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Yes, Sen. McCain, America is a Christian nation
By Bradley Burston
Tags: Judaism, Islam, Goldwater 

Republican presidential hopeful John McCain sparked outcries from Jewish organizations this week, after saying in an interview that he would rather see America led by a Christian, and that "the Constitution established the United States of America as a Christian nation."

Asked if a Muslim candidate could be a good president, McCain replied, "I just have to say in all candor that since this nation was founded primarily on Christian principles ... personally, I prefer someone who I know who has a solid grounding in my faith,"

In what was probably intended as a recovery, McCain added in the interview with Beliefnet.com: "But that doesn't mean that I'm sure that someone who is Muslim would not make a good president."
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The video interview, which first appeared on Saturday, stirred strongly negative responses from American Jewish figures.

"Senator McCain's statements were disappointing and disturbing to say the least," wrote Anti-Defamation League National Director Abraham H. Foxman in a letter to McCain.

"We would have thought that a senator as experienced and respected as John McCain would place himself above such divisive appeals to religious intolerance."

Foxman asked McCain to withdraw his "inaccurate and ill-advised" remarks.

The American Jewish Committee was also quick to weigh in. "To argue that America is a Christian nation, or that persons of a particular faith should by reason of their faith not seek high office, puts the very character of our country at stake," said American Jewish Committee general counsel Jeffrey Sinensky.

Hogwash. Every Jewish kid in America who has ever worn a kippah in public, every Muslim who has worn external evidence of his or her devotion to Islam, knows very well that Senator McCain was right. Every public school child who was raised in a home where Jesus was not believed to be God, and who was made to sing "Joy to the world, the Lord is come!" with devotion and feeling, knows just how right McCain was. Every high school football player who began every game hearing an invocation to the Lord Jesus Christ, cannot help but wonder what all the fuss is about.

You don't have to look very far afield for corroboration. Witness McCain's predecessor in the Senate and as a presidential candidate, Barry Morris Goldwater, whose family name was an adaptation of the original Goldwasser. "Although Jewish on his father's side, Mr. Goldwater was raised in the Episcopalian tradition of his mother," the Washington Post wrote in a 1998 obituary.

"Neither my father nor any of our family ever took any part in the Jewish community," Goldwater wrote in an autobiography. We never felt or talked about being half-Jewish since my mother took us to the Episcopal church. It was only on entering the power circles of Washington that I was reminded I was a Jew. I never got used to being singled out in that way. My answer was always the same.

"I'm proud of my ancestors and heritage. I've simply never practiced the Jewish faith or seen myself or our family primarily of the Jewish culture. In the jargon of today's sociologist, we've been assimilated. We're American."

In a reference to Goldwater's run for the presidency, the American Jewish social commentator Harry Golden once observed, "I have always thought that if a Jew ever became President, he would turn out to be an Episcopalian."

It is fair to say that America zealously guards certain separations of church and state. But it also turns a blind blue eye to others.

So deeply ingrained is the concept of a Christian basis for the American nation, that even when McCain actively embarked on damage control during a campaign swing in New Hampshire, his statement, that the most qualified person could be president, no matter his or her religion, landed poorly:

"It's almost Talmudic," McCain said. "We are a nation that was based on Judeo-Christian values. That means respect for all of human rights and dignity. That's my principle values and ideas, and that's what I think motivated our founding fathers."


