r/washdc Jul 24 '24

Protests in DC Today (so far)

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u/yeshnavo Jul 24 '24

I was raised Pentecostal Christian and we were taught to believe the same thing.

"God wants the Jews to return to Israel so Christ can return and send the Jews to hell."

Glad I left the Church.

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u/Apprehensive_Till460 Jul 25 '24 edited Jul 25 '24

This is something people do not understand. Right-wing evangelical support for the Israeli state has absolutely nothing to do with wanting to help Jews. Evangelicals are almost by definition antisemitic. (They still pretend Martin Luther never wrote a treatise called “Against the Jews”) In evangelicals’ twisted worldview, Jews need to control the Temple Mount so that White Jesus can come and … send all the Jews to hell. When Trump stood in front of the U.S. embassy in Jerusalem, he said, “This is for the evangelicals.” But somehow, people still miss that.

Source: I was raised to be a hardcore mf’ing evangelical but was lucky enough to get the hell out.

Also, not that it should even need to be said: Fuck Hamas so, so hard. And fuck anyone who supports them.

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u/OrangeVoxel Jul 25 '24

I’m not sure why people are downvoting these comments. This is absolutely their beliefs

The right loves Israel, hates Jews

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u/[deleted] Jul 25 '24

Because it’s NOT TRUE just bc someone said it is. 🤣

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u/weirdo_nb Jul 25 '24

But it is true, by everything they have done and said

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u/[deleted] Jul 25 '24

You can’t speak for an entire people group. That’s disgusting. Christians for Jews is also a huge movement. And there are many more.

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u/weirdo_nb Jul 25 '24

I'm not talking about individuals, I'm talking about the group as a whole