Posted on 09/13/2014 10:24:21 AM PDT by all the best
Ted Cruz has made a serious mistake—one supported by sentiments of millions of American evangelicals—and it could cost the lives of many Christians.
I suppose you’ve heard by now that Ted Cruz was recently “booed off stage” for a senseless, ill-placed “stand with Israel” gaffe at a banquet for persecuted Middle East Christians. The worst part of his comments is not that they were calculated for self-serving political purposes—as others have noted already. Although that is certainly bad enough, it is hardly as offensive as the main implication of what he said. Apparently, we must agree with him, or else we are filled with hate and anti-Semitic.
When he said, “Christians have no greater ally than the Jewish state,” boos and jeers erupted from a vocal minority of the audience. It is not clear what their exact motivation or angle was, but it is clear that they did not agree fully with the political import of Cruz’s statement. The unfortunate twist came, however, with how Cruz interpreted their opposition: it has to be “hate”; it has to be “anti-semitism.”
It can’t be that Middle East Christians have a had a worse experience with Israel than the rainbows blessings Ted Cruz has learned about in some pro-“Israel” Bible study, safely tucked away in America somewhere between the pages of a Scofield Bible and a Left Behind novel, with hands laid-on by a charismatic millenarian prophesying about blessing “Abraham’s seed.” It can’t be that Middle East Christians are stuck in a much messier political scenario than is convenient for American evangelicals to comprehend within the box of their tidy eschatologies.
Whatever it is, it can’t be more complex than can be solved by the type of shameless political demagoguery you would expect from a Clinton. If you don’t follow...
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Maybe it's because he seems to have the blood of the Framers running through his veins, and is the closest thing to Ronaldus Magnus we conservatives have seen since Sarah Palin started short circuiting liberals' brains.
But you can keep belittling him with appellations like, "junior freshman", despite the fact that he was the Solicitor General of Texas, and argued before the U.S. Supreme Court nine times, before running for the Senate.
Glad to see you.. the Cruz concern trolls are out en force today...
Anybody know doesn’t know Cruz’ resume two years later is unqualified to comment on him.
They help spread the notion that Cruz’ previous job was County Commissioner or something.
I know you meant “goal,” but “goad” works too.
Yeh, just had eye surgery and it is a little hard to find the right keys....
That’ll do it. Get well soon!
Yep, they sure are. I guess they lurk in dank, dark corners wallowing in their filthy lairs, waiting to strike when the foul MSM Ted Cruz hit pieces blow their matted fur, signaling it's time to surface.
LOL!
Ask Jonah what the chances of Assyria repenting was.
Oh. ok, but there’s still a big chance it was the muslims involved in this.
I STAND WITH ISRAEL
If you think in terms of world religions, Judaism and Christianity are more closely related than either of them is to any other religion.
I don't agree. Islam compels the violent action.
I don’t think that it is an accident either. I also believe that Cruz knew exactly what he was doing when he made his remarks.
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