The World Central Kitchen (WCK), a US-based charity, said on Wednesday that it was forced to shut down aid operations in Gaza due to the total Israeli blockade on the Palestinian territory.
“After serving more than 130 million total meals and 26 million loaves of bread over the past 18 months, World Central Kitchen no longer has the supplies to cook meals or bake bread in Gaza,” the WCK said in a statement on its website.
“Since Israel closed border crossings in early March, WCK has been unable to replenish the stocks of food that we use to feed hundreds of thousands of Gazans daily,” the statement said.
The charity said that in recent weeks, its team in Gaza “stretched every remaining ingredient and fuel source using creativity and determination” but has now “reached the limits of what is possible.”
WCK field kitchens in Gaza have run out of ingredients, and its mobile bakery has run out of flour. The charity said that it has trucks loaded with food and cooking fuel ready to enter Gaza, but they are being blocked by Israel.
“Our trucks—loaded with food and supplies—are waiting in Egypt, Jordan and Israel, ready to enter Gaza,” said José Andrés, a celebrity chef who founded WCK. “But they cannot move without permission. Humanitarian aid must be allowed to flow.”
UN aid agencies have also said they have thousands of trucks ready to bring food into Gaza, but Israel has maintained the blockade, with US backing, even as children are beginning to starve to death.
At least 11 WCK workers have been killed by Israeli attacks since October 7, 2023. The most notorious attack occurred on April 1, 2024, when an Israeli drone fired missiles at three clearly-marked cars carrying WCK employees, who were traveling on a route previously approved by the IDF. The attack killed seven WCK workers, including three British nationals and an American, 33-year-old Jacob Flickinger, a dual US-Canadian citizen who left behind a one-year-old son.
In November 2024, an Israeli attack on a car in Gaza killed three WCK workers. On March 27 of this year, the WCK said one of its volunteers was killed by a strike near a WCK kitchen in Gaza.
Thanks for the propaganda films, which omit the fact that Hamas could have ended this mess that they initiated 19 months ago at any time by simply laying down their arms and releasing all the hostages, but instead they vow that there will be more Oct 7's leaving Israel with no choice but to continue.
Every death in Gaza is on Hamas!
You omit the fact that Hamas didn’t exist before 1987. The documentary films were about the history of Israel’s formation decades before then, imbecile.
Hamas agreed to a two-state solution in 2017. You ignore the fact that Netanyahu broke the ceasefire because he doesn’t want to end his ethnic cleansing agenda. Israel admits it is aiming for permanent occupation of Gaza through military expansion. You talk shit.
Every death in Palestine is because of the illegal occupation of the fascist, apartheid, Zionist state of Israel.
Hamas started out as a charity and Israel was fine with it, but the 1988 Hamas Covenant call for the "obliteration" of Israel in their preamble. —Bad choice for Gaza.
Can you name an Arab Country that supports Hamas' methods????
Egypt banned Hamas and branded it a terrorist organization.
Jordan banned Hamas in 1999. In 2013, Jordan rejected requests to allow Hamas to return.
Hamas and Lebanon’s Hezbollah disagree and were fighting with each other in recent Syrian civil war (Sunni/Shiite conflict).
Syria says- Hamas is an uninvited guest
Saudi Arabia says they will arrest Hamas members on the spot
Israel started out as a Zionist terrorist organization, but you’re fine with that.
You omit that the revised 2017 Hamas Charter called for a two-state solution, based on the 1967 borders. Omission is a form of lying.
You ignore the fact that for many years Netanyahu was secretly allowing and encouraging the government of Qatar to deliver millions of dollars to the Gaza Strip to distribute to Gazan families. That money, American and Israeli officials now say, helped Hamas build up its military infrastructure and helped lay the groundwork for the Oct. 7 attacks.
For years, Netanyahu propped up Hamas. Now it’s blown up in our faces https://www.timesofisrael.com/for-years-netanyahu-propped-up-hamas-now-its-blown-up-in-our-faces/
You talk shit.
