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Jewish History, Jewish Religion: The Weight of Three Thousand Years

by Israel Shahak

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Aug 20, 2014 11:32AM

“Until one nation ceases its attempts to dominate another, there will never be true freedom. Until one religion relinquishes its quest to prove its god superior to that of another, there shall never be world peace. We will never truly prosper or experience lasting harmony, until we refrain from preaching the gospel of our own moral values and our personal preferences by forcing it upon others.”
― Anthon St. Maarten, Divine Living: The Essential Guide To Your True Destiny

tags: bigotry, coercion, controlling, diversity, extremism, freedom, harmony, morality, peace-on-earth, political-domination, politics, power, prejudice, prosperity, religious-freedom, religious-tolerance

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“Love is our most unifying and empowering common spiritual denominator. The more we ignore its potential to bring greater balance and deeper meaning to human existence, the more likely we are to continue to define history as one long inglorious record of man’s inhumanity to man.”
― Aberjhani, Journey through the Power of the Rainbow: Quotations from a Life Made Out of Poetry

“London is one of the world's centres of Arab journalism and political activism. The failure of left and right, the establishment and its opposition, to mount principled arguments against clerical reaction has had global ramifications. Ideas minted in Britain – the notion that it is bigoted to oppose bigotry; 'Islamophobic' to oppose clerics whose first desire is to oppress Muslims – swirl out through the press and the net to lands where they can do real harm.”
― Nick Cohen

tags: activism, arabs, bigotry, britain, islam, islamism, islamophobia, journalism, leftism, london, oppression, politics, reactionary, religion, religious-fundamentalism, right-wing-politics, theocracy, united-kingdom

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“Unless today is well lived, tomorrow is not important.”
― Alan Sakowitz, Miles Away... Worlds Apart

tags: business-ethics, character, community, family, financial-thriller, inspirational, integrity, leadership, personal-responsibility, true-crime

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“It is depressing to have to point out, yet again, that there is a distinction between having the legal right to say something & having the moral right not to be held accountable for what you say. Being asked to apologise for saying something unconscionable is not the same as being stripped of the legal right to say it. It’s really not very f-cking complicated. Cry “free speech” in such contexts, you are demanding the right to speak any bilge you wish without apology or fear of comeback. You are demanding not legal rights but an end to debate about and criticism of what you say. When did bigotry get so needy?”
― China Miéville

tags: accountability, bigotry, freedom-of-speech, whining

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