By Moses
Once there was Adam. He begot sons Cain, Abel, and Seth. Descendants of Seth included Noah. Noah was summoned by the Lord to build an arc housing one male and one female of each animal. There was a huge flood to come.
Noah had three sons; Shem, Japheth and Ham.
Shem’s direct descendants included Abrahm.
Abrahm married Sarai. Sarai could not pro-create. Sarai gave Abrahm a concubine, Hagar, and she bore his child Ishmael. Through the act of circumcision at Mount Moriah - the Dome on the Rock in Jerusalem, monotheism began. Abrahm became Abraham through this Rite of Passage. Ishmael was blessed to be the father of the Bedouin people (Father of the Arab to some).
Sarai eventually bore a child for Abraham and the child was named Isaac. Through this rite of passage she became Sarah.
Abraham was ordered by the Lord to sacrifice Isaac to test his will. The Lord shared mercy with Abraham, and Isaac was spared (again at Mount Moriah).
Isaac begot Jacob and Esau (Israel and Seir).
Blessed by the Lord, Jacob had twelve sons, and each son was given title as a son of Israel. Reuban, Simean, Issachar, Judah, Levi, Nephtali, Joseph, Gad, Dan, Benjamin, Kohath, and Asher.
In our modern day, there is constant fighting between the Judaic and Arabic worlds. Once one recognizes that our brother had the same mother, we can develop relations in a positive light. Had our beliefs differed over time, hopefully they will once again unite.
Abraham was a friend to Mohammed, Mohammed was a friend to Abraham.
The specific point we’re joined in space and time on the earth’s surface is at Mount Moriah.
Arabic/Judaic culture has been discriminated against since the time of Abraham.
In the past, there have been numbers of occasions where gross acts of violence were committed against us.
1) The Spanish Inquisition
2) The Holocaust
3) Bosnia
4) KKK
In today’s age, there are constant reminders that ‘Anti Semitism’ exists. Temples, Churches and Mosques are desecrated with regularity. We are also accused of being terrorists. These reminders are vivid.
There are several stereotypes associated with someone that is of Arabic/Judaic denomination:
1) We’re considered to be two distinct people. The fact is that we both consider ourselves to be descendants of Shem.
2) An ‘Arab’ is a terrorist
3) A ‘Jew’ is greedy
4) ‘Arabs’ are at war with Israel and America (only a small minority are)
5) An ‘Arab’ is Muslim
6) ‘Jews’ control ‘Hollywood’ and the media of the western world
7) ‘Jews’ are at war with the ‘Arab’ world (sovereignty is the issue here)
8) A ‘Jew’ is as much a terrorist as an ‘Arab’
9) An ‘Arab’ is in favor of a ‘Holy War’ (Jihad) against anyone outside his/her ways
10) ‘Arabs’ control oil prices
----------- THIS IS ALL UNTRUE ------------
In fact, anti-Semitism runs so deep, that in 1995 Germany diagnosed ‘Mad Cow’ disease as Jacob’s Plague. In other words, it’s those Jews and Arabs that are the reason for the disease.
In actual fact ‘Mad Cow’ disease was the result of Farmers injecting their Cattle with Steroids to produce more Milk and to build their Cows bigger and stronger.
Rabba
Rabba means teacher (Moriah). Traditionally, Rabba (Rabbi’s, Ministers, Priests, Clerics) are paid by donations made by their sect (congregation).
In modern day Western World civilizations, teachers earn a modest salary. Would you take a job and have a conscience? Or would you take a job and carry no morals and values that were instilled into you when you were young.
Teachings of Arabic/Judaic culture (Aboriginal, Christian, Hebrew, Rastafarian, Islam, Hindu – Sunni and Sikkh included, and Catholic) encompass roughly 4.4 Billion of the 6 Billion people on the Earth. This is why, in Canada, Disability Pensioners (with respect to Mental Health Issues) are supported by the Government. It’s a form of legalizing Rabba (free thinkers to some).
Here’s one major dilemma. In waking up, looking forward to the Football/Hockey Game, or new movie/T.V show, at what cost will we go to get what we want? What will we do to get what we want? Once our needs are met, why do people always want more and more, and, what do we make of people that would kill for their wants?
In this Country, your thoughts/speech do not get you beaten or jailed. Before Mandela was freed it did happen in South Africa. Nelson Mandela and Stephen Biko were both sentenced for life on the issue of Freedom of Thought/Speech. They were imprisoned for their beliefs as both were outspoken against Apartheid.
Friday, December 12, 2008
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Moses - i liked this - i've only read it briefly, to find the blog. I'll definitely return to it, and read it thoroughly. My beliefs are not monotheistic - but, I've always thought that, if you study religion from a scholarly POV, monotheism, that is - isn't each prophet sent to replace the one before - due to the writings being corrupted over the years? Thanks for pointing out your blog, and I'll spend more time on both your article(s) and the blog. Shirley
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