From: "Pam Stello" <stello-AT-socrates.berkeley.edu>
Subject:  American is Thought to be a Christian Country But it No Longer is Why, What Changed
Date: Tue, 13 May 2003 16:18:13 -0700


Hi All

Any thoughts on how Bourdieu would address the following question?

American is Thought to be a Christian Country But it No Longer is Why, What
Changed

This message is from Message Forwarders, a nonpartisan public service
organization.
Project Strait Gate, a group that pickets in front of Churches says:
America is Not a Christian Nation
By C. E. Carlson
Many people in the Middle East consider America to be a Christian country
because of the professions of certain leaders.  A professing G. W. Bush
followed a professing Bill Clinton.   Some cynics think it must pay
politically to profess.  Americans, including many churched people, tell me
they are puzzled about what Christianity means.  Who can blame them?

George Bush and Paul Wolfowitz are not deceptive.  They are blatant
promoters of serial wars, and they make no pretenses about it.   Mr.
Wolfowitz is the front man for The Project for the New American Century,
described by ABC Nightline Anchorman Ted Koppel, as a "Cabal" for war.
What Israeli patriot Koppel failed to note is that the Cabal's plan is an
anti-Islamic war agenda on wheels, aimed at one Muslim country after
another.  The 90-page document is now publicly available for all to read.
(Rebuilding America's Defenses)

The primary facilitators of serial wars, who are deceptively edging us
toward it, call themselves Christian Zionists (CZ).  We did not invent this
term, they did.  Christian Zionism is political and racist, pandering to a
doctrine of Israeli's superiority over others, supposedly as seen in God's
eyes.   It follows that CZ holds to the inferiority of all other people,
especially Arabs, to Israelis.   Christ refuted this notion in his time and
demonstrated it in his life.

Please read every word of The Interfaith Zionist Leadership Summit Website
for their upcoming, posh conference in Washington on May 17-18.   The
interfaith Zionist Leadership Summit for America and Israel states their one
purpose: "To Solidify and Chart the Future Strategy for the Emerging
Alliance of Jewish and Christian Zionists." Sponsors and speakers include
many leading professing Christians. (The Interfaith Zionist Leadership
Summit)

Project Strait Gate says: "CHRISTIAN RACISM KILLS".  It makes a god icon out
of Israel, which makes war a certainty.  But, there is no such thing as
Christian Zionism because Zionism is by definition, racism.  Any form of
race hatred is not Christian.  CZ is truly an oxymoron.

Jesus was described best by his apostle Paul who told followers that in
God's eyes:  "There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor
free, there is neither male not female for you are all one in Christ Jesus."
(Galatians 3:28)  Why should God view us differently today?

This writer debated one of the sponsors on public AM radio station KCRO in
Omaha earlier this year.  The debated topic was "Is Israel the fulfillment
of Bible prophesies?"  I said "NO" and Clarence Wagner of Bridges for Peace
said "YES".  This is the defining question in exposing Christian Zionists
who universally believe this statement.  A recorded tape of the debate is
available.

Every statement from Christian patriarchs, starting with Jesus Christ,
forbids racism of any kind.  His was and still is a doctrine of love and
acceptance. Perhaps it is of these Judeo-Christian churchmen Jesus spoke of
when he said: "Many will say to me on that day, 'Lord, Lord, have we not
prophesied in your name, and cast out demons in your name and done many
wonders in your name?' And then I will declare to them, 'I never knew you,
depart from me, you who practice lawlessness!'" (Matthew 7:22-23)

One of the Ten Commandments says: "Thou shall not take the name of the Lord
in vain."  Christian Zionism takes His name in vain by claiming to be of Him
when in fact they associate His name with what He died to end, hatred,
murder, covetousness, and lack of love for ones brothers of a different
tribe.  The heresy of racism is ingrained in a large part of churchmanship
in America.

It is past time to declare that America may have once been, but is no longer
a Christian nation.  Each church should be tested by those who support it to
see if it can be trusted to represent Jesus Christ.  We do not test your
church for you.  We only supply the litmus paper.  You must dip it and see
if it turns pink or blue.  We are often asked, "How do I find a church
worthy of my support and attendance?"

Action recommended by Project Strait Gate:

Read back issues of Pharisee Watch.
Circulate Project Strait Gate resources among church leaders.
Start a Project Strait Gate.
PROJECT STRAIT GATE: 480-699-4862.



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