That is either ignorant or naive! After all the wars fought against Israel, Hamas wants Israel to back to indefensible '67 borders and go back to the status quo without any consequences of all the decades of terrorist activity and acts of war. — Again, I completely side with Netanyahu.
Did you forget that Israel was a constant target before there was a single Israeli or Israelis settlement in Gaza or the West Bank. It was never really about settlements.
You're clearly ignorant and naïve.
Did you forget that Israel is a signatory to the Geneva Convention, which has been ratified by 153 countries including the USA?
Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide. https://www.un.org/en/genocideprevention/documents/atrocity-crimes/Doc.1_Convention%20on%20the%20Prevention%20and%20Punishment%20of%20the%20Crime%20of%20Genocide.pdf
Zionism was ALWAYS about illegal settlements.
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Nice dodge! The question was: Did you forget that Israel was a constant target before there was a single Israeli or Israelis settlement in Gaza or the West Bank?
Did you forget that Netanyahu and Gallant are wanted war criminals?
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Israel’s forced starvation of civilians and its weaponization of aid to Gaza constitutes crimes against humanity and war crimes.
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After 19 months with no food, fresh water, medicine, and all manner of human necessities, that population of Gaza is the same, as over 50,000 births were recorded in the last year.— So someone is not telling the whole truth.
Two million Palestinian Arabs live in Israel proper as citizens on land that hypocritical activists say is ethnically cleansed.
OMFG! Another one of your incredibly pissweak arguments. Someone is not telling the whole truth, it's yourself.
After 19 months of genocidal war crimes, you're still defending the Israeli criminals. Your hypocrisy is absolutely astounding.
After 76 years of ethnic cleansing and oppression, you are not willing to face the truth. Israel is violating international law by committing crimes against humanity.
Fascist war criminal Netanyahu now plans to implement his "final solution" to displace those two million Palestinians from their land to make way for his expansionist agenda.
You live in proper stupidity.
Statement of the International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor Karim A.A. Khan KC:
On the basis of evidence collected and examined by my Office, I have reasonable grounds to believe that Yahya SINWAR (Head of the Islamic Resistance Movement (“Hamas”) in the Gaza Strip), Mohammed Diab Ibrahim AL-MASRI, more commonly known as DEIF (Commander-in-Chief of the military wing of Hamas, known as the Al-Qassam Brigades), and Ismail HANIYEH (Head of Hamas Political Bureau) bear criminal responsibility for the following war crimes and crimes against humanity committed on the territory of Israel and the State of Palestine (in the Gaza strip) from at least 7 October 2023:
Extermination as a crime against humanity, contrary to article 7(1)(b) of the Rome Statute;
Murder as a crime against humanity, contrary to article 7(1)(a), and as a war crime, contrary to article 8(2)(c)(i);
Taking hostages as a war crime, contrary to article 8(2)(c)(iii);
Rape and other acts of sexual violence as crimes against humanity, contrary to article 7(1)(g), and also as war crimes pursuant to article 8(2)(e)(vi) in the context of captivity;
Torture as a crime against humanity, contrary to article 7(1)(f), and also as a war crime, contrary to article 8(2)(c)(i), in the context of captivity;
Other inhumane acts as a crime against humanity, contrary to article 7(l)(k), in the context of captivity;
Cruel treatment as a war crime contrary to article 8(2)(c)(i), in the context of captivity; and
Outrages upon personal dignity as a war crime, contrary to article 8(2)(c)(ii), in the context of captivity.
My Office submits that the war crimes alleged in these applications were committed in the context of an international armed conflict between Israel and Palestine, and a non-international armed conflict between Israel and Hamas running in parallel. We submit that the crimes against humanity charged were part of a widespread and systematic attack against the civilian population of Israel by Hamas and other armed groups pursuant to organisational policies. Some of these crimes, in our assessment, continue to this day.
BLAH, BLAH, YAHYA.
