What are you US Christians going to do about this?

[SolomonVII]

The theology of Zionism may not be Catholic orthodoxy, but it is a lot more humane than a lot of previous Christian theologies that would have us consider the Jew to be a people forever punished, or that Israel cannot exist as a country because the Church is already Israel, etc. etc.
Zionism is a very American theology, I would think, and finds much of its impetus in the American ideals of freedom of conscience and pluralism.

It would also be painting with too broad of a brush also to state that Evangelicals are categorically anti-environmental. There is a movement across a broad spectrum of Christian thought, evangelical or otherwise, that may be indifferent to the environment, for what does the environment matter if we are in the end times anyways? (Not my view, by the way-just giving the general argument).

Unfortunately, an opposing Christian theology that would have us honor this world as being sacred due to its sacred creation has been poorly developed by any mainstream Christian tradition, American or otherwise.

 

[Hispath]

Hi Poke,

Sorry, I'm going to need that in more laymans terms to get the drift of what your trying to say, I'm a bit slow today and can't follow.

Hi Maccie,

I'm not saying that our environment is not important, but I do believe that we need to make sure we keep our priorities in line.

The devil would like nothing more than to help us take our focus off of God and place it someplace else.

Like I said before, God has given us each gifts that bring Glory to His kingdom. We need to make sure it stays that way and that we don't work towards bringing glory to our own!

Your gift could very well be helping to keep our environment from deteriorating.

My fear is that our focus on God get's lost in the midst.

Jim

 

[Poke]

The theology of Zionism may not be Catholic orthodoxy, but it is a lot more humane than a lot of previous Christian theologies that would have us consider the Jew to be a people forever punished, or that Israel cannot exist as a country because the Church is already Israel, etc. etc.

Galatians 3:29And if you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham's descendants, heirs according to promise.

This is not the thread for a zionism debate. It's just my position that its a crazy belief, even for a crazy cult. And, nothing good has come from this beliefs.

Zionism is a very American theology, I would think, and finds much of its impetus in the American ideals of freedom of conscience and pluralism.

Judaism is anti-Christian and racist. Hardly American ideals. Freedom just means tolerance of anti-Christian and racist beliefs, it doesn't mean support.

It would also be painting with too broad of a brush also to state that Evangelicals are categorically anti-environmental.

Evangelicals are infamous for their anti-environmental positions. Don't be crass, of course I don't mean every single Evangelical.

There is a movement across a broad spectrum of Christian thought, evangelical or otherwise, that may be indifferent to the environment, for what does the environment matter if we are in the end times anyways? (Not my view, by the way-just giving the general argument).

That's half of it. The other half of Evangelical anti-environmentalism is their love of big business which means objections to anything that might make it harder for the rich to make a buck.

Unfortunately, an opposing Christian theology that would have us honor this world as being sacred due to its sacred creation has been poorly developed by any mainstream Christian tradition, American or otherwise.

Why is it you seem to only see things in polar extremes?

Evangelicals are stronger than they've been in decades, yet the church of America's future looks darker than ever before.

 

[SolomonVII]

You know, compared to what else is out there in the Christian world, American evangelists look better and better each day.