What strikes me as interesting is that 14% or 1/7th of secular Israelis see Sharon's illness as a divine punishment. Usually we think of secular Israelis as non-religious. Even anti-religious. We in the US might assume that they are atheists. But atheists don't believe in divine intervention.

Secular must mean something different in Israel than it does in the US.

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Poo to Pat [90 words]	Peter Herz	Jan 31, 2008 09:09
Where's Divine Intervention when you really need it? Like with Olmert, the Jewish anti-Christ? [35 words]	DrRJP	Jan 3, 2008 20:55
↔ Read the Book [198 words]	Abijah	Jan 5, 2008 12:34
apples and oranges [232 words]	John W McGinley	Jan 2, 2008 15:41
↔ You said: "... what is wrong with an Israel being dominated by religious Jews?"... [213 words]	Ynnatchkah	Jan 3, 2008 02:54
Pat Robertson [120 words]	Bart Willruth	Jan 2, 2008 09:12
Mixed feelings about Pat Robertson's comments [254 words]	Rachel Garber	Dec 31, 2007 15:46
"Divine Intervention" [249 words]	Chef Mike	Dec 31, 2007 14:18
O Jerusalem, Jerusalem! [151 words]	Drew	Dec 31, 2007 11:11
"Religiousity" of Israelis [292 words]	Daniel Bairey	Dec 31, 2007 07:05
For a religious Jew, every act and event is by the Hand of God [555 words]	Ken Besig	Dec 31, 2007 05:50
↔ To Ken Besig [192 words]	Abijah	Jan 5, 2008 13:11
PAT ROBERTSON [68 words]	DAVID R. GROESBECK	Dec 30, 2007 20:08
God laughs at the nations:Psalm 2 [381 words]	Michael	Dec 30, 2007 19:36
Robertson may be right about God. If he is, he is negligent; complicent even [218 words]	Steve	Dec 30, 2007 18:31
Judgment or Coincidence? [279 words]	Roy Weinberg	Dec 30, 2007 17:31
↔ DIVINE INTERVENTION [23 words]	MJ	Dec 31, 2007 10:35
↔ Judgment or Coincidence? [558 words]	Jane	Mar 5, 2008 04:37
Pat Robertson arrogance [186 words]	janusz Kowalik	Dec 30, 2007 16:47
Not "Dividing" but Sub-Dividing The Promised Land [89 words]	Mike Ramirez	Dec 30, 2007 15:16
Divine intervention and Pat Roberston's remark on Ariel Sharon [144 words]	Eugene McCarley	Dec 30, 2007 14:46
↔ ⇒ Reaction of secular Israelis [60 words]	Yaakov Watkins	Jan 2, 2008 00:47
Sharon's "Sin" [49 words]	Dan Friedman	Dec 30, 2007 13:53
Scandal of Scandals! [307 words]	David Sabghir	Dec 30, 2007 13:31
↔ You said it so well. And, critics to Pat Robertson come as a shot Israelis' and Jew's feet [299 words]	Ynnatchkah	Dec 31, 2007 00:54
↔ Reply to ynnatchkah [343 words]	David Sabghir	Dec 31, 2007 18:42
DESTINY [117 words]	MJ	Dec 30, 2007 12:51
Now Olmert has prostate problems [54 words]	James Burke	Dec 30, 2007 12:38
Warriors vs. Politicians [232 words]	Moshe Mones	Dec 30, 2007 12:38
Divine Intervention [135 words]	Marvin Kravetsky	Dec 30, 2007 12:29
I Love Pat Robertson. [170 words]	Ynnatchkah	Dec 29, 2007 22:23

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