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Statement of the International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor Karim A.A. Khan KC:
On the basis of evidence collected and examined by my Office, I have reasonable grounds to believe that Benjamin NETANYAHU, the Prime Minister of Israel, and Yoav GALLANT, the Minister of Defence of Israel, bear criminal responsibility for the following war crimes and crimes against humanity committed on the territory of the State of Palestine (in the Gaza strip) from at least 8 October 2023:
* Starvation of civilians as a method of warfare as a war crime contrary to article 8(2)(b)(xxv) of the Statute;
* Wilfully causing great suffering, or serious injury to body or health contrary to article 8(2)(a)(iii), or cruel treatment as a war crime contrary to article 8(2)(c)(i);
* Wilful killing contrary to article 8(2)(a)(i), or Murder as a war crime contrary to article 8(2)(c)(i);
* Intentionally directing attacks against a civilian population as a war crime contrary to articles 8(2)(b)(i), or 8(2)(e)(i);
* Extermination and/or murder contrary to articles 7(1)(b) and 7(1)(a), including in the context of deaths caused by starvation, as a crime against humanity;
* Persecution as a crime against humanity contrary to article 7(1)(h);
* Other inhumane acts as crimes against humanity contrary to article 7(1)(k).
Read more here: https://www.icc-cpi.int/news/statement-icc-prosecutor-karim-aa-khan-kc-applications-arrest-warrants-situation-state
Hamas set the ground rules on Oct 7th 2023 by violating every known UN Rules of War and Geneva Conventions. I could give you a laundry list of Hamas violations in starting war.
Rule 96, Human Shields
Geneva Conventions Article 19, second paragraph, of the 1949 Geneva Convention I provides: The responsible authorities shall ensure that [fixed establishments and mobile medical units] are, as far as possible, situated in such a manner that attacks against military objectives cannot imperil their safety.
Geneva Convention III
Article 23, first paragraph, of the 1949 Geneva Convention III provides: No prisoner of war may at any time be sent to, or detained in areas where he may be exposed to the fire of the combat zone, nor may his presence be used to render certain points or areas immune from military operations.
Geneva Convention IV
Article 28 of the 1949 Geneva Convention IV provides: “The presence of a protected personsmay not be used to render certain points or areas immune from military operations.” Convention (IV) relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War, Geneva, 12 August 1949, Article 28.
Additional Protocol I
Article 12(4) of the 1977 Additional Protocol I provides: Under no circumstances shall medical units be used in an attempt to shield military objectives from attack. Whenever possible, the Parties to the conflict shall ensure that medical units are so sited that attacks against military objectives do not imperil their safety.
Israel deliberately killed 200 of their own citizens on Oct 7th 2023 and blamed it on Hamas.
The UN General Assembly
* Reaffirms the legitimacy of the struggle of the Palestinian people for their independence, territorial integrity, national unity and liberation from colonial domination, apartheid and foreign occupation by all available means, including armed struggle.
* Strongly condemns those Governments that do not recognize the right to self-determination and independence of all peoples still under colonial domination and alien subjugation, notably the people of Palestine.
The Geneva Conventions protect medical personnel in armed conflict, including medics, from being targeted by the opposing side. Attacking medics, especially those clearly identifiable with medical emblems, is a war crime.
Israel's killing of 15 Palestinian medics and rescue workers north of the Gazan city of Rafah on March 23 is a blatant violation of the Geneva Convention.
Israel initially claimed the convoy had suspiciously approached troops without headlights or flashing lights, but video footage shows the ambulances had their lights on when Israeli troops opened fire, unleashing a barrage of bullets. A paramedic who was inside the vehicle when it came under fire recorded the video on a cellphone and was among the 15 aid workers killed and buried in an unmarked mass grave.
MAY 07, 2025 Starvation in Gaza is so bad even the BBC is covering it – and reporting it all wrong
The BBC's role is not to keep viewers informed. It's to persuade them a clear crime against humanity by Israel is, in fact, highly complicated geopolitics they cannot hope to understand.
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It is all on Hamas who initiated this mess and could end it at any time in the last 19 months.
If not for Hamas, all the good people of Gaza would today be sleeping in the their own beds and eating at their own tables.
Over simplification interferes with basic facts and reasoning.
He's a moron Donna.
You think so? Here is some background few are aware of.
