Posted on 05/17/2013 10:13:49 AM PDT by the scotsman
'A controversial Church of Scotland report which questioned the divine right of Jews to the land of Israel has been rewritten.
The 10-page discussion paper is due to be debated and voted on at the Kirk's general assembly next week.
Last week Israel's ambassador to the UK described it as "truly hurtful".
The Kirk said its revised version of The Inheritance of Abraham? paid attention to the concern over some of the language in the earlier report.
The Church of Scotland made the changes following a meeting with representatives of the Jewish community in Britain facilitated by the Council of Christians and Jews.
Reverend Sally Foster-Fulton, convener of the Kirk's church and society council which compiled the report, said: "We are grateful for the dialogue that has grown out of the questions being asked of our report.
"We believe that this new version has paid attention to the concern some of the language of the previous version caused amongst the Jewish community whilst holding true to our concerns about the injustices being perpetrated because of policies of the government of Israel against the Palestinian people that we wanted to highlight.
"The views of this report are consistent with the views held by the Church of Scotland over many years."
She added: "We are clear that the citizens of the State of Israel have a right to live in peace and security. We are clear that there should be a Palestinian State which also can live in peace and security.
"We condemn anti-Semitism and Islamophobia. We will always condemn acts of terrorism, violence and intimidation whether the perpetrator is an individual, a community or a government."'
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Those who commit murder are equal to those who resist being murdered. Uhhh...OK
"We condemn anti-Semitism and Islamophobia. We will always condemn acts of terrorism, violence and intimidation whether the perpetrator is an individual, a community or a government."'
"So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth." This comes to mind from the above diatribe.
” “We condemn anti-Semitism and Islamophobia. “
Not commensurable.
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