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2014-06-23 Israel-Palestine-Jordan

Presbyterians to divest over Israel policies

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Posted by Fred 2014-06-23 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 Carol Hylkema of the Israel/Palestine Mission Network, a Presbyterian group that advocates for Palestinians and spearheaded the drive for divestment, said their action was modeled on the divestment movement to end apartheid in South Africa.

That "ending apartheid" certainly worked out well now didn't it? Perhaps Presbyterians the world over will find the following apology of some comfort:

'To the Previously Disadvantaged'

We are sorry that our ancestors were intelligent, advanced and daring enough to explore the wild oceans to discover new countries and develop them.

We are sorry that those who came before us took you out of the bush and taught you that there was more to life than beating drums, killing each other and chasing animals with sticks and stones.

We are sorry that they planned, funded and developed roads, towns, mines, factories, airports and harbours, all of which you now claim to be your long deprived inheritance giving you every right to change and rename these at your discretion.

We are sorry that our parents taught us the value of small but strong families, to not breed like rabbits and end up as underfed, diseased, illiterate shack dwellers living in poverty.

We are sorry that when the evil apartheid government provided you with schools, you decided they'd look better without windows or in piles of ashes.

We happily gave up those bad days of getting spanked in our all white Schools for doing something wrong, and much prefer these days of freedom where problems can be resolved with knives and guns.

We are sorry that it is hard to shake off the bitterness of the past when you keep on raping, torturing and killing our friends and family members, and then hide behind the fence of 'human rights' with smiles on your faces.

We are sorry that we do not trust the government... We have no reason to be so suspicious because none of these poor "hard working intellectuals" have ever been involved in any form of "corruption or irregularities".

We are sorry that we do not trust the police force and, even though they have openly admitted that they have lost the war against crime and criminals, we should not be negative and just ignore their corruption and carry on hoping for the best.

We are sorry that it is more important to you to have players of colour in our national teams than winning games and promoting patriotism. We know that sponsorship doesn't depend on a team's success.

We are sorry that our border posts have been flung open and now left you competing for jobs against illegal immigrants from our beautiful neighbouring countries. All of them countries that have grown into economic powerhouses after kicking out the 'settlers'.

We are sorry that we don't believe in witchcraft, beet root and garlic cures, urinating on street corners, virginity testing, slaughtering of bulls in our back yards, trading women for cattle and other barbaric practices. Maybe we just grew up differently.

We are sorry that your medical care, water supplies, roads, railways and electricity supplies are going down the toilet because skilled people who could have planned for and resolved these issues had to be thrown away because they were of the wrong ethnic background and now have to work in foreign countries where their skills are highly appreciated.

We are so sorry that we'd like this country to fulfil its potential so we can once again be proud.

PS. In the old regime... we had medical insurance, the Rule of Law, lights, and water !
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Posted by Besoeker 2014-06-23 00:30|| 2014-06-23 00:30|| Front Page Top

#2 the PCUSA fell below 2M in 2011 and has been losing about 70-90k members each year since.

they also allow their clergy to officiate at gay marriages

Posted by lord garth 2014-06-23 08:23|| 2014-06-23 08:23|| Front Page Top

#3 BDS is a pacifist movement for one side of a fight. In other words, a trick. Their going pacifist is the principle reason so-called mainline churches hemorrhage members: http://theological-geography.net/?p=6397

Posted by TopRev 2014-06-23 12:39|| 2014-06-23 12:39|| Front Page Top

#4 The Presbyterian Church (USA) has given up on God, so it comes as no surprise they've given up on Israel. Personally, I've given up on the Presbyterian Church (USA). I'd rather be an apostate than someone who belongs to a "church" that denies the Word of God.

Posted by Old Patriot 2014-06-23 14:57|| 2014-06-23 14:57|| Front Page Top

#5 There are a number of other Presbyterian churches (synods?) about, all of them conservative rather than liberal, all not anti-Israel, and all growing. I looked it up the first couple of times this came up for a vote among the P(USA) lot.

Posted by trailing wife 2014-06-23 15:20|| 2014-06-23 15:20|| Front Page Top

Posted by Squinty 2014-06-23 17:42|| 2014-06-23 17:42|| Front Page Top

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