Anthonyve; that's a lazy response; what "book of unknown origins, full of physical impossibilities and contradictions, assembled by people who thought slavery was acceptable" are you talking about? The IPCC AGW reports?

stevenmeyer,

"But here is a test case." A rather small sample, Steven.


<"Anthonyve stated that the nutritional deficiencies among Palestinian children is a "direct result of Israeli border control policies.">

I'd categorise WHO as an independent authority, so-
If you think that the statement has been refuted, you're entitled, in principle, to demand that he retracts the statement, or presents reliable data that contradicts the WHO, I'll let you two argue the point.

Yes, the Palestinians in Gaza are "represented" by Hamas who appear to be completely callous bastards, so what implications does that have for the justice of the Palestinian cause? Does it invalidate it?

Is the expansion of the settlements on Palestinian land immoral? Do you think that the former terrorists Begin and Shamir were honourable? What implications does that have for Israel and its cause.

Cohenite, in this case, I was referring specifically to the Torah.
However, I would apply the description to most religious texts.
There you go with the "lazy mind" comment again.
Even if it were true, which it is not, I would rather have a lazy mind than a brainwashed one; especially one that has been brainwashed by easily disprovable myths.
Anthony
http://www.observationpoint.com.au

"Even if it were true, which it is not, I would rather have a lazy mind than a brainwashed one; especially one that has been brainwashed by easily disprovable myths."

I agree, the IPCC reports are some of the most easily disproved myths going around.

I don't know anything about the Torah and care less.

Cherry picking history is a favored ploy of Israel's apologists. Hamas is a case in point. Hamas was created with the active support of Israel who saw it as a counterweight to the secular nationalist aspirations of the PLO. Divide and rule is a well-established ploy of colonial regimes everywhere. You may not like it Cohenite , Steven Meyer and your ilk but that is the historical reality. It has been openly discussed by such historians as Zeev Sternell of Hebrew University, the former US ambassador to Israel Daniel Kurtzer and (Jewish) blogger Justin Raimondo. The latter wrote a very intel resting article entitled Hamas - Son of Israel. Google antiwar.com for the article.
As ye sow so shall he reap and all that.

The same dance steps from Mr Singer yet again.

He continues with his vile slander and to debase the term 'Jew-hater' which as I have said utterly disrespects its legacy.

The Israeli-Palestinian conflict becomes the Jewish-Arab one.

He shamelessly takes a quote out of context. When Abbas made his statement about “If there is an independent Palestinian state with Jerusalem as its capital, we won’t agree to the presence of one Israeli in it” he was responding to “unconfirmed reports suggesting that the PA leadership might agree to the presence of the IDF in the West Bank after the establishment of a Palestinian state.”
http://www.jpost.com/MiddleEast/Article.aspx?id=200935

He then poses the surreal question “How will the UN General Assembly Resolution help resolve the conflict by telling 600000 Jews they have to pack up and get out of their homes where they have lived for up to 40 years?“. The real question is how did the Israeli government think it was helping to resolve the conflict by allowing 600,000 of its citizens illegally settle in occupied territory in direct violation of the Geneva Convention? Further how does it think announcing another 3000 illegal homes east of Jerusalem help future negotiations? One can only surmise that the Israeli government and Mr Singer “want to exacerbate the conflict - not resolve it.”

However he is marginally better than his new acolyte and fellow lawyer cohenite. Cohenite is rather new to the Israeli-Palestine debate as some of his initial contributions have revealed but he is now slipping into his familiar role of sycophantic troll delivering sound bites. However as yet he hasn't been able to entirely park his anti-AGW shtick.

But then I might just be 'stupid' with a 'lazy mind'.