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the goddess Ashara is the oldest goddess to exist on Earth. She is the creator of the Vampires and all creatures in the world other than humans and animals. She is, without doubt, a nightmare

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Terrorists attempt not only to create panic but also to weaken confidence in the government and the political leadership of the target country. Terrorism therefore is designed to have psychological effects that reach farther beyond the impact on the immediate victims of an attack. Terrorists mean to frighten and therefore scare a wider crowd, such as a rival ethnic or religious group, an entire country and its political control, or the entire international community. Terrorist groups are generally small and have few members, limited firepower, and other resources. For this reason they rely on intense bloody and destructive acts of hit-and-run violence to attract attention to their group and their cause. Through the media they are able to create a larger voice for themselves and create hostilities among people. "A terrorist is a criminal who seeks publicity. This sets him far apart from what British officials in Northern Ireland have taken to calling the ODC, or Ordinary Decent Criminal, who understandably shuns the limelight. They require publicity. It is their lifeblood. If the media were not there to report terrorist acts and to explain their political and social significance (the motives inspiring them and so fourth) terrorism as such would cease to exist" (Netanyahu 70) What has caused terrorism can be a mystery for many reactionary groups, but for other groups the main causes can be historical, cultural, religious, economic, social, and psychological. Generally democratic countries have been proven to be grounds for terrorism because of the open nature of their societies. In such societies people have fundamental rights, civil liberties are protected, and government control and constant surveillance of the people and their activities are absent. Also by through the same reasons repressive societies, where the government closely monitors citizens and restricts their speech and movement, have often provided more difficult environments for terrorists. But even countries with strict police-enforced laws have not been immune to terrorism, even though they limit civil liberties and are against free speech and rights of assembly. One the most commonly seen forms of terrorism have been Suicide terrorism, other wise known as psychological warfare. "While suicide bombers are often portrayed as lone mad zealots, they are in fact pawns in large terrorist networks that wage calculated psychological warfare. (National Center for Policy Analysis) The suicide bombers often do die while attempting their terrorist acts, hence the name, but the bombers do wish to live to see how the tragedy has affected their victims. The wide range use of suicide terrorism is because it is simple and low-cost, guarantees mass casualties, guarantees the act will succeed, suicide bombers have no fear to surrender information, and the intense impact on the media. "The relatively high number of casualties guaranteed in such attacks, which are usually carried out in crowded areas, ensures full media coverage. Thus, suicide terrorism ranks with other spectacular modus operandi such as blowing up airplanes in mid air or the use of Weapons of Mass Destructionas a sure means to win maximum effect." (National Center for Policy Analysis) Some of the most recent act of suicide terrorism in the U.S. was the September 11th attacks on the World Trade Center in New York. Suicide Bombers hijacked two planes full of fuel and used them as missiles into the Twin Towers, Killing everyone aboard the two planes and collapsing the towers. This suicide attack is the worst act of terrorism ever committed on US soil. This type of terrorism has been around for many years and dates back to the 18th century. "Looking at history of terrorism, it can be seen that suicide attacks are in actuality a very old modus operandi. In ancient times two notorious sects, the Jewish Sicairis and the Islamic Hashishiyun became infamous for such attacks. In the 18 century, suicide tactics were used on the Malabar Coast of Southwestern India, in Atjeh in Northern Sumatra and in Mindanao and Sulu in the Southern Philippines. In all of these places Muslims carried out suicide attacks in their fight against Western hegemony and colonial rule. "(National Center for Policy Analysis) "Suicide terrorism is defined as a politically motivated violent attack perpetrated by a self-aware individual who actively and purposely causes his own death through blowing himself up along with his chosen target. The perpetrator's ensured death is a precondition for the success of his mission."