America's Little Monster (*BARF ALERT United Church of Christ's take on Middle East)

UCC | recent | Dr. Britt Minshall

[meandog]

AMERICA’S LITTLE MONSTER

In 1990 a teen named Hugh became part of our Church youth group. Hugh’s parents formed a wall of protection around their son. When Hugh came into conflict with teachers, peers and other parents his mother and father came to the rescue, sparing Hugh from any accountability. As a consequence Hugh became Middletown’s little monster.
On June 30th, 1946 the word “terrorist” was coined announcing that British occupation troops in Palestine had arrested 2700 men responsible for kidnapping, killing, raping, and torturing British soldiers and Palestinian civilians. These terrorists were Zionists a movement dedicated to force the world into dividing Palestine allowing Jews from Europe and elsewhere to form their own homeland.
The Zionist won when the UN (U.S. and Europe) partitioned Palestine. Because the Palestinian people had lived on this land for thousands of years opposition was expected. So Israel trumped their card forcing over 360,000 farm families off their land deporting them to Syria, Jordan and Gaza replacing them with Israelis. Syrians (80,000) were forced from their homes “inside Syria” and 700 unarmed civilians were massacred in one refugee camp.
Since 1946 the U.S. has given $140,000,000 and intervened on Israel’s part every time the UN has tried to stop Israel from committing atrocities through out the world (162 resolutions). Helpless against this “immune from accountability upstart,” other Muslim peoples began to confront this monster and its parent by using the same tactics invented by Israel thus we have 911, Afghanistan, Iraq and now the invasion of Lebanon. Action and reaction, killing begets killing and it will never end until the biggest nation on earth allows its monster to grow up and become accountable as are the other nations. So why don’t we?
1. Israel was not founded because of the holocaust. Its purpose was to drive a wedge through the middle of the Muslim world because the west foresaw the rise in the importance of Middle East oil and wanted the Arab world split geographically (remember Iraq).
2. The U.S. has two Israeli lobbies (AIPAC and CPMJO) that give millions and label any dissenting politician as anti-Semite who condones fairness in dealing with Israel. [SIDEBAR: 36% of American Jews have no emotional attachment to Israel and a majority feels our over support of the country is not helpful].
3. The Christian right is 100% hawkish for Israel, not out of justice concerns, but their theology calls for a massive war and the killing off of Palestinians so Jesus can return (actually the Son of God may return any time He wants and God loves the Palestinians as much as the Israelis), and no there is NOT a connection between ancient Israel and the modern nation.
And so as Lebanon burns the monster grows and grows just like Hugh who eventually killed someone and is in prison for life. I pray we reign in our monster, before it wreaks the world for God’s Sake.

Additional information on Dr. Britt Minshall may be obtained at ringofangels.com. He may be contacted at repress@juno.com

[bmwcyle]

I grew up in the UCC but it has become a socialist party and not a church.

[Cronos]

Can I sue the UCC for using the terms "Church of Christ" misleadingly? They should be called the old queen's teaparty of Muhammed

[xzins]

I don't think you read closely enough, if you think I have problems with the coc.

I said, "I know there are some conservative churches of christ,..."

The only issue was whether they were part of the restoration movement. They are. So are the Disciples of Christ, and to a lesser degree, the UCC.

Are all baptists Southern Baptists? No. Are all baptists baptists? Yes, of course.

Are all coc United CoC? No. Are all coc's coc's? Yes, of course they are.

Therefore, they believe that the church needed to be restored.