Jul 4, 2012 Hamas, An Israeli Creation
Ron Paul alludes to the fact that Israel helped to spawn Hamas in order to weaken the then immensely popular and secular PLO.
https://youtu.be/cehzmAfC6w0?si=1feHJ9eD8P3wEOxM
Hamas started out as a charity and Israel supported it, but it quickly morphed into a terrorist organization—- Lesson learned
And yes, the US encouraged the Gazans to have a democratic vote, in which the Gazans blew an opportunity to develop a nation and instead vote for Hamas, which has drug them into this nightmare.
You still do not have any facts. I do however that I will share with you.
How Israel Helped to Spawn Hamas Moshav Tekuma, Israel
Surveying the wreckage of a neighbor’s bungalow hit by a Palestinian rocket, retired Israeli official Avner Cohen traces the missile’s trajectory back to an “enormous, stupid mistake” made 30 years ago.
https://www.transcend.org/tms/2014/07/how-israel-helped-to-spawn-hamas/
Some serious BS as Hamas declared war on Israel in their 1988 covenant. It is now 2025 and a whole new generation of Hamas could have easily prevented this mess and could stop it at any time by laying down their arms and releasing all the hostages. That option has been on the table for 19 months.
Bless your heart!
If that is your best academic response, then so be it.
Israel declared war on Palestine in the 1948 Nakba. They could have easily prevented committing war crimes by obeying international law.
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A whole new generation of Hamas grew up in the world's largest concentration camp. International law gives them the legitimate right to fight for their independence, territorial integrity, and liberation from colonial domination, apartheid and foreign occupation by all available means, including armed struggle.
The 2017 Hamas Charter says they would lay down arms for a two-state solution based on 1967 borders. Omission is a form of lying.
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Zionism is terrorism and the U.S. supports it.
And yes, Trump encouraged Netanyahu to "finish the job".
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Netanyahu initiated this mess. He deliberately broke the ceasefire agreement to implement his "final solution" of the ethnic cleansing of 2.3 million Palestinians from their land to make way for his Zionist expansionist agenda, in blatant violation of international law.
If not for Zionist settler-colonialism, the good people of Gaza would not have been refugees from the 1948 Nakba.
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Nice propaganda! Try again, this time don't omit vital facts that would change your narrative.
Omission of vital facts is your specialty.
Statement of the International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor Karim A.A. Khan KC:
On the basis of evidence collected and examined by my Office, I have reasonable grounds to believe that Benjamin NETANYAHU, the Prime Minister of Israel, and Yoav GALLANT, the Minister of Defence of Israel, bear criminal responsibility for the following war crimes and crimes against humanity committed on the territory of the State of Palestine (in the Gaza strip) from at least 8 October 2023:
* Starvation of civilians as a method of warfare as a war crime contrary to article 8(2)(b)(xxv) of the Statute;
* Wilfully causing great suffering, or serious injury to body or health contrary to article 8(2)(a)(iii), or cruel treatment as a war crime contrary to article 8(2)(c)(i);
* Wilful killing contrary to article 8(2)(a)(i), or Murder as a war crime contrary to article 8(2)(c)(i);
* Intentionally directing attacks against a civilian population as a war crime contrary to articles 8(2)(b)(i), or 8(2)(e)(i);
* Extermination and/or murder contrary to articles 7(1)(b) and 7(1)(a), including in the context of deaths caused by starvation, as a crime against humanity;
* Persecution as a crime against humanity contrary to article 7(1)(h);
* Other inhumane acts as crimes against humanity contrary to article 7(1)(k).
Read more here: https://www.icc-cpi.int/news/statement-icc-prosecutor-karim-aa-khan-kc-applications-arrest-warrants-situation-state
Sorry. Satan is not available for comments. He is busy celebrating with his friends.
“Touché ole!”
Is Satan really worse than this god, who according to Israeli leadership, demands the torture and death of children?
I wonder.
This comment reveals that you’re better at thinking than I am. How can I argue!? Or, who am I to argue!?
