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Buckeye_Democrat

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2. I asked some evangelical Christian co-workers in the past why they...

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Sun Dec 25, 2016, 12:31 PM

Dec 2016

sided with Israel so strongly, and they always replied that the Bible mentions God's special covenant with the Jews.

It struck me as odd since I was taught at my childhood church that Jesus provided a new covenant for all of humanity that nullified the previous ones!

I'm not anti-Semitic at all, and I'm an atheist now too, but their explanation for a pro-Israel stance seemed bizarre since it was influenced so much by the "Old Testament." On the other hand, that's the more conservative and authoritarian part of the Bible (compared to Jesus' more liberal attitudes), so I shouldn't be too surprised. It's the evangelicals who so strongly vote for Republicans too.

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Evangelicals side with Israel. That's hurting Palestinian Christians. [View all] DonViejo Dec 2016 OP

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I asked some evangelical Christian co-workers in the past why they... Buckeye_Democrat Dec 2016 #2

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That's what I expected to hear too. Buckeye_Democrat Dec 2016 #10

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I don't understand how conservatives and christian conservatives always say they meadowlark5 Dec 2016 #6

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