Quote:Let's not forget that Judaism is a religion and that some Jews are Arabs.
This is irrelevant, the point is that god supposedly gave the land to a small group of Jews thousands of years ago who now have many descendants living in Palestine and throughout the middle east and Europe.
According to the religion that Avram follows he will go to hell for killing these people which statistically he has.
Quote:Based on what I've been told, Jews don't actually follow the Bible. They follow the "Oral Torah."
Pretty sad attempt at gaining an argument when you have none.
Quote:I think it depends whether he's violated one of the Three Oaths. Unless I'm mistaken, they're still in exile
There god is pretty specific that the people to whom the land of Israel belongs to are gods chosen people and must not be violated.
Quote:I think the idea of hell might be inaccurate too. Jews don't look forward to an afterlife. They anticipate a general resurrection (I mean the rabbinical ones, the majority).
Haha but what about for people who violate gods law like they have?
Quote:Avram would be more concerned about his place in the world-to-come if he's a religious Jew. At this stage, I'm not even certain what kind of Jew Avram is at the moment. Ashkenazi, sephardi, mizrahi? Orthodox, Reform, Renewal, Reconstructionist, Hasidic? Secular, atheist or religious?
Regardless the point here is that the only 'claim' they have to the land of Israel is that 'god gave it to them' but we both know they cannot even prove they are descendants of these people let alone that a god actually exists.
Fact is that these ancient people integrated and many direct descendants are now living in Palestine and many have been killed by Israeli terrorists.
You can deny the facts all you want but Avram has killed gods chosen people.