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  1.   This whole episode makes one vomit 15:55  |  S 02/10/07
  2.   No... 16:25  |  G 02/10/07
  3.   FACTS 16:30  |  Chaval 02/10/07
  4.   America a Christian Nation 16:45  |  John Campo 02/10/07
  5.   Israel=Jewish nation;America=Christian nation. So What? 17:39  |  Doron Katz 02/10/07
  6.   America is NOT a Christian Country ... 17:40  |  Marc 02/10/07
  7.   Give McCain a break 17:44  |  unchosen 02/10/07
  8.   And that is why Barrack "Hussein" Obama will never be president. 17:45  |  Pssd off American 02/10/07
  9.   Hopefully, the US will not be like the once great French nation 17:49  |  truth be told 02/10/07
  10.   AJC Got It Wrong 19:03  |  Petunia 02/10/07
  11.   Spirit of religious liberty 19:28  |  Ethel 02/10/07
  12.   America is a Palestinian Nation But you don`y get it 20:01  |  Bandar Michaels 02/10/07
  13.   America is a Christian Nation 20:13  |  Kevin Battenfield 02/10/07
  14.   Never a christian nation 20:25  |  W 02/10/07
  15.   Who Said It 20:42  |  Curmudgeon 02/10/07
  16.   Bandar Michaels, #12, I challenge you... 20:45  |  Jake 02/10/07
  17.   Saying that th US is not Christian.. 22:27  |  Maimon 02/10/07
  18.   Leave McCain alone 23:06  |  Josh 02/10/07
  19.   Was Jesus Christ really a Jew? 23:15  |  George 02/10/07
  20.   I`d rather see a christian as president than a jew 23:22  |  realist 02/10/07
  21.   America 23:25  |  Rachel 02/10/07
  22.   What is the difference between Sen Mccain and King Abdullah? 23:57  |  Omolll 02/10/07
  23.   Samaritan=a do-gooder? 00:43  |  Ethel 03/10/07
  24.   If you are not sure... 01:36  |  Webster 03/10/07
  25.   #14, W, Guess what?? 01:38  |  Arnold 03/10/07
  26.   Ethel, a Samaritan is a resident of Samaria 02:03  |  George 03/10/07
  27.   Omoll of Dallas Texas, The different between 03:50  |  Cristo 03/10/07
  28.   Samaritan 04:37  |  Ethel 03/10/07
  29.   US = Christian nation 04:57  |  Zvi 03/10/07
  30.   I have also studied other religions 05:06  |  Ethel 03/10/07
  31.   The USA IS and Shall Remain Christian! 05:12  |  Yosemite 03/10/07
  32.   McCain is positioning himself 05:15  |  Jason_M 03/10/07
  33.   Jake # 16 you don`t get it 05:21  |  Bandar Michaels 03/10/07
  34.   McCain and Christianity 05:26  |  Douglas Kazdoy 03/10/07
  35.   What do the historical facts tell us? 05:59  |  Denton 03/10/07
  36.   Mr George, re: Jesus a jew, read Matthew1:1-17,Luke 3:23-38 06:32  |  mary for jews. 03/10/07
  37.   to George #19 - be logical 07:08  |  zeev 03/10/07
  38.   Christian or Jewish nation? 07:19  |  American in Paris 03/10/07
  39.   NOT A PROBLEM TO ME 07:28  |  indrajaya 03/10/07
  40.   A Biblical answer for Mary for Jews 08:01  |  George 03/10/07
  41.   Ethel 08:19  |  George 03/10/07
  42.   can jews find better friends than evangelical christians? 08:52  |  FSG 03/10/07
  43.   #19 more exactly did he ev er exist at all ? 09:16  |  victor hardman 03/10/07
  44.   For Zeev of Beersheba 09:20  |  George 03/10/07
  45.   McCain is right 09:33  |  Palestinian Prince 03/10/07
  46.   The GOP is known for bigotry and ignorance. 09:46  |  Devin Leonard 03/10/07
  47.   barry goldwater and the washingtonpost 10:07  |  harzion 03/10/07
  48.   Indrajaya 10:08  |  Yosemite 03/10/07
  49.   America is a Christian Nation (Post No. 13) 10:14  |  Johnny Weintraub 03/10/07
  50.   Christianity killed the Indians 10:15  |  Cherokee 03/10/07
  51.   Mary for Jews. 36. Which lineage is that? 10:29  |  Hubal 03/10/07