(Schweitzer) Today's suicide terrorist attacks are obviously different from ones of ancient times, but also the mode of warfare has changed. Modern suicide attacks are often for the purpose to inflict both physical and psychological damage to the population. Another popular form of terrorism is Bio-chemical terrorism, which is one of the most deadly types. Bio-chemical terrorism can be defined as a group that threatens or attacks their target with the usage of a chemical that is very harmful and can be fatal. (dictionary.com) " In the 1990-1991 Persian Gulf war Iraq produced and planned to use not only chemical weapons but also biological weapons " (Gay 12) This is a good example of how other countries have tried to use bio-chemical warfare against another country. Along with the threat among opposing nations, there is also the threatof this terrorism in one nation. "In 1994 and 1995, Japanese citizens in Tokyo and other cities were terrorized by chemical attacks planned and executed by members of the Aum Shinrikyo (supreme truth) religious cult and its leader Shoko Ashara, who called himself "Holy Pope." (Gay 13) This cult tired to create a war by attacking the legislature and other authorities like the U.S. Naval base in Yokosuka The effects that chemical and biological weapons have had on US troops started after the Persian Gulf. When the end of the war came and tens of thousands of troops returned home they came down with an illness. The symptoms included chronic fatigue, severe joint pain and headaches, intestinal track problems, internal bleeding, and memory loss. These symptoms have been classified as "Gulf War Syndrome." The veterans were told they were suffering from psychological problems as a result of war, and were sent to consult with psychologists. The country that has been involved in most conflicts that pertain to biological and chemical weapons has been Iraq. This terrorist filled country has done everything from forging documents and making fraudulent statements to completely dismantling equipment and destroying documents to cover up their production of Biological weapons. "Just days before the end of 1998, Iraqi surface-to-air missiles *were fired at British and American fighter jets. US jets fired back with laser-guided bombs that knocked out antiaircraft artillery. "(Gay 27) Iraq has shown extreme hostile behavior against other countries leading the US and other nations to believe that Iraq does in fact have been creating and building up their biological and chemical weapons. Military intelligence agencies have no doubt that in the future there will be more confrontations with Iraq as they continue to try and build their weapons arsenal. "Information warfare is "an electronic conflict in which information is a strategic asset worthy of conquest or destruction. Computers and other communications and information systems become attractive first-strike targets. "(French) Information warfare is becoming a popular form of terrorism these days. With the growth in computer software and other technologies, information warfare is becoming easier. The threat of info war means that computer systems would have to be protected from an "Electric Pearl Harbor" "The surprise attack would not hit just one location, as was the case with the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor in Hawaii during World War II, but instead could disrupt the entire nation." (Gay 78-79) The threat of information warfare is a major disruption that should definitely be paid attention to due to its great affect it could have on a nation's communication and computer systems. With the new technologies today, information warfare groups are much easier to form. The organizational stronghold that the perpetrators have increases the flexibility and reduces the reaction time to fight against an attack. "Information warfare is essentially superior conventional strength. Not only are US weapons better than any other military's but advances in computer and communications have led to a method of integrating conventional forces so well that a new type of fighting emerges. "(French) Since this type of terrorism has grown to such a vast strength, it can become one of the most commonly choice for warfare. The terrorist can hack into a computer system that is so far away that the hacker will be in no danger, making this one of the more popular terrorism tactic. The US Congress passed in 1996 the Antiterrorism and effective death penalty, which has the secretary of state to put together a list of the top foreign terrorist groups. "In October 1999, Secretary of State Madeline Albright designated twenty-eight groups as foreign terrorist organizations. The State Department also provides descriptions of these organizations and their areas of operation. "(Gay 47) Counter-terrorism is to terminate terrorism and is usually enforced but authorized military organizations. The United States counter terrorism groups include Delta Force, DEVGRU, and the US Army special reaction teams. Counter terrorism teams have existed in one form or another since the 1920's. Delta Force