My Quest For TRUTH!!!

google zeitgeist the movie - watch the whole thing - it's like taking the red pill tho, just so ya know.

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The popular theory is that differences in religion sparks the unrest, but as in Northern Ireland the real reason for the unrest is injustice. In the United States we have a Constitution that announces equal liberty and justice for all. All citizens have a right to vote, a right of access to the government and a right to their life, liberty and property. In Ireland and in Israel some people have more rights then others without redress. Government sponsored injustice triggers basic human outrage. Unless they fix the politics, their will never be peace.

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Truth?

Truth is what is left after you remove everything else.

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You're embarking on quite an adventure! After many years of research I would say that the most fundamental issues have been best described by Ed Griffin. A good place to start is:
http://video.google.com/v...

His research is incredibly thorough and level-headed.

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in short, humans have a herd, or tribal mentality. Similar to societal organization of the great apes, our instincts have evolved to tell us to recognize the survival and resource access of our group as being in line with the survival of our own genes.
People who are somewhat outside the ground level can see human behavior on a more macroscopic level. Since money is simply a complex form of symbol manipulation (like training a rat to pull a lever to get a piece of cheese, then making him run a maze by going from one lever to the next), the people who can see the forest for the trees because of their superior vantage point understand how human behavior works and how to use it to their own benefit. They are human too, and also follow their instincts, seeking dominance.
The good thing about humans is we are a unique species, in that our frontal lobes can over ride our more base instinctual behaviors, and realize that instincts that might have made sense when we were in a jungle fighting off tigers and such are not actually the best ways to base actions when our society and culture has evolved beyond that primitve survivial mode. In fact, the higher aspects of human experience, love, hope, discovery, understanding, are also unique to the complexity of human consciousness.

Of course, it is very, very difficult to get most people to see past their tribal instincts, especially since their are competing information sets, or world views, whose adoption usually comes down to herd following behaviors, reinforced positively by social reward, and negatively by social shunning and even direct consequence.
Of course the problem is, people tend to look at only at short term benefit/cost analysis. Again, this makes sense from an evolutionary point of view, there isn't much point in thinking long term when a tiger is about to eat you. But humanity would be better off if they choose to not use violence, because the long term subjective experience of the world would be infintely better. People have alot of defense mechanisms for maintaing their world view, and only from an internal desire to seek truth can the better half of our nature be acheived.

"If you can find the time, please help me find the TRUTH about our WORLD. I would respectfully ask you to express HARD FACTS AND NOT BELIEFS."

I embarked on my journey of understanding in early January. My goal was not to learn anything about the "truth" of our world, I just had a few questions about why certain things were the way they were. What led me towards my questions and ultimately looking for answers was based partly on what Ron Paul was saying (as seen in many videos on YouTube) as well as what a few others were saying. Specifically, here are two videos that played a big part in starting my "quest" for knowledge:

35 minute video of speech by Judge Andrew Napolitano
http://www.reason.tv/vide...

Two 10 minute interviews of the comptroller general
http://www.youtube.com/wa...
http://www.youtube.com/wa...

These videos along with things I have learned from Ron Paul really had me questioning why things were the way they were.

The cold hard facts you are looking for are easily seen. What is not easy to see is that all these many facts are only small pieces of a huge puzzle. There are so many pieces of this huge puzzle that it is very difficult to even see which pieces connect to others.

There is no easy answer for the knowledge you seek.

What might help you in your quest for the truth is to really think about what motivates people (specifically political leaders and other world decision makers) and why they do the things they do (much of which does not make sense for "good" people to be doing).

There is obviously some fact that has you questioning things already. Take that fact and start your analysis there. Then see where that leads you.

A Peace to End All Peace, by David Fromkin. It goes into detail about the collapse of the Ottoman Empire after WWI, and the subsequent British occupation of the area known as Palestine. Pay particular attention to the parts of the book about the Balfour declaration, and the creation of Israel after WWII.

What most people don't realize is that Jews native to the Middle East (referred to as Sephardic Jews) and Arabs, lived in peace in Palestine for centuries under Ottoman rule. The problems started after WWII, when the Ashkenazi Jews from Europe, mostly holocaust survivors, settled in the region. The native Arabs viewed this as another European crusade.

Another thing most people don't understand, is that zionism--the belief in a state for the Jews--is a political, not a religious movement. The world Jewish population is extremely diverse. I have met many Jews who do not support the state of Israel, I have met some who do. When the former supreme court justice, Louis Brandais, adopted a zionist view, it allowed for the movement to become popular in political circles in the United States at the time. I suggest further reading into Brandais' life to learn how the zionist movement gained momentum in the United States.

There is one thing I have learned since I began trying to wake people up about what is happening in our world. I can make nearly anyone agree with me through debate. They can even leave the conversation agreeing with me completely. To my surprise only a few weeks later, I found out that they had completely flip flopped back to their mainstream beliefs. This is because many people do not read anymore (except newspapers and maybe novels). They get all of their information from the news and from talking to people. This will cause someone to flip flop like a fish on all the issues. They have no core understanding of our history and are lacking the facts to make an informed decision. They don't research to verify or disprove anything I said. They just go on to the next person and say "Oh that sounds believable, I'll change my mind"

Look at the debate on this board about 9-11. Even though most of our central beliefs are aligned, the opinions vary greatly about this event. You can't just pick the one that sound the best and then parrot what is said. You must, through research, come to your own conclusion.

I would suggest starting with some basic documents such as the Constitution, Bill of Rights, Federalist Papers, Anti-Federalist papers etc.
Then you might even read some of Ron Paul's books. But more than likely you will after reading the above documents branch off automatically from there and begin researching what doesn't add up in todays events.

Like the previous poster had said, you can't get to the truth by talking to people. Talking to people helps exchange and expand ideas. It will not get you any closer to the truth unless you research what was discussed.
I congratulate you on your search for the truth. The vast majority of people do not do this(inc. phd's and college grads). Best wishes.

Palestinians hate Israel because they think that the land of Israel belongs to them. I guess they use to own it or, at the least, some other Muslim people occupied it.
And, after World War 2 or close to it (I'm guessin for now) many of the scattered "Tribes" of Israel retuned to their homeland from the multitude of places throughout the world in which they lived.
And in 1953 Israel became a State! Which of course infuriates the Muslim nations and they are vowed to displace them out of what they consider to be "their land". Many of the Muslim nations refuse to recognize that Israel is a State or Country and or Nation if you will.
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The truth is that each of us only has a snapshot of what truely goes on in the world. I suggest you look around you, talk to people, exchange ideas and come to your own conclusions. Just don't accept everything you are told from the media, since propaganda is the tool to control fools.