  52.   Hope i live to see a none jewish israeli prime minister :P 10:31  |  elijah 03/10/07
  53.   George if yu got any dumber! #19 10:34  |  FOX 03/10/07
  54.   Bro George, you may read Ps 110:1 (pretext of Matthew22:42-45) 10:42  |  mary for jews 03/10/07
  55.   America Christian? 10:46  |  Mark 03/10/07
  56.   more hypocracy by the fanatical jews 10:57  |  VIPER 03/10/07
  57.   For Victor Hardman 10:59  |  George 03/10/07
  58.   50Cherokee is right,America is not a Christian nation,its 10:59  |  lakshmi 03/10/07
  59.   America the Dark 11:01  |  Ikabod 03/10/07
  60.   Samaritan == Jew from Samaria 11:06  |  Efox 03/10/07
  61.   At least Christians only shove Bibles at you. 11:07  |  Efox 03/10/07
  62.   re: Cherokee 11:09  |  Efox 03/10/07
  63.   If Israel is a Jewish country why isn`t US a Christian country? 11:10  |  Michael 03/10/07
  64.   re: W 11:19  |  Efox 03/10/07
  65.   Ethel -Spirit of religious liberty 11:23  |  Davids 03/10/07
  66.   #57 my dear george the gospels were written 100 years after 11:25  |  victor hardman 03/10/07
  67.   re: lakshmi 11:28  |  Efox 03/10/07
  68.   re: elijah 11:29  |  Efox 03/10/07
  69.   For Fox of Karkur 11:31  |  George 03/10/07
  70.   Miriaam the Jewess 11:39  |  Shekinah 03/10/07
  71.   For Victor Hardman 12:12  |  George 03/10/07
  72.   96% broadly Christian 12:15  |  Joseph 03/10/07
  73.   America Zouzou Nation 12:20  |  Chrisian Arab 03/10/07
  74.   The US Consitution 12:25  |  Brenda 03/10/07
  75.   #71 george you can make the same claim for any religion except 12:28  |  victor hardman 03/10/07
  76.   Jesus as a homicide bomber? Don`t make me cotch, Michaels 12:35  |  Christian Jew 03/10/07
  77.   Kevin Battenfield 12:37  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 03/10/07
  78.   WOULD CHRISTIAN OR MUSLIM EVER BECOME PM OR PRESIDENT OF ISRAEL? 12:38  |  Luke 03/10/07
  79.   Judeo - Xtian Relations 12:41  |  Nephtaly 03/10/07
  80.   # 31 Yosemite 12:42  |  Lynn 03/10/07
  81.   bro HUBAL, bro GEORGE, i will explain the diff lineage tomorrow 12:43  |  mary for jews. 03/10/07
  82.   bro HUBAL, bro GEORGE, i will explain the diff lineage tomorrow 12:46  |  mary for jews. 03/10/07
  83.   America/Israel 12:47  |  Ikabod 03/10/07
  84.   Worshiping Jersus as Lord is blasphemy 12:49  |  Haim 03/10/07
  85.   6 MARC-you KNOW what he means 12:50  |  JON FEIGENBAUM 03/10/07
  86.   to George #44 - still postulating, illogically 12:55  |  zeev 03/10/07
  87.   CHRIST means MESSIAH a completely Jewish concept 12:55  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 03/10/07
  88.   lakshmi is a recent escapee from 12:56  |  cuckoosnest 03/10/07
  89.   Michael is `slightly uneasy` 13:00  |  Jasmine Murphy 03/10/07
  90.   mccain is a good man 13:01  |  harzion 03/10/07
  91.   Was Jesus really a Jew? Is the Pope Catholic? 13:03  |  Petra 03/10/07
  92.   Yes, Sen. McCain, America is a Christian natio 13:09  |  Petra 03/10/07
  93.   The power of Myth 13:10  |  europamedical 03/10/07
  94.   Hopefully, Truth be told 13:15  |  Petra 03/10/07
  95.   Spirit of religious liberty Ethyl 13:19  |  Petra 03/10/07
  96.   Ethyl, The Golden Rule was a quote from Jesus. 13:20  |  Petra 03/10/07
  97.   The name of the country is USA 13:22  |  Rowan Berkeley 03/10/07
  98.   america is an ignorant christian nation 13:23  |  mehmet 03/10/07
  99.   Jesus was a Jew from the tribe of Judah 13:26  |  Petra 03/10/07