I do think the bible, if "divinely inspired",was God's clever propaganda to make himself look like the Good Guy and the ACTUAL good guy into The Devil.
Hmm. Interesting.
Well, with all thats happening mar a lago is very very very very, uhm, yes, very very very busy these days. But they like it that way… Coolest hell on the planet, besides, you know, work places like the sudan,gaza, west bank, congo, ah, just so many many many fine places to mention…
Neither Satan (the biblical construct OR the nice fellow what played for the Sabres) would celebrate this. Remember, ha-satan "The Accuser" was about freedom; he saw what the Hebrew god was doing, ceased to be his consigliari, and rebelled from a place of justice.
And, Lord Lucifer now wants to destroy Yhwh's creation. Will Yhwh allow it? Remember: igne natura renavatur integra.
Man, I never drove an Acura. Nor do I speak Italian.
igne natura renavatur integra is a Hermetic axiom which translated from Latin means: All nature is renewed by fire. It signifies the idea that fire can restore purity and wholeness to nature and is often associated with spiritual or alchemical concepts.
Coool !
I did like the ‘Herman’ comic strip.
I was referring to Al Pacino in the Devil’s Advocate. LOL. You’re exposing how little I know.
Oh, I almost forgot Satan from Mark Twain’s letters.
CS Lewis’s “The Screwtape Letters” is a neat read, even if it’s just Lewis arguing in favour of Christianity against himself, also in favour of Christianity.
Sorry, but I no longer understand this. How can a small fake country do so much evil in plain sight and all we do is show pictures?
I know, I know the USA supports Israel and threatens anyone else with total annihilation should they help Palestinians. but isn't the world a bit larger than Israel and the USA combined?
" fake country" Nope the only "fake country" is the State of Palestine.
Genosha. Taured. Latveria. Val Verde.
THOSE are fake countries.
Well, Taured might exist, just not in this Universe.
As of March 2025, the State of Palestine is recognized as a sovereign state by 147 of the 193 member states of the United Nations, or just over 75% of all UN members. It has been a non-member observer state of the United Nations General Assembly since November 2012. This limited status is largely due to the fact that the United States, a permanent member of the UN Security Council with veto power, has consistently used its veto or threatened to do so to block Palestine's full UN membership.
Under what government, Hamas or the Palestinian Authority?? If Palestinian Arabs were granted membership in the United Nations, they would have to be capable to control their own borders, because it would not make a difference if they continue to fire rockets or commit cross border terrorist acts in Israel, things will go right back to the status quo.
Palestine is a member of the ICC.
Your bullshit doesn't justify Israel's war crimes.
Dear Mr. Hall:
Thank you for contacting me about measures to block weapons shipments to Israel. I appreciate hearing from you.
Since President Trump's inauguration on January 20, 2025, the Trump Administration has approved a series of arms sales to Israel totaling $12 billion. Last year, I supported then-President Joe Biden’s decision to withhold certain offensive weapons that could be used in Gaza to violate humanitarian law. I have been increasingly concerned about Israeli war policy in Gaza since November 2023, when I became the first Senator to call for an immediate ceasefire and release of hostages.
Under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (P.L. 87-195) and the Arms Export Control Act of 1976 (P.L. 94-329), the president must notify Congress of a pending arms sale. These statutes also give Congress the authority to suspend such a sale by passing a joint resolution of disapproval through both the House of Representatives and the Senate.
Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont introduced S.J. Res. 26 and S.J. Res. 33, two resolutions of disapproval that would have blocked a proposed $8.8 billion sale of offensive weapons to Israel. This would have included joint direct attack munitions and bombs, which have caused considerable civilian causalities in Gaza. These joint resolutions of disapproval were referred to the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, of which I am not a member.
On April 3, 2025, the Senate considered two motions to discharge S.J. Res. 26 and S.J. Res. 33 from the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations. While I voted for these motions, along with similar resolutions offered by Senator Sanders in November 2024, they failed by a vote of 15-83 and 15-82, respectively. I supported these measures because more than 50,000 Palestinians have died in the conflict in Gaza since October 7, 2023, and 60 percent of them have been women, children, and elderly. The denial of humanitarian aid to Gaza threatens the lives of so many more.
