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Peter Bebergal


Evangelicals

I never meant to imply that Evangelical belief in the good news of Jesus is ant-semitic. My point is that there is a disconnect between saying that you respect and love and the Jewish people, but you don't believe in they can be redeemed through their own unique relationship with God. It is disingenuous for Evangelicals to say that they have no other motive than the well being of Israel and Jews, when many, maybe not all, but many, do not respect the internal spiritual truth of Judaism.

But more importantly, historically the Christian desire to convert the Jews has often been built around and fomented antisemitic attitudes and actions. The ad from the World Evangelical Alliance even apologizes if the ad offends, a recognition that these kinds of sentiments can and have offended.





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