“Did Pamela Geller provoke Texas attack?”

The elephant in the room is that liberals fear Muslims more than losing their freedom.

Can’t stand Williams. Everyone that he disagrees with is a racist and a hater according to him. He never has any substantive argument.

if you are at a middle school education level, live in texas or in a rural area, stay far away from pamela geller. She is a FRAUD.

Pam Geller never called O a closet muslim. No one can bring that up on the record because it doesn’t exist. By the way, O is a closet muslim!!

Juan should get the prize for the most contradictory phrases strewn together in one sentence. Just plain stupid.

Hey Juan: If I am boarding a plane and see muslims, I take a different flight and I do not apologize. I am offended that they are in our country.

Juan Williams is just another Free Speech BUT! attention seeker.

This is a surprising defender of Pamela’s draw Mohammed event…

An article by Jeffrey Tayler in Salon of all things ->

Salon Shocker: ‘The Left Has Islam All Wrong’
“It’s time to fight back, and hard.”

http://www.truthrevolt.org/news/salon-shocker-left-has-islam-all-wrong

The story in Salon ->

http://www.salon.com/2015/05/10/the_left_has_islam_all_wrong_bill_maher_pamela_geller_and_the_reality_progressives_must_face/?source=newsletter

Perhaps there’s hope yet…

I am surprised that ISIS claimed to be behind the attack by these gutless scum. I would have thought any organization would have been ashamed to admit a connection to anyone that incompetent. These gutless scum are best at killing innocent women and children. When they run into someone who shoots back, we see the result.

They are gutless scum who kill innocents and cover their faces and should be referred to as such.

Tom

You have to stop provoking these peaceful people from trying to kill you.

Juan is just reading from a rolling script. That’s why his eyes look like that. All this is scripted. Shocking, I know.

Anyway, I’ve noticed that no one is discussing or showing the actual cartoons or talking about them and what was being drawn and communicated. “Offensive!! Offensive!!” That’s all we hear.

I glanced at the cartoons when you could still view them, and there were some I interesting ideas being presented. Very thought-provoking. Should be talked about.v But now it’s left to everyone’s imagination what these were, and that Pamela was SO bad… even though no one shows them.binthink they’re afraid to show them because of jihadis, but also because they make people think–outside their comfortable box.

I think I t’s just a phony war against people standing for civil rights. Geert Wilders, Robert Soencer, and Bosch Fawstin also were speakers–but all the focus is on Pamela.

We want to see the cartoons and decide for ourselves!

Punishments or Gifts?

By Gittle Gesina

So, we answer the soul’s call. We learn about our roots, about the heritage bequeathed to us by our ancestors, and we make the transition to the religious way of life. We begin to observe Shabbat, keep kosher, adhere to the modest style of dress, and participate in the numerous practices of the holidays.

Yet something is amiss. The baggage of the past doesn’t seem to allow us to fully embrace the new life. Fears, anxieties, worries do not leave us so readily, even though we seem to be doing all the right things. Without attempting to make this essay dramatic, I would like to share my insight, which has shed more light on and deepened my relationship with my Creator.

I started to believe in G‑d in my adolescence. My adherence to Jewish practices steadily increased from age 16, and at 20 I undertook complete observance. I started to fulfill the commandments to the best of my knowledge and abilities. All seemed appropriate on the outside. What was on the inside? What about my personal, intimate relationship with G‑d?

I read numerous accounts on how one is to experience G‑d’s love and care, and I understood intellectually that He is always with us. The subconscious message, however, was different. I perceived G‑d as an onlooker to my life. He was dispassionately watching from above as I struggled through the daily challenges, waiting for me to slip in order to shoot down the punishment. I constantly feared something terrible happening if I let down my guard. I could not rely on anything, because it could be taken away as a reprimand or a reminder not to be too cocky. Not only that, but G‑d could inflict pain on me at His whim. On the outside, intellectually, I accepted the Jewish view of G‑d as benevolent, compassionate and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in kindness and truth; on the inside, subconsciously, my old view persisted.

During one of my journaling excursions, I attempted to uncover the reasons for my fear of punishment and my shame for thinking that I deserved it. I realized that I was under the heavy influence of pagan ideology, which was further reinforced by the autocratic adult rule during my upbringing. Going against the established practices was wrong, and pain and suffering were self-inflicted by my own disobedience and willfulness. Comfort was possible only if I dutifully complied with the expectations of me.

To my surprise and relief, I was finally able to reconcile this subconscious indoctrination from childhood with my struggles as an adult.

When people refer to negative occurrences in life as punishments, they operate along materialistic guidelines. According to this view, the “bad” thing is anything which stands in the way of a person’s experiencing the pleasures and comforts of life. Losing a job means that there will be less money to get things one wants to have, to do the things one wants to do. An illness spells pain. There is frustration with not being able to enjoy sports, or even to do simple chores at one’s will. There seems to be no answer as to why bad things happen—natural calamities, wars, death. One draws the conclusion that it must be that G‑d is a cruel G‑d, quick to punishment. This view fills one with anxiety and dread of the future. If it is good now, it means that it will get bad at some point in the future.

The spiritual approach offers another explanation to life’s seemingly painful events. The underlying principle of creation is that G‑d made this world for the purpose of serving Him with complete devotion and self-abandonment, making this material existence into a dwelling place for Him. He is the creator, and He causes everything to run according to His will. With every thing that happens to us, whether good or bad, we can learn how to serve Him a little better, how to draw down His presence a little closer. The challenges set in front of us are never greater than we what can handle. G‑d is not only behind us, encouraging and cheering as we muster the strength to keep going, but He is beside us, breathing energy into us, and carrying us in His arms when we are unable to walk by ourselves. He is not out to break us, but to make us. Losing a job, becoming ill, or any other calamity one can think of are not punishments. At first, they cause us to reach deeper and deeper into our own resources, until we realize that we can’t do it without Him. From that, the realization that nothing is possible without Him begins to infiltrate our minds and hearts, changing our frame of reference on the world from self-centered to G‑d-centered, exactly as He wants it to be. I cannot perceive a source of greater comfort and security.

In the course of my religious journey, I heard these explanations, read them, even spoke about them myself, but they never became a reality for me until I put them against my old, deeply rooted beliefs, which were the cause of all the fear, anxiety and shame. Now, the process of shaking off the distorted childhood views and turning around to face mature reality is just beginning to take place. This slow and gentle process, as it infuses my soul with insights, inspiration, gratitude and humbleness, enables me to proclaim that everything will only get better from now on.

BY GITTLE GESINA

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Blaming Pam Geller for “provoking” the terrorist attack in Texas, is like blaming the bank owners for “provoking” the bank robbers to rob their bank.

I wrote this in defense of Ms. Geller, from the perspective of a humanities professor interested in artistic merit of events. http://www.thepublicdiscourse.com/2015/05/14997/