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I don't know...I grew up in the southern US. There were plenty of people I knew who were evangelical but very pro-israel. Primarily so the end times would be br
by Tostino 2y ago
I don't know...I grew up in the southern US. There were plenty of people I knew who were evangelical but very pro-israel. Primarily so the end times would be brought on.
At least around me, Christian Zionists are by far the majority.
- thomassmith65 2y agoThat's an excellent point that hadn't crossed my mind. When I hear people discussing 'zionism' it never occurs to me they might be thinking of evangelical zionists. In my neck of the woods, where evangelicals have no presence at all, they probably aren't. In the South, they may well be. Edit: this kills me to say, because the way people discuss 'zionism' still creeps me out, but my argument was wrong. Since there is a substantial number of evangelical zionists, you were right to say jewish and zionist shouldn't be conflated.
- Tostino 2y agoI get it and I also feel quite weird about it. I always have to be careful when reading somebody's comment that mentions Zionism to see if they're just spouting conspiracy theories, if it's actually grounded in reality, or do they just hate Jewish people...
- worik 2y agoExactly "Jewish" describes a race (usually a cultural construct, but Jews seem quite fierce about maintaining the family ties through the millennia) "Zionist" is the political idea that jews should go to Israel... Ok, but it is a cool place full of people already "Political Zionism " is the odious idea that there should be a Jewish state in Israel. Odious in that it deprives others of rights based on race We call that "Apartheid"
- thomassmith65 2y ago'Odious' is a bit too harsh considering what drove most Jews back to Israel was 2000 years of inquisitions, pogroms and a holocaust.
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- Tostino 2y agoI think you misunderstood my point entirely. I don't disagree with much that you said above.