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It comes as a surprise to many when anti-Semitism is propagated by people and denominations operating under the banner of Christianity. The latest incident comes from a letter sent to the United States Congress by the head of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), Mark S. Hanson, and his liberal church cohorts telling the Congress to investigate Israel and consider halting military aid to them.
That letter was broadcast far and wide by the ELCA News Service, with the subtitle “ELCA, other churches call for investigation of military aid to Israel.” So make no mistake, this is a call by the ELCA, not just the act of the presiding bishop. The letter has its foundation in anti-Semitism. One way this is apparent is when one considers that the US government gives military and/or financial aid to many countries which are, in fact, ruthlessly oppressive and violent. There are Muslim countries that brutalize Christian citizens, women, non-Muslims and homosexuals. Countries like Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Libya and Lebanon to name a few. Yet, where is the letter asking for an investigation into military aid or financial aid to these countries? Countries which HATE America. Countries which keep “Palestinians” in slums. Countries and governments which will kill you for having a Bible. The silence from the ELCA concerning these countries is deafening. The constant call for Israel to give in to the demands of Muslims makes the their motivation obvious. That call is the call of Hamas. It is the call of the Muslim Brotherhood. It is the call of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. ----- I have decide not to link to the bishop’s propaganda piece. If someone really wants to read it, a simple and quick Google search will be able to produce it. For more information on the ELCA’s positions and actions against Israel see here.
6 Comments
Chuck Braun
10/10/2012 06:54:10 am
While I don't subscribe to pre-Tribulation Millennial Dispensation, and believe the Church is the new spiritual Israel, nonetheless the modern-day state of Israel is a democracy that protects the Jewish people. Were the US to stop defending Israel, Iran could annihilate them and cause a second Holocaust! Furthermore, the end of national Israel would end up in the desecration of all sites in the Holy Land sacred to Christians, and end all possible Gospel witness to Israeli Jews and Muslims!
Jeff Davidman
11/5/2012 12:06:39 pm
"Christ is our Aaron and high priest, and we should let him alone rule. But ... [the] bishops will not allow that. They have established themselves and wish to take the reins of government by force, having set themselves against Christ.... [T]he people imagine that these idle fellows are the best part, the jewels of Christendom; while they are mere shame-spots and an abomination.... They feed the sheep not, but are wolves who devour the sheep. They are the 'clouds' floating above in the air, they sit high in the church, as those who should preach, and yet they do not preach, but permit Satan to carry them hither and thither.... They are 'wandering stars,' planets as they are called, that go backward and not in a steady, straight course. So these bishops have no regular course, their lives and teachings are mere error, in which they are misled and they mislead all who follow them. Therefore 'the blackness of darkness' has been reserved for them forever.'" (Martin Luther, COMMENTARY ON PETER & JUDE [Grand Rapids, Mich.: Kregel Publications, 1990], pp.296-297).
Dave from Minnesota
10/10/2012 12:08:57 pm
I don't have a big problem if a church whose basis is extreme, takes extreme positions (think Unitarians). The members of those churches know what is going on and suppport it. But I wonder how many folks sitting in the pews of that rural ECLA church, the same church that their family has been going to since 1910, know that when they drop money in the collection plate, that some of that money goes to support anti-Semitic causes.
John
10/11/2012 05:59:45 am
That money dropped in the collection plate also goes to pay for abortion. I wonder how many rural ELCA members know that fact?
Judy
11/3/2012 11:37:49 pm
@John - my thought exactly. When I first read about this letter I thought, we can't take a public stand against abortion but we can write to Congress about this? I'm afraid the time has come to leave the ELCA.
Brian Edwards
11/19/2012 12:09:18 pm
Here's a sampling of what the Koran says about the Jews: Your comment will be posted after it is approved.
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