Wednesday, June 18, 2008
H/T to Adam Holland for pointing out this newsletter from the Methodist Federation for Social Action [PDF]. You can skip by the bit about Hamas's Havard fan, Sara Roy (come on back to it if you wish), and head straight for page four, to the "Synopsis of the Israel/Palestine Conflict" by Dr. Virginia Lapham, cribbed from some group called Jews for Justice in the Middle East. It really must be read to be believed. So distorted I won't insult my own readers fisking it. Besides, Christians for Fair Witness on the Middle East has already done the heavy lifting for me: Part 1, Part 2.
Oh, they address the Roy piece as well, here.
The Methodist newsletter is a piece of crap.
Sadly the Episcopal USA & Anglican Church of Canada are also heading down this road with Sabeel and Kairos "solidarity" events. One would think they would have their hands full enough as their denominations are in a tailspin.
Replacement & Arab liberation theology at it's worst.
In contrast, how Christian Zionists are educated about the Middle East:
Audio Sermon: The Abrahamic Covenant
The Methodist church is as nuts as Obamas former (not because he didn't agree with their positions, but it's currently too controversial) Trinity church.