Notice that the questions I asked a week ago, with regards to the supposed
religious nature of that national entity of zionism, remain unanswered. That
is because there is no religious character to the Israeli state. Its
repression nature comes from the fact that it is a secular
bourgeois-democratic (read: imperialist) state, like the United States.

In fact, if there was ANY religious character to Israel, I would have to say
that it was PROTESTANT more than anything else, considering its complete
accordance and collusion with U.S. foreign policy interests.

Best,
David

In a message dated 3/25/2002 12:13:44 AM Eastern Standard Time, Dddddd0814
writes:


> Bill,
> In a message dated 3/25/2 12:10:59 AM, you wrote:
>
> >There also doesn't seem to be the same degree of institutional
> discrimination in
> >favour of, or against, those who do or don't adhere to a state-sponsored
> religious
> >doctrine as we were discussing in relation to Israel. (Let alone a state
> sponsored
> >church.) Perhaps it is more subtle and I'm not aware of it? But you would
> need
> >to give examples to convince me that the US doesn't adhere to the accepted
> principles
> >of the separation of church and state.
>
> Does Israel have a state-sponsored temple? Is it mandatory that the Talmud
> and other Jewish religious scriptures be taught in public school? Please
> describe the concrete policies of Israel's "state-sponsored religious
> doctrine." Are they any more or less intense than that of the United
> States?
>
> -- David