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The Chosen Ones

Why do Christians believe that Jews are the chosen ones? They were chosen for certain things to happen to them and through them, but they are not chosen for the world to turn a blind eye to whatever their government decides to do, regardless of how they justify it. Creation / Creator loves all that has been created.  If you think God chose the Jews so we would treat them as a special people, then you missed the point. The Jews were small in number, were enslaved and were rebellious. They were the least likely group of people to be chosen by anyone. THAT is the lesson. That's the point. The least likely to be chosen - were chosen.  God / Creation / The universe does not love them more than any other groups of people. Their land is not holier than any other land. All lands and all people come/came from the same source. One is not better than the other. We Are One - One Verse - in this Universe The Palestinians are loved by God, as are all people. They deserve to

Maya Angelou - Any person with God constitutes the majority

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This video features Dr. Maya Angelou, reciting her phenomenal poem, "Phenomenal Woman," on Oprah's Super Soul Sunday series.   "Any person with God, constitutes a majority."

Honor Christ - Save Lives

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It’s Easter season and the sorrowful crucifixion emails are filling up my email boxes once again. While the irony of such useless emails has not escaped my attention in past years, I am finally able to verbalize it, I hope. Honor Christ - Save Lives You see, I don’t really believe that Jesus wants all of this attention on his crucifixion and resurrection. Don’t hang up the phone yet, give me a minute to explain. Yes, Jesus suffered and died a horrible death, and we can do nothing about that. BUT, we can honor it. Many people are dying a horrible death right now and we could do something about it, but we don’t. Okay, some of us do, but for most of us, it is very little and not very often.  Yet, according to the teachings of Jesus, these suffering people are our brothers and sisters. Would you sit back and watch such things happen to your biological brothers and sisters? If so, you can stop reading now because this will not touch your heart.  Why is it that we don’t