63 sats \ 3 replies \ @kepford OP 10 Jul \ parent \ on: Do you know anyone that self identifies as a Christian Nationalist? meta
That's a very common thread and honestly more of an issue.
Its really coming from dispensationalism and this fairly new idea of rapture theology. These ideas were not taught by the Protestant reformers.
Besides AIPAC, the main reason the West, especially the Anglosphere, is so interested in supporting Israel is Christian Zionism, a weird heresy based on some unorthodox interpretation of the Bible. Just goes to show how fringe ideas can cause genuine suffering.
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They don't call themselves Christian Zionists. That's what makes these things hard to talk about. It is mostly what I said. Theologically novel interpretations that do not conform to most Christian orthodoxy. On top of that they aren't even logical.
Christians that at home despise progressive polices support a foreign government that looks more progressive than their own conservative politicians in the US.
Much of the issue is the "Theory of Stupidly" all over again. Its all so tiresome.
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About 50 million Americans
Rapture theology is a good way of describing the movement
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