• OPINION \ Jan 10, 2006
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    Christian fundamentalism drives U.S. extremism
Christian fundamentalism drives U.S. extremism I don?t blame Israelis for their outraged with the anti-Semitic comments of their frequent ally, Christian fundamentalist Pat Robertson.

It?s not the first time he and other Christian fundamentalist demagogues have offended Jews. He said the brain hemorrhage of Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is God?s punishment for ?dividing? the Land of Israel and compromising with the Palestinians.

Robertson made similar comments about Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, who was murdered by an Israeli extremist. And he continues to blast all those who urge compromise and non-violence as a basis for a Middle East peace accord.

Robertson is typical of American racists who exploit the Arab-Israeli conflict for personal gain.

Their support sustains American foreign policy and conservative leaders like President Bush.

In reality, Robertson and the Christian fundamentalists are worse than the Islamic extremists that they, Bush and other American conservatives constantly attack.

Robertson is a Christian ayatollah. His equivalent of suicide bombing is his ?suicide bombast.? I am certain that if Christian fundamentalists in America were to ever find themselves in the same situation as the Palestinians, for example, they would defend suicide bombing as a ?justified? form of combat.

Israelis know that Robertson and the Christian fundamentalists are a double-edged scimitar.

I watched one Israeli spokesman on CNN hem and haw in shock when confronted with Robertson?s comments. Instead of denouncing Robertson, the spokesman distracted the issue to the easier to denounce President of Iran, the bearded moron who often spouts anti-Semitic and anti-Christian comments.

Israelis might take pause because they often exploit Christian fundamentalism to strengthen their own ideological goals. The dirty, ugly secret of Israel?s embrace of the Christian Evangelical movement is that deep down, they know that Christian Evangelicals and fundamentalists are in fact more anti-Semitic than the Iranians. They may be the most anti-Semitic people on Earth.

Christian fundamentalism is built, somewhat, on a latent hatred of Jews. But they are not beyond exploiting Biblical prophecy to drive their own money machines, disguised as Christian ministries. They downplay their anti-Semitism and exploit the tragedy of the Arab-Israeli conflict.

Christian fundamentalists like Robertson believe Jesus cannot return to cast judgment on humanity until Israel is established and the Jewish Temple is rebuilt in Jerusalem.


?Christians? silence on ignorance of Evangelical ayatollahs deafening?



But the core of Robertson?s belief is that all non-believers, including Muslims, moderate Christians and especially Jews, will be dispatched to an eternity of hellfire when Judgment Day arrives.

Ironically, most moderate Christians who wince at the outrageous comments of Christian fundamentalists like Robertson and others tend to ignore these anomalies and contradictions to true Christian belief.

Moderate Christians and Jews believe that all people who believe in the ?One God,? be they Christian, Muslim or Jews, will go to heaven.

Fundamentalist Christians, however, believe that only those who embrace their interpretation of religion will go to Heaven. Similarly, extremist Muslims also believe that those who do not embrace Islam will not be saved, and that includes all Christians, all Jews and even secular Muslims, too.

Many Christians constantly criticize this Islamic view, but their silence on the ignorance of Robertson and other Christian Evangelical ayatollahs is deafening. Their silence is the real sin, the true violation of Christian belief.

While Robertson preaches his disguised hatred in the United States, he rarely speaks out on behalf of Palestinian Christians.

?Christian fundamentalists do not practice what they preach?


As far as Robertson is concerned, Palestinian Christians are no different from the Jews, except in terms of how they may be exploited. There is no benefit to Robertson and his Christian Evangelical Ayatollahs in defending the rights of Holy Land Christians. That?s why they sacrifice them on the altar of their own selfish fundamentalist cause.

The Jews, on the other hand, offer Robertson and the other Grand Muftis of the Christian fundamentalist movement a political opportunity to feed their supporters.

Christian Fundamentalists need the Palestinian-Israeli conflict in order to build their flock of blind sheep. They do not want a Middle East peace. Everything they do is designed to prevent peace, including pressuring American administrations to pursue one-sided foreign policies that aggravate rather than resolve the Middle East conflict.

Although the Christian Evangelists claim to pray for Judgment Day, they are the ones who should fear it most.

Like all tyrants, demagogues and dictators, Christian fundamentalists do not practice what they preach. They don?t believe God will really come down to judge mankind.

But they do know that the fear of that Judgment Day allows them to more easily control their followers and, more importantly, fill their pockets with more money and accumulate power.

Regardless of which religious book the fundamentalists carry, the Torah, the Bible or the Quran, extremists of all three religions threaten the future for everyone.

Comments
1.A Great writing Mr. Hanania!
 Ahmed Shahi Kusuma, June 5, 2008 9:36