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bobbieinok

(12,858 posts) Sat Jun 2, 2018, 06:14 PM Jun 2018

Why do Evangelicals/Fundamentalists so vehemently support Israel? They feel guilty... [View all]

because they were silent in Germany and the US during the Holocaust.

That was the answer I got from a man with a long history within the Pentacostal movement.

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Why do Evangelicals/Fundamentalists so vehemently support Israel? They feel guilty... [View all] bobbieinok Jun 2018 OP

No,the temple must be rebuilt njhoneybadger Jun 2018 #1

Yep, they love Israel. The people there not so much, but they are needed to convert for the rapture. TheBlackAdder Jun 2018 #30

They believe it fulfills Biblical prophecy. muntrv Jun 2018 #2

They need Israel to be a nation TlalocW Jun 2018 #3

I always thought it was to speed up the 2nd coming of Christ kydo Jun 2018 #4

They support it because it is needed to bring about the Rapture and the end of the world. nt LostOne4Ever Jun 2018 #5

I've met many young Es/Fs who were desparately trying to find Jews in their family tree. bobbieinok Jun 2018 #6

Evangelicals want to use Jews as bait to bring about Armageddon. Girard442 Jun 2018 #7

If Israel happened to be the socialist country it started out to be MaryMagdaline Jun 2018 #8

The US turned accepted some prominent Jewish refugees but rejected many others. Sophia4 Jun 2018 #9

Holocaust denial is as old as WW2 ansible Jun 2018 #16

Theresienstadt ... the Potemkin concentration camp, where everything was made to look charming ... hedda_foil Jun 2018 #24

No, because they are stupid and too lazy to actually pick up the Bible and read it.... Xolodno Jun 2018 #10

Things have changed A LOT in 50 years Runningdawg Jun 2018 #11

HAHAHAHAHA! Behind the Aegis Jun 2018 #12

Many of those evangelicals every Sunday are preaching how Jews and other non-Christians are going still_one Jun 2018 #26

Maybe for that one Pentecostalist, but there's ample evidence that for most fundagelicals... Hekate Jun 2018 #13

No that's ridiculous jberryhill Jun 2018 #14

They want the Rapture to happen mcar Jun 2018 #15

No...when Israel is destroyed Jesus comes again...not really friends of Israel. Demsrule86 Jun 2018 #17

Well. As a person raised as an evangelical... GulfCoast66 Jun 2018 #18

They don't feel guilty about anything JI7 Jun 2018 #19

Its because D_Master81 Jun 2018 #20

Everyone was silent in the U.S. during the Holocaust. former9thward Jun 2018 #21

These folks are true believers and absolutely batsh!t crazy. Snarkoleptic Jun 2018 #22

I remember that video back then. rusty quoin Jun 2018 #27

Very insightful post GrapesOfWrath Jun 2018 #32

I've known some people like that, unfortunately. LuvNewcastle Jun 2018 #29

End Timers. sarcasmo Jun 2018 #23

If that is true Dan Jun 2018 #25

Biblical prophecies...you best study up as we are seeing beachbum bob Jun 2018 #28

Nah, just maintaining their Global Death Boner hatrack Jun 2018 #31

These groups support Israel to try to hasten the second coming Gothmog Jun 2018 #33