  100.   Always a Protestant Christian nation 13:32  |  Petra 03/10/07
  101.   Which lineage is that? The Tribe of Judah through Jesus` Mother 13:49  |  Petra 03/10/07
  102.   To Muslims only, they try and make Jesus a Palestinian 13:52  |  Petra 03/10/07
  103.   to the extent... 13:54  |  Jeff 03/10/07
  104.   McCain is right Palestinain Prince 13:54  |  Petra 03/10/07
  105.   The GOP is known for bigotry AMEN BROTHER 13:58  |  Petra 03/10/07
  106.   Prayer 13:59  |  JC 03/10/07
  107.   Yes, Christian nation but, Arabs and Nazis were allies. 14:01  |  Petra 03/10/07
  108.   Christianity killed Indians and Muslims kill everybody, 14:04  |  Petra 03/10/07
  109.   American Christian? MANY will come in my name 14:07  |  Petra 03/10/07
  110.   Viper 14:08  |  Petra 03/10/07
  111.   #19 - George 14:09  |  Deborah 03/10/07
  112.   #19 - George 14:17  |  Deborah 03/10/07
  113.   Hey Jas 89, can any persecuted people choose a land then? 14:19  |  Michael 03/10/07
  114.   #69 - George 14:27  |  Deborah 03/10/07
  115.   #19 George, Jesus was a Jew 14:32  |  Edith 03/10/07
  116.   McCain 14:32  |  j10 03/10/07
  117.   If I were an American... 14:33  |  Edith 03/10/07
  118.   #98 - Mehmet 14:39  |  Deborah 03/10/07
  119.   McCain is 100% correct, just not politically correct. 14:39  |  Albert Amato 03/10/07
  120.   petra 107 14:46  |  realism 03/10/07
  121.   # 30 Ethel 14:48  |  Edith 03/10/07
  122.   #98 - Mehmet 14:53  |  Deborah 03/10/07
  123.   # 41 George 14:56  |  Edith 03/10/07
  124.   No, Sen. McCain, America Is NOT a Christian Nation 15:00  |  CHGODMK 03/10/07
  125.   Christian Nation = Slavery, Genocide,Segregation, Arrogance! 15:04  |  Toronto`s Finest 03/10/07
  126.   #113 another michael taking the michael ! 15:15  |  victor hardman 03/10/07
  127.   to Michael #113 - it is not necessary 15:15  |  zeev 03/10/07
  128.   Michael 15:25  |  Jasmine Murphy 03/10/07
  129.   Christian America 15:30  |  Mark 03/10/07
  130.   McCain Correct 15:36  |  Double Click 03/10/07
  131.   Petra #101. You are confused! 15:39  |  Hubal 03/10/07
  132.   The Man`s Entitled to His Preferences 15:47  |  MIKE 03/10/07
  133.   Historically inaccurate 15:55  |  Jeremiah 03/10/07
  134.   Secular Humanism 16:00  |  Ethel 03/10/07
  135.   Civil Rights 16:05  |  Ethel 03/10/07
  136.   Israel Can Be JEWISH But The U.S. Can`t Be CHRISTIAN? Come On! 16:06  |  Proud Pal Defender 03/10/07
  137.   ADL cowards never complain about Israeli theocracy 16:08  |  anti-racist 03/10/07
  138.   Petra #101 You`re confused. No these are the facts 16:08  |  Petra 03/10/07
  139.   The US Christian, Israel Jewish. Both founded on ethnic cleansing 16:09  |  Spider 03/10/07
  140.   exactly deborah 16:14  |  mehmet 03/10/07
  141.   american democracy....!!!! 16:17  |  ravi 03/10/07
  142.   Bradley, you missed the most important point 16:21  |  Yair ben Avraham 03/10/07
  143.   Bradley is wrong, the Constitution is clear 16:25  |  Madrid 03/10/07
  144.   America As A Christian Nation 16:28  |  Daniel A.Greenbaum 03/10/07
  145.   Mehmet # 98 16:29  |  ChanahS 03/10/07
  146.   Toronto`s finest # 125 16:32  |  ChanahS 03/10/07
  147.   G 16:37  |  ChanahS 03/10/07
  148.   #50 16:46  |  Neal 03/10/07
  149.   mehmet,and you think people from turkey are refined?thats a laugh 16:53  |  terrornator 03/10/07
  150.   ravi "ravi 85% of india are hindus" 16:54  |  cuckoos`snest 03/10/07
  151.   Big deal over nothing 16:55  |  B 03/10/07
  152.   #87 on "loving one`s neighbor" 16:56  |  sh 03/10/07
