Persecution of Religions

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Except the people who are burning black churches or shooting up Jews in Synagogues aren’t doing it in the name of Christianity; we don’t even know if the shooters are Christians. We only know that they are White Nationalists and the shootings are hate crimes. As mentioned above, the shootings and bombings aren’t about religion; they’re about hating the “tribe” or the “others” inside; the “captives” inside are like shooting fish in a barrel - easy targets.

In the case of the bombing of Christians in Sri Lanka, that is thought to be in retribution for the Mosque shooting in New Zealand (a White Nationalist hate crime). Hate begets hate.

According to the FBI, the biggest rising threat to national security in the United States is rising White Nationalism and hate crimes; against blacks, gays, Jews, Muslims, etc. Anything that the White Nationalists consider a threat. They’re being radicalized online, the hate is spreading like a cancer.

More than half of hate crimes, about 3 out of every 5, targeted a person’s race or ethnicity, while about 1 out of 5 targeted their religion. Of the more than 7,000 incidents reported last year, 2,013 targeted black Americans, while 938 targeted Jewish Americans. Incidents targeting people for their sexual orientation accounted for 1,130 hate crimes, according to the FBI.

To White Nationalists, Jews are both an ethnicity AND a religion (that they want to get rid of).

This happened on April 27th:




Yet, a lot of the right thinks this is all Fake News.

The situation in France is due to France being a highly secular country, which is difficult for a country like the U.S. to grok. France has radical secularism.

See this, which explains: https://www.newsweek.com/spate-attac...statue-1370800

But they’re not KILLING anyone. Spreading poop on a Catholic Church is a LOT different than shooting and killing a bunch of people in a Synagogue.

“War on Christmas” is code speak for “Hate Jews” (for saying Happy Holidays).

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Except the people who are burning black churches or shooting up Jews in Synagogues aren’t doing it in the name of Christianity

Actually, the shooter at the Chabad synagogue in Poway very much did it in the name of Christianity. His manifesto spoke in great detail about how his Christian faith had shaped his racist views. Indeed, the one thing his pastor was most disturbed about, was how fully he seemed to grasp the Reform Christian theology of salvation -- he seemed to be as genuine a Christian as you can get (just a heretical, sinful one).

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Actually, the shooter at the Chabad synagogue in Poway very much did it in the name of Christianity. His manifesto spoke in great detail about how his Christian faith had shaped his racist views. Indeed, the one thing his pastor was most disturbed about, was how fully he seemed to grasp the Reform Christian theology of salvation -- he seemed to be as genuine a Christian as you can get (just a heretical, sinful one).

Sorry, I wasn’t familiar with the Poway shooter. (I was HIGHLY impressed with the Rabbi in that situation, though, wow, very inspiring.). Yes, this shooter is disturbing. There appears to be controversy as to anti-Semitism in evangelicalism:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/relig...lical-pastors/

It’s true that many Christians blame all Jews for killing Jesus (discounting the fact that Jesus was a Jew). All this “pro Israel” crap from the right isn’t because they care about Jews; it’s only because the Bible tells them to protect Jews in Israel (where Jesus was born) so Jesus will come back.

But these White Nationalists are using the Bible to explain hatred they already have.

They are getting radicalized by 8chan.

People who shoot up or bomb innocent people due to their religion, race or ethnicity are TERRORISTS.

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It’s true that many Christians blame all Jews for killing Jesus (discounting the fact that Jesus was a Jew). All this “pro Israel” crap from the right isn’t because they care about Jews; it’s only because the Bible tells them to protect Jews in Israel (where Jesus was born) so Jesus will come back.

This does them a disservice. While it is true, it is also true that they love Israel for its own sake, that they see Israel as God's chosen, that God will bless those who bless us. And they do bless us. This alternative of white supremacy is a throwback. It is an interpretation of some of the verses in their Christian scriptures that normative Christianity interprets quite differently these days.