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I might be wrong,but as someone that read the original Hebrew book, I feel there is missing context for the English readers. The biggest struggle in Israel is b

I might be wrong,but as someone that read the original Hebrew book, I feel there is missing context for the English readers. The biggest struggle in Israel is between religion and liberalism. The Arab states around us are falling (or in high risk of falling) into Muslim paradigms, and Israel is in the midst of a similar process where Jewish rules is considered superior to democratic/liberal rules by larger part of the population. This book comes as fresh air showing the strength of science, over the laws of God - given a wide enough time perspective. It's the secular Bible if you wish, something to hang on to while more people around you believe in hatered disguised as faith.

golergka 10y ago
> Jewish rules is considered superior to democratic/liberal rules by larger part of the population I don't think it's a larger part of population, just much better organized. Also, you're forgetting that a lot of "right" is pretty secular and is driven not by religion, but by the nature of conflict itself — it's much harder to cling to democratic and liberal values for all when you're afraid for your life every day. (I'm not expressing my personal opinion on the issue here, just describing different political forces and motivations behind other people as I see them).
- Karnickel 10y ago
  > I don't think it's a larger part of population, just much better organized. Point accepted, but those are the ones driving much of society, when the others are just watching on the sidelines. In such diverse things as elections to getting a beating, the passive bystanders don't matter.