  153.   What`s the difference? Hillary will be the next president. UGGHH! 16:56  |  common sense 03/10/07
  154.   ravi " i ama sikh" 16:57  |  cuckoo`snest 03/10/07
  155.   that`s the problem,marc because of the so called 16:58  |  maria 03/10/07
  156.   ravi " a dalit lady is leader of a state" 17:00  |  cuckoo`s nest 03/10/07
  157.   IT DOES NOT MATTER. HILLARY CLINTON WILL BE THE NEXT PRESIDENT 17:03  |  Murray of Montreal 03/10/07
  158.   Time to stop accepting all those Christian "Handouts" 17:03  |  Labhras 03/10/07
  159.   Such ignorance 17:04  |  Davids 03/10/07
  160.   #140 - Mehmet 17:08  |  Deborah 03/10/07
  161.   ravi how can the "united states learn 17:10  |  cuckoo`s nest 03/10/07
  162.   "126 Hardhead in Belfast recycling again. 17:11  |  Labhras 03/10/07
  163.   Such ignorance 17:15  |  Davids 03/10/07
  164.   ravi "india will teach the united states" 17:16  |  cuckoo`s nest 03/10/07
  165.   A plea 17:24  |  Davids 03/10/07
  166.   Petra.#138 Fact. 17:26  |  Hubal 03/10/07
  167.   #149 Terrornator 17:29  |  mary 03/10/07
  168.   #162 labarse you wont get paid for your pr work on my behalf 17:32  |  victor hardman 03/10/07
  169.   Will A CHRISTIAN/Non-Jew Ever Be The Prime Minister Of Israel? 17:39  |  Proud Pal Defender 03/10/07
  170.   The Eyrrick Address 17:51  |  Late John Eyrrick 03/10/07
  171.   It is very ironic that the Jewish leadership all wake up now 17:54  |  Jake 03/10/07
  172.   ravi those charged with committing a crime in india may spend 17:54  |  cuckoo`s nest 03/10/07
  173.   So what? 17:56  |  Danite 03/10/07
  174.   America is a Christian Nation with a Secular government. Period. 17:57  |  American 03/10/07
  175.   Labhras #158 17:57  |  Danite 03/10/07
  176.   zvi - bravo! 18:00  |  American 03/10/07
  177.   mehmet -#try subsituting moslem for christian 18:02  |  notblackorwhite 03/10/07
  178.   #168 Victor Hardhead 18:02  |  Labhras 03/10/07
  179.   Jesus was an anti-Christian bigot 18:03  |  Me! 03/10/07
  180.   mehmet 18:04  |  Gina 03/10/07
  181.   Proud Pal Defender 18:10  |  ChanahS 03/10/07
  182.   sh lays down the law 18:10  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 03/10/07
  183.   #146 ChanahS. Please read posts carefully before responding! 18:14  |  Toronto`s Finest 03/10/07
  184.   Proud Pal defender 18:15  |  Danite 03/10/07
  185.   RE Bandar Michaels, "Palestine was a Roman province" 18:16  |  Jake 03/10/07
  186.   Bandar Michaels -- Scriptural Soucre please? 18:18  |  Gina 03/10/07
  187.   Toronto`s Finest 18:28  |  Gina 03/10/07
  188.   Zeev, Petra 18:34  |  George 03/10/07
  189.   #177 wrong answer labarse you get none out of 10 18:41  |  victor hardman 03/10/07
  190.   Pandering 18:41  |  Dan in B-more, hon. 03/10/07
  191.   Idol Worshiping USA 18:45  |  Golem 03/10/07
  192.   One Thing You Can Say About McCain 18:56  |  Yosemite 03/10/07
  193.   Why Don`T People Take Brad`s last Paragraph and End Discussion. 18:58  |  KATH` 03/10/07
  194.   the first settlers in North Amerika were 19:00  |  Kris 03/10/07
  195.   No antisemitism 19:02  |  Alan the real one 03/10/07
  196.   #182 Tex Aka Margie 19:03  |  Labhras 03/10/07
  197.   The pals had to go but who made them go? 19:07  |  Hannah 03/10/07
  198.   # 162 Labhras re:Victor Hardman.I Thought We Were Discussing .. 19:08  |  KATH` 03/10/07
  199.   The real problem 19:08  |  Martin 03/10/07
  200.   Deborah - About mehmet 19:10  |  David Israel 03/10/07
