To: adam_az
I think that all Christians follow some sort of replacement theology, though not all to it's logical extreme, agreed.
No, there is a significant group of Christians that do not hold to Replacement Theology (i.e. Supercessionism). The vast majority of Evangelicals (i.e. conservative protestants) hold to what is called "Dispensational Theology" which does NOT believe in the replacement of Israel. That is why that group is so Israel-friendly.
There are smaller groups that do not hold to dispensationalism or supercessionism. If you were to do a population division it is probably 60/40 dispensationalist/supercessionist.
45 posted on
09/14/2005 5:06:47 PM PDT by
safisoft
(Give me Torah!)
To: safisoft
Good post.
Incidentally, dispensationalism found it's place (hints of anyway) in very early Christianity (33ce-250ce) and then in contemporary Christianity (roughly around 1800ce-present).
The worst Christian persecution against Jewry is found in the intervening millenia.
May be coincidental, but it would seem as though eras where dispensationalism thrived, so did well treatment of the Jews.
47 posted on
09/14/2005 6:46:33 PM PDT by
Praxeus
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