Israel, tho maybe nuclear-capable, is not a religious state, even if it was established by Jews as somewhere for other Jews to go. It was an ethnic, not a religious, movement that established the kibbutz system on which the achievement of statehood was based. Free love applied in the kibbutzim, not Talmudic law. Have you read Koestler's 'Thieves In The Night'? For all its faults, it's a book worth reading. And Talmudic or rabbinic influence haven't much political clout there: the Sabbath laws are a bit of a pain in the arse to most people, but apart from no buses running they don't have much effect on anyone who doesn't want to be affected.

Now, can you honestly say that Islamic teachings have no political or forensic influence in Yemen, Saudi, Brunei, N Nigeria, Malaysia, Sudan, Somalia (cont p 94)?

For gods sake grow up, Jim & stop being so silly, and relying on such leaky at every orifice debating points. It's beneath you.

~M~