  201.   Joe Liebermann was elected US VP 19:10  |  Yussef Gideon 03/10/07
  202.   to all of you here who are anti-jesus.... 19:15  |  maria 03/10/07
  203.   ethel...aren`t samaritans half-breed or half jewish? 19:17  |  maria 03/10/07
  204.   DANITE , I don`t get all the fuss over this 19:20  |  JON FEIGENBAUM 03/10/07
  205.   Now a word about those dark conspiracies you`ve all heard about.. 19:23  |  Philip 03/10/07
  206.   #175 Danite 19:23  |  Labhras 03/10/07
  207.   michael....the christians in uk were persecuted... 19:25  |  maria 03/10/07
  208.   Mehmet bey shame on you 19:28  |  Kemal 03/10/07
  209.   Well A Surprise! Two Points For President Carter! 19:28  |  Yosemite 03/10/07
  210.   To Dan in Baltimore 19:33  |  Persian Kitty 03/10/07
  211.   yes mary 167,the turks have been around for thousands of years, 19:33  |  terrornator 03/10/07
  212.   toronto`s finest....mormons are not christians. 19:35  |  maria 03/10/07
  213.   To Petra 19:39  |  Persian Kitty 03/10/07
  214.   Mary #167 19:43  |  David Israel 03/10/07
  215.   George -- Where did Jesus to worship? 19:46  |  Gina 03/10/07
  216.   being a christian is not doing good works... 19:48  |  maria 03/10/07
  217.   maria #202 19:50  |  David Israel 03/10/07
  218.   sh....we`re judeo-christians 19:51  |  maria 03/10/07
  219.   This is hilarious! 19:55  |  Marlene N. 03/10/07
  220.   chgodmk....most christians live in the bible belt... 19:59  |  maria 03/10/07
  221.   muslims believe Jesus is just a good prophet or teacher.. 20:01  |  maria 03/10/07
  222.   # 189 Yosemite.One Thing You Can Say About McCain ... 20:06  |  KATH` 03/10/07
  223.   Take note Mr Bradley Burston working for Haaretz... 20:12  |  Ugy the she camel 03/10/07
  224.   george....was Jesus Christ really a jew?? 20:16  |  maria 03/10/07
  225.   To Maria 20:21  |  Persian Kitty 03/10/07
  226.   # 212 Maria.Hear the news, Mormons ARE Christians! 20:24  |  Toronto`s Finest 03/10/07
  227.   # 133 Jeremiah...Historicallly inaccuratre?What? 20:25  |  KATH` 03/10/07
  228.   george....proof after proof...still don`t believe that 20:29  |  maria 03/10/07
  229.   Selective use of Wikip(a)edia 20:31  |  sh 03/10/07
  230.   hey mary from boca...what happened to turkey.... 20:35  |  maria 03/10/07
  231.   david israel....are you kidding me? 20:41  |  maria 03/10/07
  232.   Maria - Jesus and the Muslim 20:47  |  Yes! 03/10/07
  233.   Maria - Wrong 20:47  |  Yair ben Avraham 03/10/07
  234.   #16 Jake 20:53  |  Shlomo 03/10/07
  235.   #203 - Maria 21:03  |  Deborah 03/10/07
  236.   To Gina, RE Bandar Michaels 21:09  |  Jake 03/10/07
  237.   # 133 Jeremiah Sent You A Response Not Out Yet! 21:10  |  KATH` 03/10/07
  238.   # 225 Persian Kitty re:maria..Where Did you Hear?? 21:17  |  KATH` 03/10/07
  239.   semantics or sh just being sh 21:17  |  peter 03/10/07
  240.   Christian Society 21:18  |  P. J. Casey 03/10/07
  241.   maria 231 21:18  |  David Israel 03/10/07
  242.   toronto`s finest...but you just said that they only 21:19  |  maria 03/10/07
  243.   To Kris from Austria, thanks for the reassurance 21:19  |  Jake 03/10/07
  244.   McCain 21:22  |  P. J. Casey 03/10/07
  245.   Yair - that`s actually not true 21:24  |  Yes! 03/10/07
  246.   persian kitty....are you sure? 21:25  |  maria 03/10/07
  247.   Maria 21:25  |  George 03/10/07
  248.   # 225 Persian KittY re:maria.AN ADDENDUM TO THE ONE I JUST SENT.. 21:26  |  KATH` 03/10/07
  249.   Toronto`s Finest 21:27  |  Silly 03/10/07
