• Pezevenk [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    The alliance with Israel isn't a "right wing thing" either? Like, it's the most consistent foreign policy of the US. The superstitions of some evangelicals are a non factor in that. That's just how it can be justified for their constituents.

    • aaaaaaadjsf [he/him, comrade/them]
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      4 years ago

      That's true but then you have some high ups, like Mike Pence for example, that actually believe the evangelical bullshit that if more Jewish people move to Israel the end times will come. So it's more complex than that.

      • Pezevenk [he/him]
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        4 years ago

        There are no such high ups in Europe and you still have more or less the same situation. Whether Pence really believes it or just acts that way for his voters, who knows. But it doesn't matter. Pence may believe whatever, it's not gonna matter for long term foreign policy at all. Biden doesn't believe it, neither does Harris, but you've got the same thing going on.

        • aaaaaaadjsf [he/him, comrade/them]
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          4 years ago

          There are no such high ups in Europe

          Are you saying that there are no Christian based political parties in Europe? I find that very hard to believe.

          But otherwise I agree with the rest of what you said. Israel is used as a vector for US foreign policy policy in the region and the US propaganda machine sells it to the evangelicals through some end times prophecy nonsense and to the liberals through some idealistic nonsense. However you do get the rare situation where someone that actually drunk the kool aid ends up behind the wheel which can lead to "interesting" scenarios.

          • Pezevenk [he/him]
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            4 years ago

            Are you saying that there are no Christian based political parties in Europe?

            There are no Evangelical based parties who believe the Israel rupture shit. The belief you are describing isn't a shared Christian belief, it's something certain American Evangelicals believe.