From Loomis   I guess I just missed your question I rarely if ever ignore the challenge of an intelligent question In fact Im sure youve noticed in my posts that I tend to repeat my philosophy over and over perhaps too much I strongly believe in whats called the Socratic Method By that I mean that I believe that the best way at arriving at something at least close to the truth is by asking questions rather than stating opinions   Unless a question is completely insulting or moronic I consider it a challenge to answer it If I cant answer it properly I force myself to rethink the matter  Your question was a good one and it may take a bit of research on my part because while I do believe I have a good deal of knowledge on the subject youve touched on a couple of details I wasnt completely familiar with Maybe I was just being lazy by overlooking your question Or maybe it was because I just felt the rest of you guys have had enough of my opinionated and controversial posts that I thought I should just leave it alone and give you guys a break  In any case Ill definitely give it some good thought and I promise to get back to you ok Dont worry dont feel like youre giving me extra work Im actually flattered that youd be interested in my response Ill be more than glad to develop an answer especially knowing that someone is actually interested in it  I just have a few questions for you Im just curious about a few things For one Im very curious about the name Evilbu Does it mean something in Flemish Is the Flemish language really any different from Dutch I speak French and when I visited Belgium their French was completely comprehensible with the exception of a few odd words like septant rather than soixantdix for seventy etc Also you said something about you being too young You dont have to answer any of these questions I respect privacy But if you dont mind how old are you Finally you say youre not a Zionist That can mean one of two different things One is that youre simply not a Zionist the same way as Im simply not a Belgian Ive got nothing against Belgians Im just not Belgian Similarly you could have just been saying that youre simply not a Zionist Youve got nothing against Zionism you just simply arent one Of course it could also mean something very different It could mean that youre against Zionism  But thats ok too Im sure you know this but the Jewish religion is a nonproselytizing religion What that means is that we dont go around knocking on peoples doors trying to convince them to become Jewish In fact we dont even find it necessary to explain or rationalize our faith to others What we believe is what we believe and what you believe is what you believe No need to sell our religion to anyone else  The reason why Im bringing this up is because unlike Judaism Zionism to a certain extent has to be explained clarified and rationalized to others So what Im saying is that while I wont even bother explaining Judaism unless of course youre curious and even then it would be in a totally interfaith manner respecting whatever you are and not trying to change it I believe its my duty as a Zionist and as a Jew to help you to understand why we as Jews believe so dearly that it is so incredibly important that we have a homeland a safe haven       ShalomPeaceVrede Evilbu  Lewis Loomis