  250.   #227 KATH` 21:27  |  maria 03/10/07
  251.   Labhras 21:28  |  Danite 03/10/07
  252.   Jon Feigenbaum 21:29  |  Danite 03/10/07
  253.   to #174, American 21:30  |  Jake 03/10/07
  254.   # 226 Toronto In Scarborough (Fair) re:maria and the Mormons 21:37  |  KATH` 03/10/07
  255.   toronto`s finest....where is the proof that He ever existed? 21:45  |  maria 03/10/07
  256.   O MARLENE AND PROUD PAL DEFENDER 21:56  |  judith 03/10/07
  257.   david israel....the yomama 22:00  |  maria 03/10/07
  258.   # 233 Yair be Avraham. re: maria .She does not equate .. 22:02  |  KATH` 03/10/07
  259.   sh 22:02  |  Gina 03/10/07
  260.   #248 KATH` God bless you........ 22:04  |  maria 03/10/07
  261.   Jake 22:06  |  Gina 03/10/07
  262.   yair ben avraham...I respect the God annointed people. 22:12  |  maria 03/10/07
  263.   Danite # 173 22:14  |  Gina 03/10/07
  264.   ravi true seva (selfless service) 22:21  |  kilpan 03/10/07
  265.   maria # 257 -- Now that`s funny! 22:22  |  Gina 03/10/07
  266.   #235 deborah....I see..... 22:23  |  maria 03/10/07
  267.   N0 215 Temple for Jewish men 22:24  |  Palestinian Brit 03/10/07
  268.   Kath 22:26  |  Gina 03/10/07
  269.   Maria`s "church" 22:26  |  Palestinian Brit 03/10/07
  270.   #255 maria 22:28  |  Labhras 03/10/07
  271.   Historical Revisionism.... 22:29  |  Tess 03/10/07
  272.   Gina 22:31  |  George 03/10/07
  273.   Jake - But Israel is no Constitutional Democracy 22:31  |  American 03/10/07
  274.   # 45 Pal Prince 22:38  |  Lynn 03/10/07
  275.   # 46 Devin Leonard 22:39  |  Lynn 03/10/07
  276.   #251 Danite 22:40  |  Labhras 03/10/07
  277.   # 58 lakshmi 22:40  |  Lynn 03/10/07
  278.   #202 Maria, we are not all antichrist! 22:42  |  hala 03/10/07
  279.   # 98 mehmet 22:43  |  Lynn 03/10/07
  280.   # 249 Silly....yes, you are! Judaiism could live without Moses! 22:45  |  Toronto`s Finest 03/10/07
  281.   McCain 22:49  |  Joseph (Lebanese) 03/10/07
  282.   Jesus-My Saviour. 22:56  |  Eirik 03/10/07
  283.   elijah #52 - if you are seeking eternal life 22:57  |  David Israel 03/10/07
  284.   george..... 22:58  |  maria 03/10/07
  285.   #73 Christian Arab.... 22:58  |  Tess 03/10/07
  286.   Strange 23:02  |  Sam 03/10/07
  287.   The beliefs of Christians and Jews 23:02  |  George 03/10/07
  288.   #203 Maria, about the Samaritans 23:02  |  hala 03/10/07
  289.   elijah I forgot there was a none Jewish president 23:06  |  David Israel 03/10/07
  290.   To Kath 23:16  |  Persian Kitty 03/10/07
  291.   #230 29 May 1453, Christendom falls to Islam 23:17  |  hala 03/10/07
  292.   McCain 23:19  |  andrew john 03/10/07
  293.   To Maria 23:19  |  Persian Kitty 03/10/07
  294.   #249 Silly! Where is the proof? 23:37  |  hala 03/10/07
  295.   # 254 Torontos Finest..And The Mormons.It Proves you Wrong 23:45  |  KATH` 03/10/07
  296.   #197 Hannah 23:58  |  Boycott 03/10/07
  297.   # 236 Jake .Nevermind Bandar Michaels..Your Postulation Was 23:59  |  KATH` 03/10/07
  298.   #207 maria 00:03  |  Jimmy 04/10/07
  299.   #201 Joe Lieberman As VP: Even Some Evangelicals DIDN`T WANT This 00:03  |  Proud Pal Defender 04/10/07
  300.   maria 202 Faith is often a refuge for ignorance. 00:05  |  Hubal 04/10/07
  301.   Reading all these thoughts and disagreements.... 00:07  |  Lynn 04/10/07
  302.   # 231 maria,oh maria.You Do Also Have A Sense Of Humour!! 00:07  |  KATH` 04/10/07
  303.   #17 Maimon, at al - It depends on what "is" is 00:10  |  Rick 04/10/07
  304.   #242 maria 00:11  |  Jimmy 04/10/07