is one of the US's Counter Terrorist Groups which is also known as, Combat Applications Group (CAG). The counter terrorist group recruits its soldiers from the US Army's Special Forces Green Berets and Rangers. According to Geffery French, today the Delta Force is though to have an estimated 2,500 personnel. Delta's main purpose is for hostage rescue, and they got the chance to rescue an American business man who was operating from an underground radio station, and was held captive in Modelo. Team Delta also saw some action during Desert Storm, when troopers provided General Norman Schwartzkopf security, and in locating Scud missile launchers in Iraq. The Delta Force has their own fleet of helicopters painted in civilian colors with fake registration numbers to keep their existence out of the media. The second counter terrorist group in the US is the DEVGRU which is a Naval Special Warfare Development Group. "What is known is that they were formed in the mid 1990's after SEAL Team Six, the Navy's Counter-terrorism was disbanded. DEVGRU was created after Richard Marcinko, the original commander of ST6 published a series of books that outlined the history and purpose of the original Team." (Johnson) Since the disbanding of ST6 the Navy had no maritime CT unit. The recent rumors have said that the DEVGRU is actually a CT unit created to take the place of ST6. The newly formed group is also a division of JSOC, which is with other groups like the US Army's 1st SFOD-D and 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment, in which both groups are listed in the counter-terrorism units. DEVGRU is estimated to have about 400 personnel which are separated into four combat teams and a training team. The third counter-terrorist group that was formed by the United States was the Special Reaction Teams (SRT's). This unit was formed when the Army sent a small group of Military Police to attend Emergency Services Teams training. The training for the MP's was so successful, the Department mandated that the MP group would be reassigned to an extensive scouting of the airport to ensure success. They also chose the correct planes after careful planning. They made sure to take over aircraft's with loaded fuel tanks, and less people for less opposition. United Airlines flight 93 took off around 8:45 a.m. and was flying without incident until they had reached Cleveland. The passenger had reported that the terrorists had cigarette lighters with hidden knives inside to take over the plane. The passengers and crew were held captive in the first-class section. Later, some passengers had learned from cell phones of the crashes into the World Trade Center. Then Flight 93 had made a few midair maneuvers which resulted in crashing into a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania. Aboard American Airlines Flight 11, the hijackers told the passengers that the planes that were flying from Boston would be used as bombs and hit the Twin Towers in New York. A flight attendant onboard reportedly made a call from a cellular phone and said there were "several Middle Eastern men" who had used knives or box cutters to take over the plane, and wounded several passengers. American Airlines flight 77 also reported several men aboard with box cutters who rushed passenger to the rear of the plane. The plane's target was apparently changed when the pilot pulled off a tight maneuver cutting 270 degrees to the right to head towards the Pentagon. "Aviation experts said the plane was flown with skill, making it highly likely that a trained pilot--possibly one of the hijackers-- was at the helm." (Counter-Terrorism) The results of the hijacking of the four airliners were devastating. United Airlines Flight 93 was flown nose first into a field in Pennsylvania killing everyone aboard. American Airlines Flight 77 was hijacked and steered into the Pentagon in Washington DC killing everyone aboard. The two aircrafts that struck the World Trade Centers twin towers were United Airlines Flight 175 and American Airlines Flight 11. Each plane that struck the towers killed everyone aboard and causing the towers to collapse. Terrorism is a major problem that is reoccurring over the globe in many different forms. The US alone spends about $5 billion dollars a year combating terrorists. The treats of bio-chemical, Suicide or psychological warfare, and information warfare are on the rise in today's societies as more political argument and groups emerge. Along with the rise of terrorism is also the increase in Counter-Terrorism acts. Even though most counter terrorist groups are kept secret, the increase of terrorism has also counter balanced. Throughout the years many radical and reactionary groups have been the cause for terrorist attacks throughout the world, but the ones that will always remain the most important to you are the ones that happen in your home nation.


What are the reasons to doubt the Bible beside just saying 'it was not sent by God'?

