IDF says viral photo of Israeli soldier smashing Jesus statue is real
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USA support
Wait, didn't those have US support at some point too?
That’s what distinguishes them now.
Isis and the Taliban were created by the US too. Although admittedly, the support soon dwindled.
USA does drop their partners whenever convenient. The Kurdish in Iran didn't fight when Trump asked them for exactly that reason. Israel does have a really long streak going compared to most.
IDF has probably killed way more children.
Also waaaaaay more rapey. Which is a pretty high bar to rape over tbh.
Pretty much yeah.
Better funded.
How dare you be so antisemitic as to compare the master race to untermenchem! You will be exterminated! Rape rape murder rape! Exterminate! Exterminate!
Different flag
Holocaust
No slave trade for starters.
The IDF is friendly to Kurds and Druze.
You're free to travel to Israel and ISIS controlled parts of Syria and find out :)
North Korea is also welcoming to tourists. That doesn't make it a nice place.
SO friendly to tourists, Lemmy.ml users voted it no.1 best tourism spot
btw you didn't say anything regarding ISIS controlled territory, what is their tourism policy like? free beheading on arrival?
Indeed, admittedly Westerners are free to visit Israel as they see fit and get spat on and kicked by the Orthodox Judaists as much as they want, in excess even.
Lots of people aren't free to travel to Israel, millions of them in fact. You sure they will have a "good" experience when they try?
Are you someone who cannot go to Israel or are you attempting to be a white saviour ?
Why would I want to go to Israel so a bunch of people will spit at me?
The original question was the difference between Israel and ISIS.............. please visit ISIS and let me know how you get on
Unlike Israelis, I've actually lived in a Muslim country, and I was perfectly fine. The only time I saw firearms was when I was at the airport arriving/leaving the country, when I ran into a Bedouin whilst in the desert, and when I saw a member of the royal family travelling and his guards had firearms.
I had zero issues living in a Muslim country for 2 years! Now, tell me. Do Christians and Muslims get treated fairly in Israel?
You think someone like me would get along fine in ISIS controlled Syria? How dumb do you think I am?
The moment I say Islam is a backwards piece of shit religion started by a violent paedophile named Muhammad my head will be rolling down a hill
Who cares? Israeli occupiers torture and kill actual real human beings every day.
Those are just Muslims, who Christian evangelicals don't care about. But they sure care about their idolatry!
They've been killing Palestinian and Lebanese Christians too. The idol is just more important to them than the Christians with the wrong complexion.
And American Christian/Nationalist evangelicals do not give one single fuck because their death cult demands that Israel be where its is and be doing what it is doing to bring about the return of Jesus so the righteous can rise into heavens and God's kingdom on Earth reign for 1000 years or some bullshit to that effect. But never mind that in the Bible it clearly states that this can not be forced and will only happen on God's time schedule.
Has someone tried telling them they're not righteous?
I have tried all my life. When you point out how it is morally wrong or that their position is against the teachings of the very Bible they claim as infallible they either look at you like you are alien or they drag their illiterate preacher over to you to help bring you back to God's path. I was raised Southern Baptist.
Scripture never stopped American Christians before and it won't start now!
They'd have to read the book they worship to know that.
I think that like in typical sect, early Christians believed the end of times is a matter of years. They were basically told "join our sect because the world is about to end and this is the only way to be saved". The message was that world will end before last of the disciples dies. Then it changed into "before everyone who was alive when Christ lived will die" which was more vague so the timeline wasn't as clear. Then it changed into "no one really knows when it will happen". Modern sects use the exact same trick.
Jesus told His apostles that they would be alive to see His triumphant return.
They all died, confused and bewildered.
(or perhaps they are still walking the earth to this very day, revenant Highlander apostles are always a possibility)
Meanwhile grifters have been predicting the exact date and time (and making money off those predictions) for centuries.
As I said, they keep using the same trick. "Now the world is REALLY about to end. Quick! Join my sect!". Jehovah's Witnesses predicted the end of times multiple times. They claimed that only 144,000 people can go to heaven because at the beginning it looked like a number of members they will never achieve. Once they had 144,000 they had to invent some other story about second class in heaven with more places or something.
They're one of so many who pull the same scam.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_dates_predicted_for_apocalyptic_events
They claimed 144,000 because that's the number of "true believers" described in the Bible in Revelation who are rewarded with Heaven.
https://www.biblestudytools.com/bible-study/topical-studies/who-are-the-144000-in-revelation-14-bible-meaning-and-verses.html
“Hamanda acka acka racka deda backa sanda acka ambo osa cacka reeté eké banda acka riki dibi asha daaah”
Is she playing the Name Game while speaking tongues? Next they'll be handling snakes.
Christian Americans should watch videos of Israeli children and adults spitting on and attacking Christian women just walking through the street.
Given what else they are doing, this is not newsworthy
It's a good picture. Sure they've been destroying Christian churches, some of the first Christian churches ever, for decades now, but a good picture is what really sells things.
Unfortunately much of Trump's base cares more about their religious idols than they do about people, so this kind of news might actually make a difference for once.
Not to us, we dont care, but if christian zionists were more christian than zionist, theyd be losing their shit.
The jaywalking of war crimes.
Yeah idgaf about this one, but their cucks should be losing their shit over it.
"The IDF views the incident with great severity and emphasizes that the soldier's conduct is wholly inconsistent with the values expected of its troops."
So smashing the head of a statue of a Palestinian man is bad, but smashing the heads of real Palestinian people is a-ok?
Jew on Jew violence.
Smash a Palestinian child's head open, get promoted.
Smash a Jesus statue head open....well, don't go home.
That's some biblical shit
Thanks for providing scripture. This soldier might actually follow that.
They put him on the cross they take him from the cross, these guys can't decide
Fuckin a to hear Jake tapper yesterday, like, uh he said an entire civilization will be gone, isn't that genocide? And then just getting hammered with bullshit, and he was not there for it
Sometimes you gotta genocide to prevent genocide.
— Israel, since 1948
Jesus and Christians are definitely anti-semitic.
He's probably jewish
They are showing us how to treat other peoples' religion.
The dumbfuck Christian Nationalists, every single one on the planet, think the hard core lunatic Jews are on their side. BS, they are squeezing out the remaining Christians in Israel too.
What?
If christians were as idol-centric as muslims, that might really enrage some people.
And if I draw a picture of the calf, will I be murdered?
No, but say something derogatory about the calf and I bet out comes the swords.
The calf sucks. It's a really bad calf, not good at all.
Have you met Catholicism