Denominations are not listed in any particular order. And, of course, not all congregations are fervently anti-Zionist. This would depend largely on the clergy and governing boards of each church. And some congregations known as “cults” (for example, Jehovah’s Witnesses) say “There [is] no Scriptural support for political Zionism.”
Mennonite
Roman Catholic
Reformed Church In America
Greek Orthodox
Lutheran
Anglican
United Church of Christ
Baptist (some)
United Methodist
Disciples of Christ
Episcopal Church
Pentecostal (none) Unfortunately, most charismatic denominations such as Pentecostals belong to the Christian Zionism cult, with rare exceptions.
For further details, see Challenging Christian Zionism.
One major Christian Zionist cultist and Israeli front man is Charles McVety of Canada Christian College who has established a “Chair in Israel Studies” with the Jewish Masonic Order B’nai Brith whose Executive VP “Dr.” (honourary from McVety’s college) Frank Dimant is first Chair.
Why is ‘Greek Orthodox’ listed as a Church which ‘worships political Zionism’ please?
What is the basis for the inclusion of Greek Orthodoxy here?
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Just noticed your concern. Is it not posted as a church that does NOT worship political Zionism? Anyway, that was the original intent.
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It is *now,* yes.
But at the time I made my comment the title was ‘Christian churches that worship political Zionism, some surprises’…
Last post on the page:
http://web.archive.org/web/20120611040609/https://mysteryworshipers.wordpress.com/category/best-churches/
I guess you forgot about changing it?
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Hi Prodigal, I went back to my Dec 27, 2009 revisions in WordPress and it shows I inserted “do not” in the title on that day. I was just getting started with the blog, and was excited to “publish” one of my first posts, hence the mistake in the title. I may re-write some day, and avoid mixing the two (pro and anti-Z) in the same essay.
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The policy of the Greek Orthodox Church is to supports the existence of the State of Israel. Whether this is to align itself with the Greek government which supports Israel (in Greece, the Orthodox church is the official “state” church), or for purely theological reasons is unknown. What is known is that the Orthodox churches in general defend Israeland by extension, legitimise Israel’s oppression and exclusion of the non-Jews (the Palestinians primarily) who live there. That is zionism, and that is offensive to many Christians and many Churches which oppose using Zionism as an excuse for political oppression.
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And I just saw this reply… If Michael sees this I would like to know:
Please explain how the Greek Orthodox Church supports the ‘Jewish state’. Where is this “policy” stated?
I have never seen any Orthodox Church “defend
Israelthe Jewish state. In what ways do they defend them?Please prove what you say.
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Hi Prodigal, maybe Michael was referring to this from Wikipedia: “Many of the most promiment Orthodox Christian and Jewish interfaith officials, scholars and clerics held a three day conference in Thessaloniki in June 2013 to discuss the crucial importance of protecting the environment and religious values and condemned events of anti-Semitism and religious prejudice around the world. The meeting had an aim to help improve even further relations between these two ancient faith communities.[55] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greece%E2%80%93Israel_relations
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Is there a dislike option for this website? This sucks. I hate the fact that this type of shit comes up on a google search.
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Your idea of christianity is repugnant and hypocritical as is this website. If you had any balls you wouldn’t sit behind a computer writing stupid ill informed and presumably well intentioned articles. It must be the brainwashing of your pious church. Makes me want to throw up.
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