/ 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 >