Comments on: Israel and United Methodist Whoredom http://henrysthreads.com/2008/01/israel-and-united-methodist-whoredom/ Thoughts on Religion in the World from a passionate, moderate, liberal charismatic Christian Tue, 15 May 2012 14:29:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: MethoDeist http://henrysthreads.com/2008/01/israel-and-united-methodist-whoredom/comment-page-1/#comment-100303 MethoDeist Fri, 01 Feb 2008 16:13:48 +0000 http://www.energionpubs.com/wordpress/?p=1132#comment-100303 Remember, it is nicknamed "WorldNutDaily" for a reason and that article by Farah proves that it is a good fit. Remember, it is nicknamed “WorldNutDaily” for a reason and that article by Farah proves that it is a good fit.

]]> By: Henry Neufeld http://henrysthreads.com/2008/01/israel-and-united-methodist-whoredom/comment-page-1/#comment-100105 Henry Neufeld Tue, 29 Jan 2008 15:14:19 +0000 http://www.energionpubs.com/wordpress/?p=1132#comment-100105 Pam, you expressed that wonderfully well! We need to see both sides as human beings, and care about what happens to them. As Christians, caring doesn't stop with individual actions, but carries over into corporate actions as well. We can act as Christians in the political sphere as well as the theological. Pam, you expressed that wonderfully well! We need to see both sides as human beings, and care about what happens to them. As Christians, caring doesn’t stop with individual actions, but carries over into corporate actions as well. We can act as Christians in the political sphere as well as the theological.

]]> By: PamBG http://henrysthreads.com/2008/01/israel-and-united-methodist-whoredom/comment-page-1/#comment-100098 PamBG Tue, 29 Jan 2008 13:36:08 +0000 http://www.energionpubs.com/wordpress/?p=1132#comment-100098 I'm a bit less pro-Israel but I totally agree that the problems in 'the Holy Land' (for want of a genuinely neutral term) cannot be turned into 'Israel good / Palestinians bad'. Western Christians do seem to forget that the Christians who have lived there since the birth of Christ are Palestinian. But I see in the comment more of a theological problem than a political one. It's the great American idea that 'sin' has to do only with an individual. The idea that we can preach against adultery or cheating our next door neighbour out of money but if we dare to say 'God doesn't want anyone prevented from making a living, and laws that isolate people in walled ghettos are sinful' that suddenly we turn into 'politicians' rather than 'theologians'. Christian theology demands, yes, that we say terrorism is wrong. I think that it also demands that we see that all conflicts have more than one villain and more than one victim. If our ethics are to be worth anything, Christians need to be consistent in pronouncing all wrong actions as wrong - no matter who engages in them. I’m a bit less pro-Israel but I totally agree that the problems in ‘the Holy Land’ (for want of a genuinely neutral term) cannot be turned into ‘Israel good / Palestinians bad’. Western Christians do seem to forget that the Christians who have lived there since the birth of Christ are Palestinian.

But I see in the comment more of a theological problem than a political one. It’s the great American idea that ‘sin’ has to do only with an individual. The idea that we can preach against adultery or cheating our next door neighbour out of money but if we dare to say ‘God doesn’t want anyone prevented from making a living, and laws that isolate people in walled ghettos are sinful’ that suddenly we turn into ‘politicians’ rather than ‘theologians’.

Christian theology demands, yes, that we say terrorism is wrong. I think that it also demands that we see that all conflicts have more than one villain and more than one victim. If our ethics are to be worth anything, Christians need to be consistent in pronouncing all wrong actions as wrong – no matter who engages in them.

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