The churches in the west (Presbyterian Church-USA, United Methodists, Episcopalians, ELCA Lutherans, the American Baptists, and the UCC/MCC) that are speaking out against Israel also happen to be the ones that spend the most time talking about gay marriage, environmentalism, and abortion rights.
"Not everyone who will say to me Lord, Lord" will be entering the kingdom of heaven. There's a goodly contingent that get dismissed with the words, "Depart from me, you workers of iniquity."
In a word: NO.
Fellow Christians are all sitting around waiting for the Second Coming...meantime.....
Orthodox ping. We have a number of Arab Christians in our parish and have since the 1st World War. They are wonderful Christians who have suffered grievously throughout the Middle East.
Religion of Peace™ bump
Most Christian churches do nothing or very little to support their fellow Christian brothers and sisters in Muslim dominated lands. In fact, some Christian denominations actively support the Palestinian "cause" - and what about the Christians in Iraq - anyone looking out for them?
I doubt it.
http://www.aina.org/
When the PA security forces decided to launch an investigation into the woman's death, her family protested for fear that the relationship would be exposed. The family was further infuriated by the decision to exhume the body for autopsy.
The attack is one of the worst against Christians in the West Bank in many years. Residents said it took the PA security forces several hours to reach Taiba. Others complained that the IDF, which is in charge of overall security in the area, did not answer their desperate calls for immediate help.
... "Some people saw them carrying weapons. They first attacked houses belonging to the Khoury family [looking for the man who had the affair with the women, not realizing he had already fled the village.] Then they went to their relatives. They entered the houses and destroyed everything there. Then they tried to enter the local beer factory, but were repelled by PA security agents. The fire engine arrived five hours later."
Col. Tayseer Mansour, commander of the PA police in the Ramallah area, said his men arrived late because of the need to coordinate their movements with the IDF. "The delay resulted in the torching of a number of houses and cars in the village," he said.