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Dorothea Ludwig-Wang, Th.M.'s avatar

With regard to the ridiculous Genesis 12 argument, God was speaking directly to Abraham in the singular ("those who bless YOU"), and yes, the promise of Abraham finds its ultimate fulfillment in Christ. The verse doesn't even mention "Israel" so I don't know what Bible these "Christian Zionists" are reading. Oh wait, we do know...the Scofield "Bible," whose reference notes on this chapter overtly promote the stupid heresy of dispensationalism and mention Israel when Jacob hadn't even been given that name yet.

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Jeff Brewster's avatar

Your (unneccesary yet prudent) disclaimer to assure your readers that you are not an anti-semite is telling. It reflects the great success of the decades-long propaganda and lobbying campaigns to calumniate (a grave sin) anyone who dares to question the dubious actions of the Israeli government as irredeemable bigots (e.g. Candace Owens). Sadly, the leadership of Catholic Church is at present incapable of speaking lucidly or with any conviction about this matter. V2 only made matters worse. Catholics who should know better have taken a protestantized view (as highlighted in Sen. Ted Cruz's recent embarrassing interview) as they confuse biblical references of Israel and Jerusalem with the warmongering modern state rather than the one Church founded by Almighty God. It would be wonderful if the United States could be cordial with Iran, but the current situation makes that impossible.

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