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People who believe in an imminent “end times” are in a cult, I don’t care if the religion is ancient or brand new. “We have to prepare the world for Armageddon, and that can only happen when the Jews return to Israel,” is a batshit thing to believe.

Never mind their overall impact on American policy and politics.

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But someone’s belief that their special book gives them a special right to a special plot of land is in fact so special that it can’t even be labeled with its own name…?

Yeah they’re all fucking crazy people.

Calling evangelicals evangelicals is fine. Calling zionists Zionists is fine.

Both terms have besmirched connotations because both belief systems are besmirched. Simple as that.

Zionism isn’t religious for a large number of Jews, it’s just a practical response to centuries of pogroms and genocide. Stellar wordplay though, very much how I expect sincere people to act when pressed on the reality of how the cause they claim to care about has been hijacked by bigots.

Best of luck to you.

>Zionism isn’t religious for a large number of Jews, it’s just a practical response to centuries of pogroms and genocide

And the response is to do your own to another people? Great.

If it’s a practical response then where does the “right” originate from?

I’m beyond reproach if my practical response to needing a bathroom is to break into your home and defecate in your toilet?

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