Mothra said:
Yes, I typically do dismiss the bare assertions of people with an agenda, especially when they contradict known and undisputed facts with baseless positions.
My agenda is the protection of my Christian brothers and sisters. Yours is rather different.
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Mitri Raheb is indeed a Palestinian pastor, but his views are far from representative of historic or orthodox Christianity. As a member of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bethlehem, he promotes a theological framework often referred to as Palestinian liberation or contextual theology. This approach reads Scripture primarily through the lens of modern political struggle, particularly anti-colonial and post-colonial narratives.
In Raheb's writings - such as Faith in the Face of Empire and Decolonizing Palestine - he reinterprets core biblical narratives as fundamentally shaped by resistance to imperial power, extending that framework directly into modern geopolitical disputes. He also sharply critiques traditional Western theology and accuses Christian Zionist perspectives of "weaponizing" Scripture for political ends.
The issue here is not whether he is allowed to speak on television, but whether his perspective reflects orthodox Christian teaching.
The issue isn't his doctrine. The issue at hand is whether or not his claims about the IDF killing and displacing Christians is correct, which it is obviously is. One of the criticisms was that he went on an outlet that would tell his story. Now you're trying to make the discussion about his theology, when the only thing you care about regarding his theology is that he isn't a Christian Zionist.
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As for the claim I am a Judaizer, are you saying that I believe non-Jewish (Gentile) converts have to adopt Jewish customs, such as circumcision and dietary laws (the traditional meaning of Judaizer)? If so, please cite to any evidence in support of this position.
Sounds like it's a lie and pejorative and nothing more for critiquing the "evidence" you've cited in support of your false claim Israel is targeting and slaughtering Christians.
I'd be more than happy to change the term to Israel Worshipper.
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As for the attacks on settlers, we have been over the whole collective guilt thing, my anti-semitic friend.
Attacks *by* settlers, not attacks *on* settlers. That Freudian slip says a lot about your mindset.
