GOP Candidate: No Peace In Israel Until Jews Convert To Christianity

[brooklynite]

The Forward:

A Republican congressional candidate in a competitive race in North Carolina said in a sermon that there would be no peace in Israel unless Jews and Muslims converted to Christianity, CNN reported Friday.

Mark Harris, who served as a Baptist pastor in Charlotte until resigning last year to run for office, recounted in 2011 his visit to the Holy Land.

“You cannot be in that land, as powerful and as moving as it is, without realizing the incredible tension that is constantly in that land between the Palestinians and the Jews,” Harris said. “There will never be peace in Jerusalem until the day comes that every knee shall bow, every tongue shall confess that Jesus Christ is Lord.”

Harris went on to say that no Jewish or Muslim resident of Jerusalem would find peace unless they accepted Jesus Christ.

Play to your base?

[underpants]

1. At this point I'd go away from anything Jewish...unless there's another audience

[Bleacher Creature]

2. I'm so glad that he said that outloud.

The only reason that evangelical Republicans support Israel is that they believe that Jews will do a better job of maintaining the Holy Land in advance of the second coming of Jesus (and likely will be easier to convert).

As a non-observant Jew I find it all offensive as hell.

[GulfCoast66]

4. As someone raised evangelical it is way more offensive

They only support Israel because they believe they have to convert the Jews in Israel to Christians before Jeeesus comes back and takes them to heaven.

This is not a belief if a few nutcases. It is a foundational belief of American Evangelicals.

They really don’t like Jews as people and are generally Antisemitic.

I was taught this shit on the largest, most socially acceptable church in my city with over 1500 members.

Scary shit.

[KCDebbie]

11. There are also lots of evangelical republicans that support taking actions that will

goad Iran into squaring off with Israel as they believe ALL but 144,00 Jews world-wide must die before Jesus can return... Seriously, these evangelicals want ALL but 144,00 of you to die!

They're a death cult!

[Best_man23]

3. The GOP is fully in the Christian Evangelical's Control

They have expunged every non-Christian member from Congress, so the fact one of their congressional candidates says something like this should surprise no one. I think some of them would be quite happy if Jared Kushner took the fall for tRump.

Just look no further than Eric Cantor and how the evangelicals treated him.

[Rhiannon12866]

5. Did anyone bring up Jesus??

[Ilsa]

6. More idiots wanting to go to Congress. nt

[Quixote1818]

7. Doesn't he know according to Revelations most of the Jews don't have to convert to Christianity?

That God plans on centering the end times holy war there and killing most of them off?

Think they only need like 1/3rd to convert.

"Jerusalem will be...burdening the world...all the nations of the earth unite in an attempt..." -Zechariah 12:3 LB

It's why Fundamentalist Christians always pretend to like Israel when they really hate Israel.

[sakabatou]

8. WTF?!

[jmowreader]

9. This is doctrinal End Time theology

According to the fringiest of the hard-right lunatic fringe, one of the requirements for Jesus' return is for Jews and Muslims to convert to Christianity.

[Garrett78]

10. In steps media to liken those remarks to supporting universal health care. Extremism is extremism.

[sdfernando]

12. Well OK. This is so stupid just on its face

You could say the same if everyone converted to Islam or Judaism. Doesn’t this grade A A-Hole understand this?

Doesn’t he realize this is never going to happen?