Posted on 06/30/2008 9:13:22 AM PDT by NativeNewYorker
PALO ALTO, Calif. — As their biannual meeting concluded last week, Presbyterian Church leaders took some actions that irritated Jewish groups, but steered clear of the talk of divestment from Israel that ignited a firestorm in Presbyterian-Jewish relations in 2004.
On Friday, the church's general assembly, in a 504-171 vote, approved a resolution endorsing a proposal for Middle East peace crafted in Jordan last year. Known as the Amman Call, the plan includes a "right of return" for Palestinian Arabs that Israel has rejected because it could produce a wave of immigration that would mean the demise of Israel as a Jewish state.
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Must be the Presbyterian Church, United States Apostate, er, the PCUSA.
Presbyterian in name only; certainly not Christian in theology.
Hoss
‘Presbyterian in name only; certainly not Christian in theology.’
As a previous elder in the PCUSA I’m offended by your statement. Only because its true.
Drift,
Well, thankfully you are a “previous” Elder. :)
Hoss
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