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Olde Tyme Religion
Presbyterian Church (USA) to vote on BDS
2014-06-16
[Ynet] As BDS movement gains steam in Europe, it now moves to register significant gain in US, with more and more religious organizations and student unions gearing up to join boycott and work to promote divestment.

The Presbyterian Church (USA)
...the Progressive, shrinking, anti-Israel branch of the Presbyterian movement, as compared to the conservative, not anti-Israel, growing branches, each of which has a slightly different name...
appears to be on the brink of handing a major victory to a movement that wants institutions to wield their investment dollars against Israel over its treatment of the Paleostinians.
Posted by:trailing wife

#7  They attend church because it's another path in their long march through the institutions.
Posted by: Lowspark   2014-06-16 19:46  

#6  Why do democrats even attend church anymore?

It looks good when they are running/re-running for their lifetime jobs in office?
Posted by: JohnQC   2014-06-16 09:41  

#5  Why do democrats even attend church...?

From Wik: "Black liberation theology is a theological perspective found in some Christian churches in the United States which contextualizes Christianity in an attempt to help African-Americans overcome oppression. Black liberation theology seeks to liberate people of color from multiple forms of political, social, economic, and religious subjugation and views Christian theology as a theology of liberation—"a rational study of the being of God in the world in light of the existential situation of an oppressed community, relating the forces of liberation to the essence of the Gospel, which is Jesus Christ," writes James Hal Cone, one of the original advocates of the perspective."
Posted by: Besoeker   2014-06-16 09:31  

#4  Why do democrats even attend church anymore?

Ritual. Comforting to one's psyche and ego, particularly when you seek and find a group that reaffirms your own bigotries and prejudices. Extra special to get to add 'God' to your pantheon of fellow collaborators. Doubleplus Good to get to skip over things like; thou shall not covet, thou shall not bear false witness, thou shall not steal, etc cause the Rev said it was OK.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2014-06-16 09:23  

#3  BDS = Boycott Divestment Sanction, a Pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel movement within the Presbyterian Church.
Posted by: JohnQC   2014-06-16 09:12  

#2  I take it Israeli technical and medical advances get the standard exemption right?
Posted by: CrazyFool   2014-06-16 00:57  

#1  Why do democrats even attend church anymore? They sold everything out to government. Seems like mis-placed loyalties sometimes.
Posted by: newc   2014-06-16 00:33  

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