/ Family of Abraham: http://catholic-resources.org/Bible/History-Abraham.htm / ----- Original Message ----- From: "Laurence Krupnak" <LKrupnak@verizon.net> To: <german-bohemian@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, July 14, 2012 8:36 PM Subject: Re: [GERMAN-BOHEMIAN] Expulsion discussions > / > > Midianites: > > an Arabian tribe descended from Midian, a son of Abraham > > http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/10804-midian-and-midianites > > > What about God's cruelty against the Midianites? > > http://christianthinktank.com/midian.html > > > http://www.christiananswers.net/dictionary/midianite.html > > > > Why were only the virgins left alive among the Midianites ... > > > http://carm.org/bible-difficulties/genesis-deuteronomy/why-were-only-virgins-left-alive-among-midianites > > a.. a.. a.. a.. a.. > a.. The Bible's Most Hideous War Crime - Slate Magazine > http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/blogging_the_bible/features/2006/the_complete_book_of_numbers/the_bibles_most_hideous_war_crime.html > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Laurence Krupnak" <LKrupnak@verizon.net> > To: <german-bohemian@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, July 14, 2012 8:29 PM > Subject: Re: [GERMAN-BOHEMIAN] Expulsion discussions > > >> Midian (Hebrew: ????????), Madyan (Arabic: ?????), or Madiam (Greek: >> ??????, ?????????? for a Midianite) is a geographical place and a >> people mentioned in the Bible and in the Qur'an. William G. Dever >> suggests it was located in the "northwest Arabian Peninsula, on the >> east shore of the Gulf of Aqaba on the Red Sea (the "Hejaz") "[1] >> Some scholars believe it to be somewhere in or around Sudan[2] as the >> Bible does not make direct mention of its location.[3][4] >> >> Some scholars say it was not a geographical area but a league of >> tribes.[5] We are also told that Midian was a son of Abraham.[6] >> >> >> >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midian >> >> >> >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Laurence Krupnak" <LKrupnak@verizon.net> >> To: <german-bohemian@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Saturday, July 14, 2012 8:24 PM >> Subject: Re: [GERMAN-BOHEMIAN] Expulsion discussions >> >> >>> / >>> >>> >>> Ethnic cleaning in the Bible: >>> >>> http://whatisitwithjesus.blogspot.com/2007/11/ethnic-cleansing-in-bible.html >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: Aida Kraus >>> To: Laurence Krupnak ; german-bohemian@rootsweb.com >>> Sent: Saturday, July 14, 2012 8:17 PM >>> Subject: Re: [GERMAN-BOHEMIAN] Expulsion discussions >>> >>> >>> Just came back home and I find reading your postings very >>> interesting, because the Germanophobia seemed to have preceded Anti >>> Semitism. And the following sentenceI found was a revelation, >>> because we were lead to believe that the "final solution idea" was >>> a German invention. But obviously it was not? Because it is stated >>> among others that >>> "In 1941, the book Germany Must Perish! advocated the sterilization >>> of all Germans and the territorial dismemberment of Germany." >>> So looking at the date and all the other Germanophobic >>> expressions voiced long before then, it was obviously not even an >>> invention of the Nazi Regime. >>> .It seems that during hundreds of years such opinionated and >>> politically motivated people made not only their own hell on this >>> earth, but also for everyone else. I bet that the average citizen, >>> regardless where he lived, England, Russia, Germany, France and >>> Austria and everywhere around there wanted not more and no less but >>> the same as his compatriot in another country. Which essentially is >>> to make a living, raise their kids, and be left in peace. So one >>> seems to ask then "and who is benefiting from such hate mongering? >>> The manufacturers of weapons?" Were "we the people of the world" >>> never ever able to state OUR side of values? >>> In my humble and very unimportant opinion, the upgraded >>> development of good diplomacy would be a gem in the crown of >>> humanity. >>> Aida >>> >>> >>> >>> On Sat, Jul 14, 2012 at 4:50 PM, Laurence Krupnak >>> <LKrupnak@verizon.net> wrote: >>> >>> Where have all the flowers gone: >>> >>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXqTf8DU6a0&feature=related >>> >>> >>> _____ >>> >>> Lavrentiy >>> >>> >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: Laurence Krupnak >>> >>> To: german-bohemian@rootsweb.com >>> Sent: Saturday, July 14, 2012 7:45 PM >>> Subject: Re: [GERMAN-BOHEMIAN] Expulsion discussions >>> >>> >>> >>> Jack wrote in part: >>> >>> >>> As the song by Pete Seeger goes, when Will they ever learn? >>> >>> ********** >>> >>> Mankind will never learn. >>> >>> One objective of studying history is to teach us to not repeat >>> horrible things. Studying history demonstrates that mankind never >>> changes his ways. >>> >>> _______ >>> >>> Lavrentiy >>> >>> German-Bohemian Heritage Society web site >>> http://www.rootsweb.com/~gbhs/ >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> GERMAN-BOHEMIAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' >>> without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>> >>> >>> German-Bohemian Heritage Society web site >>> http://www.rootsweb.com/~gbhs/ >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> GERMAN-BOHEMIAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' >>> without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >