Posted on 05/07/2013 10:21:00 AM PDT by Enza Ferreri
Welcome to FR.
What you say is true of most Christian Palestinians, it is not true of Lebanese Catholics, most of whom are very pro-Western in their political orientation (many of them even looked upon Israel as an ally during the civil war in Lebanon). The Christian Lebanese diaspora is also among the most economically successful immigrant communities in virtually every country that they have settled. In ever way, they are a far cry from their Muslim counterparts.
Thanks for the info.
Thanks for the link .
I had never seen that video .
It’s amazing what he survived .
Well stated.
How many American chrstians are aware that Israeli catholics traditionally support and vote for the Israeli Communist Party ..... there fixed it .
and it is not to different from Russian catholics , south AMerican catholics , Cuban catholics , European catholics etc etc that support socialism that leads to communism so there by they support communism themselves .
The one thing they don't support is actually what is written in the Bible and that includes that Israel is Israel and the God of Abraham , Issac and Jacob wants them back in their own land. He said he would bring them back and he has and he said that no one will uproot them again and no one is going to.They don't believe when it says the land has been given to them . They don't believe most of what is written in the Old Testament and since they don't the allegorize much of what is written in the New Testament but boy do they sure preach give your 10% tithe from the Old .
Christians follow Christ and believe what is written in the Scriptures , Catholics follow their pope and believe their tradition .
I am saying there is a dismissive attitude among evangelicals in regard to Orthodoxy & Catholicism (as if we weren’t real Christians. This dismissiveness stems from theological perspectives rather than a belief that the older denominations are not being persecuted. I have gotten hold of Voice of Martyrs pamphlets and in general have found them very informative—and yes, they are a good organization. But still, most of the concentration is in regard to the persecution of evangelicals—not the older Christian communities orthodox and catholic. Mainline Protestant churches and most of the Catholic hierarchy is very wussy when it has come to islamists—either out of political correctness or plain old fear—except for a few comments by Pope Benedict. Arab Christians of whatever stripe, have a big identity crisis. I think you aware enough of the history that I don’t have to go on and on. They were anxious to be accepted by the larger Muslim Arab community when secular regimes were more in vogue in the region (eg. Baathist regimes in Iraq & Syria quite tolerant of Christians—Egypt under Nasser, Sadat, Mubarak less so because the Copts made up a good sized minority (12% or so), but now that MB Wahhabi inspired regimes are taking over, they are just in plain fear for their survival. For good coverage of persecution of Christians (and other in Islamdom go to Frontpaage Magazine) and a good guy for coverage on Christian capitulation (in USA)to Islamist screeds and hissy fits is Mark Tooley (an evangelical, I believe)
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