id=517238327#517238327I suppose this becomes a matter of opinion to some extent...Though Jinn also are considered to be similar in a number of ways to the demons believed in by Christians...and you also neglect to mention that the Arabs were considered by many and for somTue, 06 Mar 2012 16:02:09 -0600Have you heard of the Jinn? They are a remnant of the Pagan animism found in Muslim theology. There are others if one would just look. It is neither surprising or notable that there would be. It is what one would expect to find.The Jinn were absorbehttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/28946047/Btw,_its_not_the_Al_Asqa_mosque,_but_the_Temple_Mount?post_id=517238247#517238247Have you heard of the Jinn? They are a remnant of the Pagan animism found in Muslim theology. There are others if one would just look. It is neither surprising or notable that there would be. It is what one would expect to find.The Jinn were absorbeTue, 06 Mar 2012 16:00:22 -0600AminHave you heard of the Jinn? They are a remnant of the Pagan animism found in Muslim theology. There are others if one would just look. It is neither surprising or notable that there would be. It is what one would expect to find. Jerusalem got lihttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/28946047/Btw,_its_not_the_Al_Asqa_mosque,_but_the_Temple_Mount?post_id=517237737#517237737AminHave you heard of the Jinn? They are a remnant of the Pagan animism found in Muslim theology. There are others if one would just look. It is neither surprising or notable that there would be. It is what one would expect to find. Jerusalem got liTue, 06 Mar 2012 15:46:42 -0600That Islam is a graft onto the tree is a bit of a matter of opinion. Christianity incorporates at least as many influences from other local pagan religions, if not more than from Judaism to the point that Jewish and Christian theology is completelyhttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/28946047/Btw,_its_not_the_Al_Asqa_mosque,_but_the_Temple_Mount?post_id=517236967#517236967That Islam is a graft onto the tree is a bit of a matter of opinion. Christianity incorporates at least as many influences from other local pagan religions, if not more than from Judaism to the point that Jewish and Christian theology is completelyTue, 06 Mar 2012 15:28:48 -0600