I believe that Israel not only has the right to exist, but the right to defend itself in the face of threats from Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, and others. I have voted consistently for security assistance to Israel throughout my career to protect it from these threats, but this war must end. I will not support the devastation of Gaza and the deaths of thousands of innocent Palestinians.
For too long, this protracted conflict has inflicted untold suffering on innocent Israelis and Palestinians alike. I hope, out of the ashes and pain of this current crisis, there can be a renewed focus on a two-state solution.
Thank you again for contacting me. Please feel free to keep in touch.
Sincerely,
Richard J. Durbin
United States Senator
MY response:
These kids have a right to exist along with women and journalists along with medics murdered then buried along with their ambulances and this is not a friggin' RIGHT. These are crimes against humanity and war crimes that you are supporting in textbook complicity, Well done dick. Look into the mirror and see the abyss of your support with our $$..You were hired as an employee of American citizens from Illinois not to give carte blanche to crimes with our american tax dollars!!. Remember what RULE OF LAW MEANS??? Do you ? You are accountable and responsible for supporting this nightmare.
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I believe that Israel not only has the right to exist, but the right to defend itself in the face of threats from Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, and others.
No matter what they say they always come around to saying the same god damned bullshit.
power point talking points on index cards to be blandly repeated as per demand from aipac and other fine foreign freaks.
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More propaganda posters, but you have nothing of substance to offer the readers.
You have nothing but profound bigotry to offer the readers.
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I would love to see them explain to the Court why Israel had to respond to a genocidal massacre of Israelis and the rounding up of hundreds of hostages of all ages, to purposely and intentionally invite Israel in to Gaza.
Hamas had to know that if they did this and then hide behind human shields, that thing were not going to go well for the good people of Gaza.
I would love to see you try to convince the ICJ that Hamas committed a "genocidal" massacre of Israelis.
You couldn't give a shit about the good people of Gaza. Your hypocrisy is absolutely astounding.
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And now you taking the Lords name in vain. You have zero class.
On no, now I'll probably end up in H-e double toothpicks. And if there was a "lord" I wonder if he'd (or she'd) have more of a problem with those who use his (or her) name in "vain" or those who condone a genocide. Jesus F Christ you are a twit. Guess what the "F" stands for.
You realise, of course, that most of the Ten Commandments (the common ones everyone knows; not the other two sets in the bibble) are Unconstitutional, right ?
How arrogant is the generalised Christian god, anyways ? 30% of the Commandments are there to stroke his own ego.
Nowhere do the Commandments say "men and women are equal" or "thou shall not own other people as property" or "wash your hands before eating food". ANY ONE of which would have been more useful than half the extant Commandments.
"Lord's name in vain.". Pffft. Tell us, Timbit – what's the One Unforgivable Sin, and how EXACTLY does one do it ? (I know the answer to both, and I'm a ~30 year atheist).
Unbelief in Christ as Messiah and Savior is the unpardonable sin. https://www.gotquestions.org/unpardonable-sin.html
The link you posted says otherwise.
Read the whole thing. "The only unpardonable sin today is that of continued unbelief. There is no pardon for a person who dies in his rejection of Christ. The Holy Spirit is at work in the world, convicting the unsaved of sin, righteousness, and judgment (John 16:8). If a person resists that conviction and remains unrepentant, then he is choosing hell over heaven. “Without faith it is impossible to please God” (Hebrews 11:6), and the object of faith is Jesus (Acts 16:31). There is no forgiveness for someone who dies without faith in Christ.
Since the Bible cannot verify itself, how can we verify Jesus life. You don't even know the date of his birth, or how the Gospel writers knew that his mother was a virgin at the time of his birth.
Since Netanyahu uses the Bible to justify the genocide of Palestinians, you know that fiction is not a legal reason to commit war crimes in violation of international law, right?
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Swung on & missed.
It’s “blasphemy of the Holy Spirit”. And nowhere in the bible does it clearly explain how one does that. Which led MANY a Christian to live in sheer terror of doing so accidentally.
