Note that Truman didn't say, "into the Jordan". He said, into the Tigris and Euphrates. I suppose an argument could be made that his knowledge of geography was limited, but ...
Note that Truman didn't say, "into the Jordan". He said, into the Tigris and Euphrates. I suppose an argument could be made that his knowledge of geography was limited, but ...
Nor do I take that as a mandate for political action in the here and now and for the dispossession of the current inhabitants. I apply the same criteria to passages in the Israelite scriptures in which God supposedly not only authorizes but demands genocide.
Note that Truman didn't say, "into the Jordan". He said, into the Tigris and Euphrates. I suppose an argument could be made that his knowledge of geography was limited, but ...
Yep that’s a bit further East.
I think I knew that is in the Israelite scriptures, but I don't take that as an actual transcript of God speaking.
Nor do I take that as a mandate for political action in the here and now and for the dispossession of the current inhabitants. I apply the same criteria to passages in the Israelite scriptures in which God supposedly not only authorizes but demands genocide.
Palestinians: "It's our land!". Jews: "No, it's our land!". Canaanites: "Hold me beer!" :)
And now I don’t have to look for the real citation.