Most Quranic experts attribute the Qur'an in its form today to post-7th Century alterations. The consensus is, "independent scholars studying the Qur'an and Hadith, have concluded that the Islamic scripture was not revealed to just one man, but was a compilation of later redactions and editions formulated by a group of men, over the course of a few hundred years. The Qur'an which we read today is not that which was in existence in the mid-seventh century, but is a product of the eighth and ninth centuries. It was not conceived in Mecca or Medina, but in Baghdad."Because the origins of Islam and the Qur'an are dubious. This is the opinion of renowned scholars and professors of Islam, history, Arabic and many other fields. Among them - Dr. John Wansbrough, American historian who taught at London University's School of Oriental and African Studies; Professor Joseph Schacht, professor of Arabic and Islam at Columbia University in New York and a leading Western scholar of Islamic law; Dr. Patricia Crone, a scholar, author and historiographer of early Islamic history working at the Institute for Advance Study; R. Stephen Humphreys, professor of history and Islamic studies at the University of California at Santa Barbara; and Professor Andrew Rippin, professor of history and specialist in Islamic studies at the University of Victoria, B.C., Canada "Almost universally, independent scholars studying the Qur'an and Hadith, have concluded that the Islamic scripture was not revealed to just one man, but was a compilation of later redactions and editions formulated by a group of men, over the course of a few hundred years. The Qur'an which we read today is not that which was in existence in the mid-seventh century, but is a product of the eighth and ninth centuries. It was not conceived in Mecca or Medina, but in Baghdad. It was then and there that Islam took on its identity and became a religion. Consequently, the formative stage of Islam was not within the lifetime of Muhammad but evolved over a period of 300 years."Gerd Puin, a German scholar and the world's foremost authority on Qur'anic paleography, the study and scholarly interpretation of ancient manuscripts. He is a specialist in Arabic calligraphy: "My idea is that the Koran is a kind of cocktail of texts that were not all understood even at the time of Muhammad. Many of them may even be a hundred years older than Islam itself. Even within the Islamic traditions there is a huge body of contradictory information, including a significant Christian substrate; one can derive a whole Islamic anti-history from them if one wants. The Qur'an claims for itself that it is 'mubeen,' or clear, but if you look at it, you will notice that every fifth sentence or so simply doesn't make sense. Many Muslims will tell you otherwise, of course, but the fact is that a fifth of the Qur'anic text is just incomprehensible. This is what has caused the traditional anxiety regarding translation. If the Qur'an is not comprehensible, if it can't even be understood in Arabic, then it's not translatable into any language. That is why Muslims are afraid. Since the Qur'an claims repeatedly to be clear but is not-there is an obvious and serious contradiction. Something else must be going on." Another reason why the Qur'an fails the criteria as the word of a perfect God is because of the imperfections within the Qur'an. The Qur'an is riddled with literary contradictions, scientific errors and historical errors. Some examples:1. Internal contradictions- Allah does not forgive shirk (Surah 4:48), Allah does forgive shirk (4:153)2. Historical errors- The Qur'an places Samaritans in a time period of Moses before Samaritans existed as a people. Yet the term 'Samaritan' was not coined until 722 B.C., which is several hundred years after Moses.- According to the Qur'an, no-one bore the name of Yahya before John the Baptist (sura 19:7). Yet, we find that name mentioned in the Old Testament (2 Kings 25:23) implying that it was a well known name hundreds of years before the writing of the Qur'an.3. Scientific errors and absurdities- Sura 86:5-7 tells us that man is created from a gushing fluid that issues from between the loins and the ribs. Therefore, in this sura we find that the semen which creates a child originates from the back or kidney of the male and not the testicles.4. Mathematical errors- The inheritance law in Sura 4:11-12 and 4:176 add up to over 100% of the estate being distributed.6. Grammatical errors- Sura 2:177, the word Sabireen should be Sabiroon it is a human plural, it should remain in the masculine plural form. Or sura 7:160, the phrase "We divided them into twelve tribes," is written in the feminine plural: Uthnati Ashrat Asbaataan. however, it should be written in the masculine plural form: Uthaiy Ashara Sibtaan, as all human plurals are automatically male in Arabic.The Qur'an tells us that Muhammad's