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To: Eleutheria5
So why not just start a thread about Middle Eastern Christians

Why should I? When people talk about "Palestinians" being a made-up people and compare them to human refuse, they fail to consider that "Palestinian" Christians have been there for 2000 years and have every right to be in the Holy Land.

74 posted on 12/20/2016 7:16:18 AM PST by Ethan Clive Osgoode (Potheads vote Dem.)
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To: Ethan Clive Osgoode

OK. That’s valid. There are Arabic-speaking Christians in Israel, though I don’t think they were there for 2000 years. The indigenous Christians who kept all the mitzvot but believed Jesus was the Messiah became outcasts when they refused to support Bar Kochba’s revolt, and subsequently died out. I don’t think there was a Franciscan monk or a Roman Catholic among them. But let’s not quibble. Christians have been around Israel a long time. Sure. Lately, they’ve been abandoning Arabic and calling themselves Chaldean Christians, preferring Aramaic. They’ve been treated badly by the so-called Palestinians, especially since Bethlehem came under their rule. It was heinous for Bethlehem to be placed under their rule, but on the other hand at the time they identified themselves with the Palestinian cause. George Habash was a Christian from Lud, and a major terrorist. I’m glad that they no longer consider themselves Palestinians. That makes it a whole lot easier to forge an alliance with them, which is probably in the works on the QT.


75 posted on 12/20/2016 7:56:31 AM PST by Eleutheria5 (“If you are not prepared to use force to defend civilization, then be prepared to accept barbarism.)
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