[TheRealThing]

Wouldn't it be true to say the same thing of the Israelites who fail to do as you suggest?

Suggesting that politics can guide exposition is absurd.

I shouldn't have answered you in the first place, because you either can't or won't stay on topic and the conversation did not have the first thing to do with the fight between Jews and Arabs. And no I won't hold on. Think or say whatever you want about my faith since it is you who will answer for having done so. Israel was a theocracy, the US was founded on Christian principles. In both cases God expected/expects his own to behave as men who walk in the light. It is ridiculous in my view, to try and separate governance from morality. The founders didn't attempt to do that, and I don't buy for the first second that God would expect us to do that. In fact, those who argue continually for that separation have a very real problem if you ask me.

I believe Mr Obama gave money to those for whom he has sympathy, while he has shown nothing but contempt for Israel. Actions speak louder than words. God loves Palestinians, but Palestinians worship another god while they deny the God of Israel. That's why they've been at war with them in one way or another since the dawn of time. Ishmael was Hagar's son and God made it clear to Abram that this child was not the one promised. The only promise God made to Hagar was to say that she would have a son and that his seed would multiply greatly. God did in no way approve of this, as Sarah immediately realized she'd done wrong in talking Abram into going in to Hagar. But he was to be a wild man, and his descendants are largely wild men. Hence the 10,000 rockets fired into Israel in 2014 and the ongoing willingness to become human bombs. What promise did you think God made to Hagar?