Posted on 06/21/2006 9:27:01 AM PDT by connell
In recent years, a curious thing has happened among many left-leaning clergy and scholars in mainline Christians churches: They’ve embraced the Palestinian cause, vilified Israel, and held Jewish groups at arms length. Is it a case of old-fashioned anti-Semitism? Or is it something worse?
Christian religious leaders and scholars from mainline churches are giving the Judeo-Christian heritage a new twist: Islam. Those with a left-wing bent have been working overtime in recent years to find common ground with Muslims – all, ironically, while holding Jewish groups at arms length. Across the country, they regularly participate in “interfaith dialogues” – a process that went into overdrive after the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks. But there’s a dark side to these high-minded efforts. As well-intentioned as they are, these Christians...
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So I guess the Presbyterians figure the world has run out of souls to save?
They've joined the ranks of the world's Leftist drones, doing the bidding of a warped ideology. My CAT is as much of Christian as many of them are.
OK, so they commandeered the organizational machinery of a church.
Not the first time that's happened.
Second, I object to the implication (later in the article) that there is some contradiction between anti-Semitism and hatred of America. The two things go together very well.
I'm with you on your second objection entirely (I am not the author of this piece).
On the first objection, I think the deal is this: very few people actually wake up in the morning, twirl their moustache and think, "how can I do evil today?"
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