Summed up nicely here :
https://youtu.be/_baPx1pRxT8?si=q1G8bVh-bDB8TdPB
Read the link I postThe only unpardonable sin today is that of continued unbelief. There is no pardon for a person who dies in his rejection of Christ. The Holy Spirit is at work in the world, convicting the unsaved of sin, righteousness, and judgment (John 16:8). If a person resists that conviction and remains unrepentant, then he is choosing hell over heaven. “Without faith it is impossible to please God” (Hebrews 11:6), and the object of faith is Jesus (Acts 16:31). There is no forgiveness for someone who dies without faith in Christ. "
“The only unpardonable sin today”
I’ll go with what Jesus allegedly said — I don’t have much use for the heretic Paul.
No one knows what Jesus said as he never wrote anything down in his lifetime, and nothing was written in the semitic language he would have used to speak to his people, the Jewish people.
The Gospels were written in Greek and they gave Jesus all the attributes of former Greek Gods in Greek mythology.
That’s why I used the word “allegedly.”
Are you saying two billion Muslims cannot get into Heaven unless they accept Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior?
Go back to what Jesus says. You already know that. I leave this all to the last judgment which all three believe will happen. I don't judge others, since I haven't been judged.
Again, my amusement at how easily and readily Christian interpretations of the bible directly refute OTHER Christian interpretations of THE EXACT SAME BIBLE.
You guys can’t even agree on soteriology ! Supposedly THE most important aspect of the whole New Testament !!!!
There are lots of interesting things to disagree about when it comes to the Bible. This isn’t one of them. There’s what Jesus allegedly said, then there’s a post-hoc reinterpretation of it for the convenience of the Pauline splinter group that eventually took over “Christianity.”
For disagreements of that type which are actually interesting, I’d go with Jesus’ clear and unambiguous statement that the Mosaic Law would remain in force “until heaven and earth shall end” versus the Pauline “nah, you don’t have to abstain from pork, cut off parts of your sons’ peckers, or anything else that requires, you know, commitment of any kind.”
Maybe this will help you as far as the NT goes. Other doctrines originate as teachings of the church which do not correlate with the verses given. https://biblestudyforyou.com/bible-verses-about-once-saved-always-saved/
The Gospels of Jesus were not written in his time, in his town, or in the semitic language he would have used to talk to his people.—- Please think before you post
So? If it was all made up, I would think those who wrote it down wouldn’t have used hearsay by the apostles, but would have said it was written by Jesus himself. It all comes down to faith, believe or not believe.
'God' isn't His name, and nobody knows how to pronounce 'Yod He Vau He' since Old Hebrew had no vowels. In the Bible, only the high priest knew how to pronounce it. http://themessageofthekingdom.org/Only_The_High_Priest_Spoke_The_Name_Of_Yahweh.html
God is just a concept of humans, not a real person that controls the universe, at least there is no evidence of this.
Every cultural has a different take on this concept, but it has never stopped people from killing each other, and sometimes it is the reason they kill each other.
“There is a God-shaped vacuum in the heart of each man which
cannot be satisfied by any created thing but only by God the Creator,
made know through Jesus Christ.”
―
Pascal
It’s rote. Like memorizing the pledge of allegiance.
You tried. You really put the effort in to petition your representative, and that's excellent…! Thank you for doing that.
Thanks for the pat on the back-sometimes(like this one) it helps out a hellva lot.
For. F**k's. Sake.
It's WELL past time for the moral and ethical countries on this planet to stop asking the Apartheid State of Israel's permission, and just do the RIGHT F**KING THING, ignore "borders" and threats implicit or explicit, and transport so much food & medicine into Gaza to make the Berlin Airlift look like a mundane Delta flight into Dallas – Fort Worth.
WITAS is everyone so afraid of ? Hand-wringing and pearl-clutching is only letting more people die and we have more than enough capacity and capability to act.
“It’s every man’s war that keeps us apart, with stalwart convictions and affairs of the heart. To struggle forever, until we are free! The day will soon come, when we will all be released!”