Quote Originally Posted by Rob View Post
I had to remove Lola's latest post. She tried her best to answer questions directly presented to her, not an easy thing to do. But, Lola, quoting "Scripture" as a basis of fact and not faith is not justifiable. Religions, by their very nature, are faith based, even the ones based on "science". Tom Cruise learned that one the hard way.

And to quote any "Scripture" as fact can only lead to a thread that would eventually get out of complete control and necessitate the removal of the entire thread. It is a safe fact to say that fighting under the banner of religion has caused more wars and killed more people than any other single reason.

And please remember Lola, history is written by the winners. Had Ben, George, Tom, Sam, Bill, John and the other "founding fathers" of the American Revolutionary War lost, you would still be speaking English but they would today be labeled as bunch of foolish rebels without a clue. Things would have been much different without the French assistance to the American side.
Rob, thanks for your kind words about my effort to communicate on a difficult topic. However, it was odd to delete my post and then address parts of it, with mine not available to look back at.

I don’t recall quoting Scripture, only quoting a Webster’s 1828 Dictionary definition of the word ‘hate’ that included Scripture examples of "less love".

People like to say “…religion has caused more wars and killed more people than any other single reason.” but that’s not what the records of history show. This kind of information is now at our fingertips.

No one can say for sure what would have happened in the long term if the American revolution for Independence had failed. When the Declaration alone didn’t result in the desired outcome, they kept going.

Rob, with repeated effort you imparted to me that negril.com is the Jamaica visitor website I should be aligned with, that it isn’t appropriate to argue ‘why can’t we all get along’ regarding new sites springing up attempting to undermine your expertise. When I ‘got it’, I thanked you for going the extra mile to reach me. It was a changed perspective for me and I have appreciated it more over the years.

In a similar way I support Jamaican culture, versus the ‘why can’t we go along with all the change’ viewpoint. Some things may be contrary to tourism. Alas, many local cultures have been altered for the worst through the guise of ‘change’.

Disrupters are louder and better prepared to instigate change while defenders are surprised and unprepared for maintaining their established ways of life.