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34 sats \ 36 replies \ @jbschirtzinger 4h \ on: Anyone else going down the rabbit hole on the Charlie Kirk Assassination? news
I think people are trying to avoid the idea of the trans dating guy being guilty of the crime.
Interesting - my impression is that people are completely eager to believe that the currently accused shooter (mainstream media isn't even saying "alleged" anymore) is 100% the shooter. At least on the more conservative side, anyway.
I talked to a friend yesterday, he said, "I would bet my LIFE that this guy is the real shooter".
And it's not like he had any special information, or anything. He's just watching mainstream media.
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No. There is an effort, and I think I've seen it in some of your previous posts, to pivot this discussion off the trans dating guy and onto Israel instead. That only works, of course, in theory, if the trans dating guy isn't the shooter.
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Its not just two sides. Its many different sides. To me its pretty simple.
- The people that are focused on Israel being behind all of the problems in the US think they are behind it.
- The left wants it to be a right wing extremist that thinks Kirk was to hard enough on the left.
- The Fox news / MAGA crowd think its from the left/trans/antifa
A broken clock is right twice a day. Sometimes the mainstream story is more true than false. I'm prepared to be proven wrong but so far the other two positions seem like projection. Wishful thinking.
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Eh. It isn't that controversial. Trans people are unhinged as evidenced by the fact they are trans and think kids ought to be too. They don't want people speaking against the trans agenda, which is what he finished talking about when he was shot.
People hating on Israel are in for a rude awakening.
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What is the rude awakening going to be, do you think?
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That their hatred of Israel is really hatred of God.
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Israel is a secular state. Nations are people, not governments. The confusion about this has led to so much bloodshed. Just as we have had and still have corrupt politicians in the US, Israel does as well. There are a lot of misguided people on this Israel situation. People that literally hate Jews and think they are Christians and people that support every action of the state of Israel and think they are supporting Christian values.
Its all so tiresome.
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What drives me up the wall is the level of ignorance about the Israel government. Most conservative Christians that blindly support that government have no idea what it is like. Israel is not a government that conservative Trump voters would support if it were a party in the US. They do not know their theological history. They don't know that the popular positions on Israel are new and novel theological positions not shared by the orthodoxy of our faith. They have listened to modern preachers telling them they need to support the Israeli government for the US to be "blessed".
I'm fine with people taking Israels side in this. What I'm not fine with is blind allegiance to a secular government based on bad theology.
Israel is a secular state.
Israel was formed as a fulfillment of Prophecy, post WWII. I'm not going to get into the specifics, but reading your Bible carefully should show you how this is so.
Nations are people, not governments.
Nations have governments since without them they cannot be nations.
Just as we have had and still have corrupt politicians in the US, Israel does as well.
Of course. When Israel had Kings, there were corrupt Kings. The Bible doesn't refer to those corrupt Kings as not Israel. Indeed, Israel is punished as a whole.
A work of God in Gaza is trying to be politicized. People might not like the fact that Prophetic Israel is larger than the current nation, but to them I'd say take the matter up with God. If you want a different solution, start praying for peaceful recognition of the authority of Israel in God and that He has mercy on those who are there.
I think the Maga crowd has been split. Half of them are completely pro Israel, and the other half not any more. And the younger half is the later.
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Well, that's the intent. Question is, who does that objective serve?
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