You are confusing Evangelicals with Catholics, Evangelicals are the Israel supporting, pro-life, anti-homosexual agenda, right wingers of modern AMERICAN history and politics, Catholics are the democrat voting religion of the old days and dark European history.
It seems chilling for you to express such intense 80% liberal voting tribal feelings against Christians anyway, that makes it sound like you are surrounded by enemies in America, whereas as a political conservative you should prefer your fellow conservatives.
Luther was a notorious anti-semite. The German Christians who tried to reconcile Nazism with Christianity were Protestants. The country even after the annexation of Austria was two-thirds Protestant. Both Catholics and Protestants were complicit in the Holocaust, but enough of this Black Legend Stuff.
Luther was a notorious anti-semite. The German Christians who tried to reconcile Nazism with Christianity were Protestants. The country even after the annexation of Austria was two-thirds Protestant. Both Catholics and Protestants were complicit in the Holocaust, but enough of this Black Legend Stuff.
Speaking as an Israel-supporting right-wing Catholic, I take issue with that blanket statement.
Hello? Long-time, right-wing FReeper here!
I was answering the question as to why Jews have a hard time with Evangelicals. I don’t hold anyone guilty of the crimes of their people. I don’t judge the individual as a group. I do have a problem with the relentless attempts to convert Jews by the evangelicals, but we deal with it as politely as possible. (Conversion is offensive to us... period.)
I’ve never voted for a “D” in my life and never will.
I’d sooner vote for Ron Paul.
But part of my insight came from my own attempts to understand why Jewish people insist on slitting their own throats. *I* didn’t get it. So I started paying more attention and asking questions at my shul. I looked up the opposition’s arguments online. It’s frustrating how many tow the party line. How many refuse to see that they’re looking at this the wrong way.
For a time, I was a Jewish member of a Baptist church. How did that work? They felt that I was exactly where I was supposed to be (according to their interpretation of scripture) and I was treated very well. They were just a lovely, wonderful group of people who respected me and my beliefs. We focused on the areas where we agreed and had respectful discussions (with the intent to truly understand the other party) about the areas where we diverged.
So please don’t think that what I wrote was a reflection of my own beliefs. I was trying to shed light on the mind of the liberal Jew.
wow, Ansell, your slip is showing....