Christian anti-semitism & Replacement Theology

[Cian O'Connor]

Next stage in zionist propoghanda, or has this
argument been used for a while now? Spectator's right
wing magazine, owned by Conrad Black. 

http://www.spectator.co.uk/article.php3?table=old&section=current&issue=2002-02-16&id=1580

What the hell is Replacement Theology, though? I've
never heard of it.

And this:

"The catalyst for its re-emergence has been the
attempt by Arab Christians to reinterpret Scripture in
order to delegitimise the Jews’ claim to the land of
Israel. This has had a powerful effect upon the
Churches which, through humanitarian work among the
Palestinians by agencies such as Christian Aid, have
been profoundly influenced by two clerics in
particular. 

The first is the Anglican Bishop of Jerusalem, Riah
Abu El-Assal, a Palestinian who is intemperate in his
attacks on Israel. ‘We interviewed Bishop Riah after
some terrorist outrage in Israel,’ says Colin Blakely,
‘and his line was that it was all the fault of the
Jews. I was astounded.’ 

The bishop also has an astounding interpretation of
the Old Testament. Last December, he claimed of
Palestinian Christians, ‘We are the true Israel ...no
one can deny me the right to inherit the promises, and
after all the promises were first given to Abraham and
Abraham is never spoken of in the Bible as a Jew....
He is the father of the faithful.’ 

The second cleric, Father Naim Ateek, is more subtle
and highly influential. Although he says that he has
come to accept Israel’s existence, his brand of
radical liberation theology undermines it by
attempting to sever the special link between God and
the Jews. 

In a lecture last year Andrew White observed that
Palestinian politics and Christian theology had become
inextricably intertwined. The Palestinians were viewed
as oppressed and the Church had to fight their
oppressor. ‘Who is the oppressor? The state of Israel.
Who is Israel? The Jews. It is they therefore who must
be put under pressure so that the oppressed may one
day be set free to enter their “Promised Land” which
is being denied to them.’"

Ho hum.

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