| > No, evangelicals need all the Jews to go back to Israel for their end of the world prophecy to come true Not according to literally any evangelical I've ever spoken to, nor any mainstream evangelical in US theo-politics. Nor is that actually stated in scripture. The complete assemblage of Jews in Israel can happen during or after Tribulation via Jesus teleportation magic. Sovereignty to rebuild the temple is all that's required for Jesus to gain his Jew-teleportation powers. Based on your vernacular I'm going to guess you aren't from the US and have no clue what the US religious landscape is actually like. > you're claiming that Israel is getting some specially favourable treatment by sheer chance I made no such claim. My claim is that they're getting "favorable" treatment as a purely instrumental means to an end. In this case (the visas) the end is to exclude Muslims and libs. In other cases it's to bring back kamikaze Jesus. None of it has to do with actually liking Jews. > Finally, why you feel the need to specify that Jews and zionists are not the same. Because otherwise a person literally can't parse the factual statement that American evangelicals love Israel but don't care for Jews? |
They already have sovereignty, so why don't evangelicals lobby to withhold all aid to Israel unless they get to work and rebuild the temple?
> I made no such claim. My claim is that they're getting "favorable" treatment as a purely instrumental means to an end.
That's exactly the claim I was talking about. You strive to justify every favorable treatment Israel gets as the fortuitous side-effect of something that has nothing to do with those who actually materially benefit from it- that is, those who live in Israel or consider the promised land of their own people. Isn't that a bit suspicious to you?
> Because otherwise a person literally can't parse the factual statement that American evangelicals love Israel but don't care for Jews?
I understand this, but can't help thinking that this alliance with religious fanatics is too lucky to be random. I mean "they want absolutely nothing from me except giving me money and protecting me politically and militarily? That is great, how do I get more of these? Who can I finance and boost to spread this religion even more?"