Calling on the God of Israel to strike dead the leader who stopped 85% of the terror attacks on Israelis is a** backwards.
"Calling on the God of Israel to strike dead the leader who stopped 85% of the terror attacks on Israelis is a** backwards."
They're not calling for Sharon to be struck dead. They are calling for immediate judgment from God, upon a man that cannot be reached by the judgment of the people, and if the judgment of God removes Sharon, who has put himself in opposition by going along with this concession, dividing the land, then so be it, whether he dies, or is otherwise taken out of the affairs of Israel.
In their belief, if Sharon is judged righteous, then the petitioner will face judgment himself. It's not something that would be undertaken lightly.
Try to imagine yourself in this position for a second... is there anything in this life, that you feel fervently enough about, as to lay your own life on the line, if you're wrong? Would you entreat God to intervene, if you knew how, even if the price of being incorrect would be your own life? In their minds, this is what they're doing.
Many on this thread think it's all nuttiness, as is their right. But, what amazes me is all the people who seem to relish mocking the power of their own God. This, to me, seems nuttier... lacking faith to understand the fervor, and resorting to mockery of something they should understand, but do not or will not.
I can't pretend to understand fully, but I respect how completely these men have given themselves over to their faith. It is of no threat to me, and if they really are mere nutcases, it is of no threat to you or anyone else, either. Is it inflammatory? Everything any Jew does is inflammatory to a certain mindset. Any Christian, too, for that matter.