Some commentary on left-wing Christians
In light of recent events, I found this editorial to be extremely interesting (link courtesy of Glenn):
There is something the Islamic extremists and some Christian groups share: They agree that Israel is the problem.
The Presbyterian Church (USA) -- not the members, but the learned elders -- has announced it will use its stock holdings to target Israel for being mean to the Palestinians.
A few paragraphs in particular stuck out at me. They all helped reinforce my belief in the ridiculousness of being "anti-Zionist."
It doesn't matter that one side is a liberal democracy that grants rights to women and non-Jews while the other has thugs and assassins for rulers and sends its kids to summer camps where they learn the joys of good ol' fashioned Jew-killing.
...[F]or no reason Israel invaded the West Bank and Gaza -- which for some reason had not been set up as New Palestine by the Egyptians and the Jordanians, but never mind -- and made everyone stand in line and get frisked. Those who joined the line in '67 are just getting through now. Evil Zionists.
Don't tell the Presbyterians about Tibet or Sudan. It would absolutely ruin their day.
Now, before you make assumptions, I don't happen to completely side with right-wing Christians on this issue either. The fundamentalists are only pro-Israeli and pro-expansion because they want Christ to return quicker and send all of the non-believers to hell. In short, they have an agenda that involves some serious rapture (yes, pun was intended). A large part of my views are rooted in the fact that the Palestinians have had many chances to get their act together (I've always said, "why not protest the way Ghandi did?" At least then they could have garnered my sympathy) and refused to do so.
There is something the Islamic extremists and some Christian groups share: They agree that Israel is the problem.
The Presbyterian Church (USA) -- not the members, but the learned elders -- has announced it will use its stock holdings to target Israel for being mean to the Palestinians.
A few paragraphs in particular stuck out at me. They all helped reinforce my belief in the ridiculousness of being "anti-Zionist."
It doesn't matter that one side is a liberal democracy that grants rights to women and non-Jews while the other has thugs and assassins for rulers and sends its kids to summer camps where they learn the joys of good ol' fashioned Jew-killing.
...[F]or no reason Israel invaded the West Bank and Gaza -- which for some reason had not been set up as New Palestine by the Egyptians and the Jordanians, but never mind -- and made everyone stand in line and get frisked. Those who joined the line in '67 are just getting through now. Evil Zionists.
Don't tell the Presbyterians about Tibet or Sudan. It would absolutely ruin their day.
Now, before you make assumptions, I don't happen to completely side with right-wing Christians on this issue either. The fundamentalists are only pro-Israeli and pro-expansion because they want Christ to return quicker and send all of the non-believers to hell. In short, they have an agenda that involves some serious rapture (yes, pun was intended). A large part of my views are rooted in the fact that the Palestinians have had many chances to get their act together (I've always said, "why not protest the way Ghandi did?" At least then they could have garnered my sympathy) and refused to do so.
posted by Remz Pokorny @ 1:21 PM
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