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God Loves Blood & Pain or How Holland Scored 2 Goals in One Week

June 29, 2011 by Leave a Comment

The news coming from Holland (or the Netherlands – if you prefer the long version) is joyous indeed, this country has been on the headlines in this blog, mainly for letting one of their own parliament members Geert Wilders walk free of the clearly harassing accusations against him and now they are moving forward, in a very positive way.

Here are the news – the dutch parliament is going to pass a law that will require animals to be shocked before they are slaughtered, here is how it was explained in one news site (link here)

Shock or Be Shocked

Now it is of no surprise that orthodox Jews and Muslims are upset, these people want to keep things are they were hundreds of years ago, and by saying this I do mean that once upon a time animals were killed without being shocked, the slaughter houses did not have electricity – as in fact no one had it, so it was not an option. Add to this the fact that way before Judaism or Islam those who worshiped gods sacrificed animals (and some times humans as well) to satisfy those angry gods because they really thought that gods need this blood to calm them down.

And so it got to the Jewish religion that killing animals sustained some ritual like practices, and this, in turn, moved to Islam. Both these religions ask that the animal be conscience when killed, and one would do well to note that this is not about the rest of the killing (with all kinds of crazy stuff going on when they actually kill the animal) but of the mere fact that these people really insist that the animal is to suffer as much as possible and not be stunned while being killed.

Holland is moving forward, and for this it seems they need to pay a price, the Jewish person responding to this in the article above is talking about how this brings back memories of the second world war in which the Nazis banned Kosher slaughter as fast as they invaded Holland, and Muslims talk about this being a part of a plan to kick them out (they even say its Geert Wilders idea), and this is not only absurd but insulting as well.

Lets hope that other countries start to move forward as well, and tell these people that its alright to practice the religion they like in their homes (without forcing it on anyone, or hurting anyone in its name) but the minute any idea is out of the house its out to public debate and will be changed if the actual modern life is not compatible with it, just like the idea of sitting in the dark every evening came to an end when the light bulb was invented.

 

Filed Under: Atheism, Netherlands, News Tagged With: Hallal, Holland, Kosher

Frits Bolkestein & Some Things That Never Change

January 7, 2011 by Leave a Comment

a few weeks ago, a well respected gentelman was quoated as saying that “obvious” Jews should probably consider moving out of Holland becasue their wellbeing can not be garanteed by the local authorities. That gentelman was no other than Frits Bolkestein, who has already sparked a few controversialists in his time, and who can not be blamed for saying so out of sheer Jew hating sentiments.

Mr. Bolkestein simply stated what he believes in (or believed in – at the time) based on very simple facts, the Dutch authorities could not stop the murder of several people who were in danger because of criticism of Islam (Theo Van Gogh being one of them), so it would be very likely that they could not protect every religious Jewish person – who looks like a Jewish person, in Holland.

And some things never change. The idea that someone will be under constant threat only because of his beliefs is not new, the fact that governments tell Jews that they can not keep them safe, even though they are native citizens with equal rights – not new.

Why not do this the other way around, why not tell anyone who plans on executing hate crimes that the government can not promise to keep them safe, why not tell communities that support such actions that they will not be safe, and better move to another place, a place that supports such a behavior?

As for religious Jews, I think it was the great Christopher Hitchins that said that the Jews are the perfect evidence that there is no god, if you are Jewish and look like one is no different to believing in any other god and not looking like that, but if that directly threatens your life, maybe you should consider a fashion change discussion with the almighty, after all it can not be that god dictated a dress code, only humans do that.

Filed Under: Hitchens, News, Religions Tagged With: Frits Bolkestei, Holland, Nehterlands