On Sep 2, 12:34*pm, Jeff Liebermann wrote:
On Tue, 31 Aug 2010 13:54:01 -0700 (PDT), Art Unwin

wrote:
No John I am not jewish!

Thank God. *For a moment, I was worried.

One thing that
was also written at the time that only a few jewish people continued
on the journey while the majority
stayed enjoying their former bad ways.

Sorta. *The old testament says (somewhere) that about 600,000 left
Egypt. *No clue how many followed Moses into the desert as most just
wanted to leave the scene of the disaster (10 plagues). *40 years
later, about 25,000 entered the promised land with Joshua. *Most of
the 40 years was probably spend building and training an army, so
there must have been a major reduction in followers in the desert. The
actual numbers are highly debatable.

As for "bad ways", that's also debatable. *For example, what's the
difference between a bribe and a commission? *The only difference is
when it's paid. *A bribe in advance, a commission after. *In most
middle east cultures, bribes are necessary to secure ones profit.
Anyone taking a commission is usually deemed a fool. *Yet, western
culture defines taking a bribe as evil, and a commission as desirable.
So, who's acting badly, and from who's perspective?

These were not receipients of
the "promise" so what is going to happen to them when they lose out on
judgement day?

Same as what we do today.... bribe the judge and pay off his cronies.

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Hmmm
Then it would appear that the promised land was only given to less
than 10% of those that left in the first place! Maybe Gaza will be
large enough for those that followed thru. Grin. I would imagine that
decimation could avoid that strip of coastal area.
Maybe agreement will come after all, but not this or the next time
around as Israel has not stopped gaining ground.