You are welcome for the compliment...but really you are the one that has received the blessing from your father.

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Sorry, but I must blame the leaders of Christendom who laid the groundwork during the Dark Ages for European gentiles to fear and hate Jews.


From what I learned, the Dark Ages were exactly that--dark..their enlightenment wasn't very much. Look at Galileo, he commited heresy because the Earth was not the center of the universe. And the Spanish Inquestion. The Christian Crusades. AND the American Indians, the Maya's. etc.

ALL in the name of Religion. To pilage, to conquer...in the name of religion.

And the Arab countries...were conquered in the name of religion.

NOT just the dark ages..but throughout history, people have USED their religion to make war. Look at Jersalam..It has 3 religions there..Christian, Muslim, Jewish. Last report I heard, is that they still have terrorists issues, they still have bombings and shootings.

War of religions isn't just limited to CHRISTIAN vs. JEW...it is everywhere. South Africa...It may have started out as Christians going to Save the South Africans, but now it is about power. The blacks, or the whites.

Back to The Roman empire, and the pursecutions of the Christians.....Christian vs. LION come see!!! Pagans vs. Christians. Atheists vs. Christians.

SO--now we get to the heart of hearts! THAT IS THE BOTTOM LINE...THAT YOU BLAME! That explains your posts, your attitude in your posts...your stories..CRYSTALIZES very clear now.

However, JR, and I say this with great sincerity...EVERY religion is NOT blameless IF we go thru history. PEOPLE are not blameless throughout history. We can blame the Christians for the persicutions of the American Indian. We can blame the MOORS...we can blame the GERMANS, we can blame the Japanese...We can blame the Muslims. We can blame the JEWS...We can blame white people. We can blame the atheists. We can blame black people. We can blame Gay people. We can blame the Avon lady. We can blame our parents. We can blame men. We can blame women. We can blame our children.

BUT!!!!!!!!!! to what end? What purpose does it serve? I use to really blame a lot of people in my life. And it consumed me..and I was filled with rage, and resentment, and hatred.

the crazy thing was, no matter who I blamed, I was stressed. My serenity level was zilch. I was unhappy. I HAD ISSUES! Being a survivor of domestic violence...boy did I have issues with my ex husband.

What I learned, was that blaming only hurts myself. It damages me. The people that commited the offense to me, they didn't care how much I hated them. THEY LIKED IT. They were glad I was upset and traumatized.

So, I forgave them all. And let it go. I felt relieved that a million rocks left my shoulders. I could take deep breaths, I could make it thru the day without crying or yelling.

Then I had my near death experience. If ever in my life I doubted that there was a God...THAT moment sealed my decision to believe that there was.

During my recovery, I realized that you know, I have so many things to be thankful for. And I realized HOW MANY DAYS, how much time I had wasted NOT ENJOYING the days on this planet.

JR, you have so many things to be thankful for. but yet you waste brainspace, blaming a history, that happened long before you were born.

Be happy, that you have never had the experience of seeing your dead child...we don't have that pleasure. Be happy that you didn't have to go thru an awful divorce, and subject your children to the horror of pain.

Be glad you are alive...and have a family that loves you, and that you love dearly, and that they are here with you on this planet....

by blaming, the only person you hurt is yourself.....because it robs us of OUR HAPPINESS that God intends us to have.