critics caught him plagiarising traditions, folklore and Jewish and Christian scripture. Examples: "We have heard this (before): if we wished, we could say (words) like these: these are nothing but tales of the ancients" (8:31). "Such things have been promised to us and to our fathersbefore! They are nothing but tales of the ancients!" (23:83)" In regard to the Islamic versions of heaven, 'paradise', plagiarism from non-Abrahamic beliefs is also evident. "None of this, of course, can be found in the Jewish or Christian Scriptures, but it is in the writings of the Zoroastrians of Persia, who were a considerable presence in the areas around the Persian Empire before the advent of Islam. According to historian W. St. Clair Tisdall, who did pioneering work on these questions in his monograph "The Sources of Islam," which he later expanded into a book, and in his other writings, "the books of the Zoroastrians and Hindus... bear the most extraordinary likeness to what we find in the Koran and Hadith. Thus in Paradise we are told of 'houris having fine black eyes,' and again of 'houris with large black eyes, resembling pearls hidden in their shells.'... The name houry too is derived from an Avesta or Pehlavi Source, as well as jinn for genii, and bihisht (Paradise), signifying in Avestic 'the better land.' We also have very similar tales in the old Hindu writings, of heavenly regions with their boys and girls resembling the houris and ghilman of the Koran."" Source: The Truth About Muhammad by Robert Spencer (2006) Islamic sources tell us that Muhammad's followers would argue because Muhammad provided contradicting versions of the Qur'an. A notable example appears in Bulhari's Hadith: "Umar bin Khattab [the second Caliph] said, 'I heard Hisham bin Hakim bin Hizam reciting Surat Al-Furqan ["Al-Furqan," the title of the 25th surah, has no meaning in any language.] during the lifetime of Allah's Apostle. I listened to his recitation and noticed that he recited it in several ways which Allah's Apostle had not taught me. So I was on the point of attacking him in the prayer, but I waited till he finished, and then I seized him by the collar. "Who taught you this Surah which I have heard you reciting?" He replied, "Allah's Apostle taught it to me." I said, "You are lying. Allah's Apostle taught me in a different way this very Surah which I have heard you reciting." So I led him to Muhammad. "O Allah's Apostle! I heard this person reciting Surat-al-Furqan in a way that you did not teach me." The Prophet said, "Hisham, recite!" So he recited in the same way as I heard him recite it before. On that Allah's Apostle said, "It was revealed to be recited in this way." Then the Prophet said, "Recite, Umar!" So I recited it as he had taught me. Allah's Apostle said, "It was revealed to be recited in this way, too." He added, "The Qur'an has been revealed to be recited in several different ways, so recite of it that which is easier for you."(Bukhari:V6B61N561) The Qur'an in itself as a source for anything is devoid of context and thus arbitrary. Being devoid of context and any understanding, how can it be understood as the word of God? "We do not have material in the Qur'an to compose a biography of Muhammad because the book is a disjointed discourse, a pastiche [imitation, parody] of divine monologues that can be assembled into a homily [lecture, sermon] or perhaps a catechism [snippets of dogma] but that reveals little or nothing about the life of Muhammad and his contemporaries.... The Qur'an give us no assurance that its words and sentiments are likely to be authentic in the light of the context they were delivered and in the manner of their transmission. There are no clues as to when or where or why these particular words were being uttered.... The Qur'an is of no use whatsoever as an independent source for reconstructing the life of Muhammad. The Qur'an is not terribly useful even for reconstructing the Meccan milieu much less the life of the man who uttered its words; it is a text without context." Source: Jay Smith, "Is the Qur'an the Word of God?" A debate between on the Qur'an hosted at Trinity College, Cambridge and Dr Jamal Badawi in 1995 So far not one single person has successfully found any errors or contradictions in the Quran. They tried, but always failed. * On the other hand, many writings have been self-consistent without being accurate or truthful. In the case of a religious or philosophical text that is used to guide one's life, more than "errors" or "contradictions" must be examined. The difficult part of that, though, is that such texts are used to define a religion. Since any religion tries to show something beyond human knowledge, more than scientific or logical analysis is often required to validate or invalidate a religion, or any guiding text thereof. In the Quran itself we find admission of such contradictions in that it claims