Rabbis express unprecedented criticism of American evangelical support for Israel

CBS ^ | May 10th, 2004 | JOSEF FEDERMAN

[missyme]

And Jesus said "I am the Truth, The Way and The Life, NOBODY but NOBODY comes to the Father accept by me......

[aruanan]

Rabbis express unprecedented criticism of American evangelical support for Israel

Wah wah wah! Maybe they'd rather have only the attention of the so-clled Palestinians?

[TrueBeliever9]

the evangelicals' support for Israel's extreme right-wing, opposing any compromise with the Palestinians.

And there you have the problem! RIGHT is right - NOT LEFT is right! NO compromise with the Palestinians!

The LEFT rears it ugly head all over the world!

[ambrose]

Jesus also said "he who is not against us is with us".

[no dems]

This is so pathetic. As a born-again, Evangelical Christian, I can tell you that we support Israel because the Bible exhorts us that those who bless the Jews will be blessed. It's a shame that these Rabbis are jealous that the Evangelical Christians are aiding Israel in their endeavor of standing "against the world". It seems to me that they fear that many Jews will be proseltyed to the Christian Faith. I have one message for these Rabbis. "You can't lure away contented sheep". Do your job and thank God that the beloved nation of Israel has a friend in the Evangelical Christian, instead of spending so much energy on jealousy and envy.

[My2Cents]

It's foolish, in a world where Israel has few friends, to slap the hand of those who rank among Israel's strongest supporters.

[aruanan]

``I'm worried as a Jew,'' said Mina Fenton, a Jerusalem City Council member from an Orthodox Jewish party, who has led opposition to the evangelical groups. ``I don't want my people to be assassinated, sacrificed, killed or slaughtered because of their beliefs.''

Poor Mina. They're already being assassinated, sacrificed, killed or slaughtered because of their beliefs and it's NOT being done by evangelical Christians. Get some sense of proportion, woman!

[My2Cents]

Well-said, and amen.

[Bella_Bru]

It isa possible to support Israel wqithout trying to convert it's Jewish residents, right?

[Paleo Conservative]

``There's support for some of the most extreme political positions in Israeli society,'' Rosen said. ``That I find far more disturbing than any suggestion that there could be missionary activity.''

Really? They support the PLO and Hamas?

[dennisw]

This Jew appreciates all CHRISTIAN support of Israel. And I could care less if Jews figure into their end times scenarios.

These fool Rabbis sully Israel's name.

[Uncle Miltie]

Pish. Evangelicals I know have two key perspectives:

1) "G-d favors Jews, Jesus was a Jew, and we (Evangelicals) get to G-d through a Jew. Therefore: Nothin' wrong with Jews!"

2) Israel is a moral democracy in a sea of depraved death cultists. Good guy: Israel. Bad guys: Arab muslims.

Not a one of my Evangelical friends has tried to convert me. Liberals on the other hand, oy vey!

[missyme]

It's Foolish Pride, they do not want to see who "Jesus" really is what he stands for and that his return will to reedeem this world that is going from bad to worse day by day.....

[Arpege92]

Perhaps it's time for the good Christian Americans to stop donating their hard earned money.

[steve86]

except by me.

[missyme]

Yes Just like the big worry of Christians going on the attack when The Passion of Christ came out....What are they thinking????

[Question_Assumptions]

I think that Jews need to spend more time worrying about the corrosive effects of secularism and liberalism. Most of the Jews who convert or marry outside of their faith aren't blindsided by Fundamentalist missionaries or the Jews for Jesus but leave their faith because they never had a very firm foot in it in the first place.

[Bella_Bru]

Not a one of my Evangelical friends has tried to convert me.

I've only had one, and she isn't my friend anymore, due to some nastiness that resulted. I think most evangelicals that support Israel do it for the sake of supporting Israel, and no other reason. You always have a few bad apples in the bunch, but many I have spoken to say it is possible to support Israel without trying to convert anybody. I still wanted to ask that question anyway.

[Arpege92]

It's never been my intention to convert anyone over to anything.