[MadameAxe]

I was hearing reports last night that, according to Israeli (sp?) intelligence, it was Saddam Hussein rather than Bin Laden who was responsible for the attacks. But today I haven't see anything about it, and I haven't had much time to spend online. Either of you know what's up with that?

Nice to see you Fred.

[TKEman]

I heard that too. It might be that he was involved in a minor way in the whole thing. We are entering dangerous waters.

[Fred25]

I really don’t know what’s going on. I think we are all being carried along by “fate” (whatever that is). What frightens me the most is that some of this stuff is predicted in the Bible and the Koran. I think the general Jewish interpretation is that God will help Israel be victorious. They will defeat the Arabs, and the Gentiles will just sort of be on the sidelines after the battles.

A couple of non-radical Arabs told me back in the ‘80s that in their Koranic version, God will help them defeat the “wayward” Jews. Interestingly, the non-radical interpretation of the Koran version has many of the Gentiles uniting with the Arabs, and during the battle of Armageddon (which is a desert area of Israel), Jesus will return to earth to help the Arabs and the Gentiles defeat the wayward Jews. Of course we are all faced with the “self-fulfilling prophesy” situation, in which some Jews, Arabs, and Christians will try to force those old “prophecies” to come true, because they believe the prophecies are supposed to come true.

What many Christians believe is that all the world will be involved with the last battles, and Jesus will finally return and straighten everything out. But in the meantime, all three religions predict some bad times for the whole world during the various clashes, which might last for years.

I don’t mention these things to suggest that “supernatural” events might take place. I mention them only to provide some background information about what many of the combatants believe.