for itself the right of ?cancellation? or ?abrogation.? Muhammad?s critics had complained that he sometimes contradicted himself, and so he taught that whenever a subsequent revelation contradicted a previous one, the second canceled or abrogated the first. Thus we read, ?None of our revelations do We abrogate or cause to be forgotten but We substitute something better or the like. Knowest thou not that God hath power for all things???Sura 2:106; 16:101, Ali. Since both the former or the canceled verse and the one that came later and does the canceling or abrogating remain in the Quran it can easily be seen how there would be contradictions in the Quran. Especially is this possible in view of the fact that it is not at all certain when each sura was ?revealed,? and therefore it cannot always be determined which is the abrogating and which the abrogated text. Some modern Muslims object to all this and claim that what Muhammad referred to as being canceled or abrogated was not anything that appeared in the Quran but only such things as may have been written in the Tourat or the Hebrew Scriptures of the Bible or in the Injil or the Gospel accounts of the Bible. However, in the Quran, we read:?Each one (of them) [the men of faith] believeth in God, His angels, His books, and His apostles.? (Al-Baqarah [2]:285) The Qur?⮠also speaks about the faithful ?who believe in the Revelation sent to thee, and sent before thy time, and (in their hearts) have the assurance of the Hereafter.? (Al-Baqarah [2]:4) But what is meant by ?the Revelation . . . sent before thy time?? The Holy Scriptures are God?s books. They preceded the Qur?⮬ which mentions them often and emphasizes that they contain God?s guidance. We read at ¬ ?Imr⮠[3]:3, 4, NJD: ?He has revealed to you the Book with the truth, confirming the scriptures which preceded it; for He has already revealed the Torah and the Gospel [Injin Arabic] for the guidance of men.? (See also Al-M⒩dah [5]:46, 47.) And we find at Al-Nis⒠[4]:163: ?To David We gave the Psalms.? The Qur?⮠also encourages going back to these books: ?If thou wert in doubt as to what We have revealed unto thee, then ask those who have been reading the Book from before thee.??Y?[10]:94. So the Quran itself is "confirming the scriptures which preceded it...the Torah(Hebrew scriptures in the Bible) and the Gospel," as "the truth." One of the more striking contradictions found in the Quran concerns itself with freedom of worship. On the one hand there are a number of expressions favoring religious liberty, such as, ?Let there be no compulsion in religion.? And on the other hand, time and again expressions appear that indicate the direct opposite: ?When the sacred months are passed, kill those that join other gods to God wherever ye find them; and seize them, besiege them, lie in wait for them with every kind of ambush: but if they shall convert, and observe prayer, and pay the obligatory alms, then let them go their way for God is gracious.? And again: ?Fight for the cause of God against those who fight against you: Kill them wherever you find them. . . . Fight therefore until there be no more civil discord, and until the only worship be that of God,? or ?until the temptation stops.??Sura 2:186-190, 212, 213; 8:12; 9:5, 124, Rodwell. Modern Muslims claim that the Quran teaches freedom of religion and advocates only defensive warfare, but can such expressions as ?kill those that join other gods to God wherever you find them,? ?but if they convert . . . let them go their way,? and ?kill them . . . until the temptation stops? be construed as either defensive warfare or permitting freedom of religion? The very Arabic word jihad disproves such a contention, for it means, ?A religious war against infidels or Mohammedan heretics.? (Webster) Many, many Muslims were slain by other Muslims because of religious differences. Certainly that does not spell out freedom of religion.


In what year did Judaism start?

In the Bible, Abraham was called the first Hebrew.Answer 2:According to tradition, Abraham founded Judaism, and Moses later received the Torah from God.Abraham (18th century BCE) came from ancestry that had been God-fearing a couple of centuries earlier but had afterwards slipped into idolatry (Joshua 24:2).The Kuzari (Rabbi Judah HaLevi, 1075-1141) states that Abraham was gifted with high intelligence; and, as Maimonides (1135-1204) describes, Abraham didn't blindly accept the ubiquitous idolatry. He contemplated the matter relentlessly, finally arriving at the conclusion that there is One God and that this should be taught to others as well.Answer 3:Judaism was one of the first religions in our world's history.4,000 years agoJudaism began around 1029 BC. it was the only religion at the time to believe in One God.Jewish answer:18th century BCE.According to tradition, Abraham founded Judaism, and Moses later received the Torah from God.