I haven’t read much of you at all - not even sure why I am subscribed. It sounds like you and your family went through some serious hardship and I am sorry to hear that. No one deserves that.
It also answers my initial question - where does your knowledge and certainty comes from - it appears a lot comes from negative and harmful personal…
I haven’t read much of you at all - not even sure why I am subscribed. It sounds like you and your family went through some serious hardship and I am sorry to hear that. No one deserves that.
It also answers my initial question - where does your knowledge and certainty comes from - it appears a lot comes from negative and harmful personal experience which can be very powerful and emotional and shapes strongly how people feel and think about things what they consider the truth. And, no doubt, it is their lived truth.
But it doesn’t mean it is the absolute truth about a matter - not that I think an absolute truth even exists. There are countless terrible stories on all sides from many people on this very difficult and complex topic. Each of the parties telling their own truth. And it is no surprise they won’t match.
This is such a tragic story imo. Despite your accusations and assumptions on how I think or feel about it or what I believe about it, I consciously do not take sides or have a strong opinion about it because I know that I don’t know anything about it.
But I do occassionally challenge people that have a strong position on either side of that tragic conflict who feel they are “right” and the others are “wrong”. I believe it is these strong opinions about right and wrong, first stirred up by people that want this conflict to go on - on both sides. And then it is amplified by people that fall for the propaganda - on both sides - and keep the conflict going.
Well, maybe I’m not the best writer for you to subscribe to. I try to engage with my readers as much as possible. I write on a variety of topics. FYI, I’ve written my fair share of essays about corrupt governments, Israel’s included.
What you are saying goes to my point that it is very easy to theorize about these things. However, when war comes to your doorstep, all the theories go out the window. You fight for your existence.
I do not write because of terrible experiences from my past. Actually, I look back at it all as great adventures and I realize that it gives me authority to speak now. Despite my experiences in childhood, I loved Luxor and never forgot it. I returned to Egypt in 2019 with a completely open mind wanting to understand and embrace Islam. I found out the truth, not of what happened to me, but what was happening to other people.
But if even personal experiences of people who have lived in the region holds no weight, as well as historical facts, then I don’t know what else there is to say.
Sometimes, we do need to take a side. Sometimes there is right and wrong. I can assure you, if bombs were falling on your head daily you would take a side against the people sending the bombs. And I can also assure you, if you were a Gazan who hadn’t been brainwashed by Hamas but still had your free mind, you would curse Hamas, not Israel. As Hamza Howedy does and others like him. Please read his message to Western protestors and take it to heart. https://www.newsweek.com/message-gazan-campus-protesters-youre-hurting-palestinian-cause-opinion-1894313
I haven’t read much of you at all - not even sure why I am subscribed. It sounds like you and your family went through some serious hardship and I am sorry to hear that. No one deserves that.
It also answers my initial question - where does your knowledge and certainty comes from - it appears a lot comes from negative and harmful personal experience which can be very powerful and emotional and shapes strongly how people feel and think about things what they consider the truth. And, no doubt, it is their lived truth.
But it doesn’t mean it is the absolute truth about a matter - not that I think an absolute truth even exists. There are countless terrible stories on all sides from many people on this very difficult and complex topic. Each of the parties telling their own truth. And it is no surprise they won’t match.
This is such a tragic story imo. Despite your accusations and assumptions on how I think or feel about it or what I believe about it, I consciously do not take sides or have a strong opinion about it because I know that I don’t know anything about it.
But I do occassionally challenge people that have a strong position on either side of that tragic conflict who feel they are “right” and the others are “wrong”. I believe it is these strong opinions about right and wrong, first stirred up by people that want this conflict to go on - on both sides. And then it is amplified by people that fall for the propaganda - on both sides - and keep the conflict going.
Well, maybe I’m not the best writer for you to subscribe to. I try to engage with my readers as much as possible. I write on a variety of topics. FYI, I’ve written my fair share of essays about corrupt governments, Israel’s included.
What you are saying goes to my point that it is very easy to theorize about these things. However, when war comes to your doorstep, all the theories go out the window. You fight for your existence.
I do not write because of terrible experiences from my past. Actually, I look back at it all as great adventures and I realize that it gives me authority to speak now. Despite my experiences in childhood, I loved Luxor and never forgot it. I returned to Egypt in 2019 with a completely open mind wanting to understand and embrace Islam. I found out the truth, not of what happened to me, but what was happening to other people.
But if even personal experiences of people who have lived in the region holds no weight, as well as historical facts, then I don’t know what else there is to say.
Sometimes, we do need to take a side. Sometimes there is right and wrong. I can assure you, if bombs were falling on your head daily you would take a side against the people sending the bombs. And I can also assure you, if you were a Gazan who hadn’t been brainwashed by Hamas but still had your free mind, you would curse Hamas, not Israel. As Hamza Howedy does and others like him. Please read his message to Western protestors and take it to heart. https://www.newsweek.com/message-gazan-campus-protesters-youre-hurting-palestinian-cause-opinion-1894313