Good lord Warhater. Does your hatred or distrust of those of the Jewish faith come from your love Palestinians (who also want all Christians gone), or from the neo-nazi pamphlets that you hand out. Come on. You have been talking about Jews as a problem to peace in the world, and openly condemn those Jews who defend themselves. Like Clayton, I am Jewish like my ancestors before me. Unlike Clayton, I have mostly liberal leanings. But knowledge goes a long way. Understanding ones history is key to understanding where we are going. Don't forget that it was members of the Baptist faith founded that founded the KKK. Of course this does not include African American Baptists, but there is elitism in the Baptist psychology. I grew up in a mostly Baptist community and dealt with a constant barrage of anti-Semitism from that group. The hatred, anger, and mistrust that they displayed was unconscionable. I stayed mostly under the radar, and only my closer friends knew of my Jewish culture, but this was the only way that I was able to function within a society that saw their faith as the only one. Islam is also like this. They condemn Christians and Jews for not following Muhammad just like you have been condemning Jews for not following Christ. Our religion is over 5000 years old. We still follow many of the old traditions set forth by our religious texts. Christianity is less than 2000 years old and Islam is merely 1200 years old. The Baptist religion is just an offshoot from Catholicism brought forth by faithful who were tired of Catholic doctrine and persecution. In fact Protestantism only spread rapidly due to the power struggle between royalty and the Catholic Church. Lastly on this issue, due to the Dead Sea scrolls, we know that the King James Version of the Bible is the least accurate of the English translations. It was written to appease the leanings of an English monarch, not to accurately portray the original sand script and Hebrew texts. The first translations were in Greek, which were then translated into Latin, followed by the King James translation from Latin. Gee, I wonder if there could be an error along the way. You talk about the Ashkenazi like they were just Europeans that converted to the religion of Abraham. You probably are not aware that DNA studies have found that most European Jews have closer genetics than that of other Europeans and in fact have a tracer gene on the male side that links them with the Middle East. The same goes for the African Jews. You also left out the Sephardic Jews. They stayed in the Middle East and in Africa during the Diaspora. Finally, I will talk about the issue of missionaries. In most Arab countries, Christian missionaries are arrested and regularly executed. It is a crime according to the Koran to convert from Islam or to try to convert someone else away from Islam. In the Old Testament, it says not to worship any other gods than "He that hast no name", and yes, Jews do not believe that Jesus was the Messiah and therefore worshiping him would be in their eyes worshiping a prophet as God. When missionaries, whether they are Protestant, Catholic, Mormon, Jehovah’s Witnesses, or any other group come to another land and tell the citizens that their belief that has been held for thousands of years is wrong and that the missionaries beliefs are the only true beliefs, how do you expect the them to react. You wouldn't like someone coming to your door and saying the John Smith was the only true prophet and because you believe in the Baptist faith and not the Mormon faith, there is something inherently wrong with you. Remember that Jews were forced at the point of the blade to convert to Catholicism in Spain and were tortured and murdered if they didn't. Those that did convert were still treated as a pariah and eventually expelled completely. We have little trust in the motives behind conversion. Again, I don't agree with the expansion and settlements that Israel has repeatedly insisted on pursuing, but you can't look at the Palestinians and just see and innocent people being persecuted. Israel is surrounded by hostile countries. Their survival is based on a strong defense. Iran has been supplying weapons to the Palestinians in order to expand the Iranian stronghold on the middle east, not to help "freedom fighters" (who in actuality do not believe in personal freedoms) liberate themselves from a occupier. Palestinian militantism has followed them into Jordan, where they tried to overthrow the government, and into Egypt where they assassinated the Egyptian ruler. They have blood on their hands as well. As for Obama and what he stands for, I can't say. I don't know what is truly in his heart. His policies in Chicago go a long way in their effort to help and promote the Black population that is his constituency and I commend him for that. As for what he will do for a much larger and diverse population, he has no legislation that shows what his goals are. Change is a buzz word thrown around this election because of the missteps and corruption of the Bush White House. Our economy is struggling and gas is over $4, we have been stuck in two stagnant wars, while poverty has doubled. Of course "Change" sounds good. I need to see tangible evidence of such change. Not just empty rhetoric and more of the same politics that I see from Obama