  305.   George is a `Christian.` 00:14  |  Maureen Ann 04/10/07
  306.   Yair Ben Avraham 00:19  |  andrew john 04/10/07
  307.   289 david Israel 00:19  |  JON FEIGENBAUM 04/10/07
  308.   Edith-well you`re NOT 00:24  |  JON FEIGENBAUM 04/10/07
  309.   to George #118 - I see what you mean 00:32  |  zeev 04/10/07
  310.   maria 202 Faith is often a refuge for ignorance 00:33  |  Hubal 04/10/07
  311.   # 290 Persian Kitty.We Live And Learn... 00:34  |  KATH` 04/10/07
  312.   How two-faced: when would we ever see a Goyim PM in Israel? 00:38  |  Yered Shmuel 04/10/07
  313.   # 283 David Israel And your Wish.(WONDER WHAT BRAD` IS THINKING)? 00:50  |  KATH` 04/10/07
  314.   Labarse 270 being PUNY again 00:55  |  ChanahS 04/10/07
  315.   What kind of a Jew can become President of the US? 00:58  |  Tosefta 04/10/07
  316.   # 270 Labhrassing maria.DRINKING AND BANGED HIS HEAD AT THE BAR! 01:11  |  KATH` 04/10/07
  317.   #46 Devin, the biggest antisemites are Democrats 01:14  |  malka 04/10/07
  318.   Nonsense 01:14  |  Truths 04/10/07
  319.   #220 Maria -- wrong, wrong, wrong 01:15  |  Rick 04/10/07
  320.   to margie in tel aviv 01:19  |  Avi 04/10/07
  321.   Most of our Founding Fathers were Deists 01:24  |  Geoff 04/10/07
  322.   #221 Maria, Jesus was not the Messiah 01:30  |  Edith 04/10/07
  323.   George -- You are incorrect 01:31  |  Gina 04/10/07
  324.   # 268 Gina..Thanks and Art Thou` ...moreso!! 01:39  |  KATH` 04/10/07
  325.   # 102 Petra 01:40  |  Joe 04/10/07
  326.   The U.S. a "Christian nation?" How so? 01:44  |  Leena Ades 04/10/07
  327.   The U.S. a "Christian nation?" How so? 01:44  |  Leena Ades 04/10/07
  328.   hala # 294 02:02  |  Gina 04/10/07
  329.   The Treaty of Tripoli 02:11  |  pudly 04/10/07
  330.   # 319 Garland Rick and his Misconceptions on Religion ETC.. 02:23  |  KATH` 04/10/07
  331.   NEVER NEVER A muslum pres. 02:25  |  Avram 04/10/07
  332.   #1 ADL not intolerant - US not Christian country 02:29  |  Rick 04/10/07
  333.   jesus is a myth 02:32  |  VIPER 04/10/07
  334.   Sen Obama IS a Christian 02:33  |  Sophia 04/10/07
  335.   # 71 George re;Victor.HE ALSO SAID IT TO THOMAS.SO WHAT? 02:37  |  KATH` 04/10/07
  336.   Not yet an important issue. 02:40  |  a wandering Jew 04/10/07
  337.   # 72 Joseph *** Exactly.I think The Best Thing Would be,The.. 02:45  |  KATH` 04/10/07
  338.   YES! - Yes it is! ;) 02:53  |  Yair ben Avraham 04/10/07
  339.   #114 Deborah 02:54  |  who cares 04/10/07
  340.   Maria and Galatians 02:57  |  Yair ben Avraham 04/10/07
  341.   Andrew John 03:03  |  Yair ben Avraham 04/10/07
  342.   Kath 03:03  |  Gina 04/10/07
  343.   #211 Terrornator 03:06  |  mary 04/10/07
  344.   KATH` 03:09  |  Yair ben Avraham 04/10/07
  345.   #214 David Israel 03:10  |  Mary 04/10/07
  346.   Leena dear, in such a huff #327 03:13  |  FOX 04/10/07
  347.   #224 Maria 03:15  |  mary 04/10/07
  348.   John Feigenbaum - Elijas issue was 03:20  |  David Israel 04/10/07
  349.   Kath - Tesekkur ederim 03:24  |  David Isrel 04/10/07
  350.   Tosefta "the main criteria is... 03:25  |  Danite 04/10/07
  351.   Gina RE Hala 03:28  |  Bernie 04/10/07
  352.   Labhras is the most religious guy on this forum 03:29  |  FOX 04/10/07
  353.   George 03:30  |  sweis Melbourne 04/10/07
  354.   Lynn, Separation of Church and State 03:34  |  Bernie 04/10/07
  355.   McCain is right-nothing wrong there! 03:35  |  Mark 04/10/07
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