• Israeli lawmaker tears up copy of new testament
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[quote]An Israeli lawmaker tore up a copy of the New Testament to protest against the dissemination of the “despicable book,” which was sent to members of parliament by a Christian organization. MP Michael Ben Ari of the ultra-nationalist National Union opposition party was one of the Knesset members who received by mail on Monday a copy of the “Book of Testaments.” It contains the Jewish Bible, known to Christians as the Old Testament, and the New Testament, the Gospels and epistles of the Christian faith written after the time of Jesus. A letter sent with the book from the Bible Society in Israel director Victor Kalisher said the new edition “sheds light on the holy scriptures and helps understand them. In addition, the references show the close correlation” between the two. “We hope the book will help you and illuminate your way,” Kalisher wrote. A picture published on Israeli news website NRG-Maariv taken by Ben Ari’s aide shows the lawmaker tearing up the book. “This despicable book galvanised the murder of millions of Jews during the Inquisition and during auto da fe instances,” he was quoted as saying in reference to the New Testament. “This is an ugly missionary provocation by the church; this book and its senders should be in history’s trash can,” Ben Ari said on NRG-Maariv. A parliamentary spokesman said that since it was a book and not dangerous materials that was sent, there was no reason to get involved in the lawmakers’ mail. Kalisher was not immediately available for comment on Tuesday.[/quote] [url]http://english.alarabiya.net/articles/2012/07/17/226944.html[/url] Occasionally I like to rip on the bible, but this guy might have taken it a little too far
I love how Israeli politicians make even American politicians look sensible. Pure comedy gold right here.
I'd have done this, but I would have ripped up the Old Testament as well. If you want a despicable book, read the Old Testament
Michael Ben-Ari is fucking crazy and it scares me that people in my country take him seriously.
I'm okay with this.
Too be fair, it is quite obnoxious to go "here you aren't doing the religion right, take the western world's book" [editline]18th July 2012[/editline] then again all attempts to convert people feel obnoxious
Imagine if he were a Muslim.
[QUOTE=V12US;36835553]Imagine if he were a Muslim.[/QUOTE] Fox would be all [b]OVER[/b] that shit. Actually, to be fair, every media outlet in America would.
Let's overreact like every extremists does. CALL THE CRUSADE!
This offends me honestly, I'm an atheist so have no special bonds with the book but just imagine the world wide outcry if it was a qur'an. It irritates me so much when there is one rule for one religious group and others for others. Either they are all just books that can be destroyed or whatever OR they are all sacred and should be respected. The fact that there is so much hypocrisy when it comes to this shit just irritates me.
That dude must be ripped. Did he tear up a phone book and drag a truck with his teeth afterward?
[QUOTE=Lankist;36835864]That dude must be ripped. Did he tear up a phone book and drag a truck with his teeth afterward?[/QUOTE] (Probably) 4 pages at a time. Still a [I]testament[/I] to his raw strength, I say.
I seem to remember facepunch having an anal prolapse over "draw muhammad day" and that time that one guy burned a couple of qurans
Religious shitstorms in Israel. Tell me something new.
I used to think that Israel was in constant plight of being destroyed by its neighbors, but now I find it hard to even pity them.
[QUOTE=cccritical;36841930]I seem to remember facepunch having an anal prolapse over "draw muhammad day" and that time that one guy burned a couple of qurans[/QUOTE] because that was fucked up this is just stupid.
why cant our sacred religious texts just get along?
[QUOTE=Ybbats;36845937]why cant our sacred religious texts just get along?[/QUOTE] Because they're our sacred religious texts. As long as there'll be more than just one, some people are gonna get mad (as in, completely nuts about it)
Rip them all up. Don't see the problem here, good on him!
[QUOTE=ewitwins;36835711]Fox would be all [b]OVER[/b] that shit. Actually, to be fair, every media outlet in America would.[/QUOTE] and then america would find oil in israel!
I used a bible to prop up a speaker once.
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