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Israel is the West according to American foreign policy, which is why we're warring with Iran rn. But almost none of our allies are helping, which means Israel is NOT the West to them. So which is right? America? or basically Europe? Are we leading? or is Europe leading, and Americans are just naive country bumpkins?
I actually think it's a question worth asking, because is Israel rn or in the future going to be, a true Western civilization and society? or is it going to be like India and Muslim countries, where there is no separation between the religious and the secular (a separation which only developed outta the Latin Western Church)? This is a defining feature of the modern Christian West.
India is Hindu, and Israel would be a Jewish state, not ethnically, but religiously, if it's not the West. But if Israel defends a separation between the secular and the religious, then I think it counts as Western, and our engagement with them against Iran is justified.
Support Israel?
Right Divider sent me this link (thank you): https://graceambassadors.com/prophecy/conflict-in-israel-and-gods-blessing "This imbalanced response by America’s churches is largely due to a failure to rightly divide the word of God. Israel is mentioned over 2,600 times in the Bible, and it is...
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Hamas or Israel?
It's been a world-wide divisive subject and I haven't seen much talk about it here at TOL. Protests and riots have broken out over it. So I'll say right up front that if Hamas and Israel go to war I will be cheering for Israel to dislodge Hamas as quickly as they can.
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Israel (the modern country)
In the news this morning 😥 https://news.sky.com/story/israel-gaza-latest-hamas-fighters-on-the-ground-after-5-000-rockets-fired-jerusalem-attacks-gaza-strip-targets-and-calls-up-reserves-12978800
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Israel is the West according to American foreign policy, which is why we're warring with Iran rn. But almost none of our allies are helping, which means Israel is NOT the West to them. So which is right? America? or basically Europe? Are we leading? or is Europe leading, and Americans are just naive country bumpkins?
I actually think it's a question worth asking, because is Israel rn or in the future going to be, a true Western civilization and society? or is it going to be like India and Muslim countries, where there is no separation between the religious and the secular (a separation which only developed outta the Latin Western Church)? This is a defining feature of the modern Christian West.
India is Hindu, and Israel would be a Jewish state, not ethnically, but religiously, if it's not the West. But if Israel defends a separation between the secular and the religious, then I think it counts as Western, and our engagement with them against Iran is justified.
