>>509091119 (OP)I was raised in Christian Zionism, although even the Christianity didn’t take root until I was in my late 20s. The constant state of hysteria shown by the Dispensationalists, which I figured out was little more than Boomers incapable of imagining a world continuing without them, was too offensive to my natural preference for philosophical equanimity to hold much appeal.
But it wasn’t until I observed that a) the god of Judaism was not God the Father, but the god of this world, and b) the historical Zionists were atheists anyhow, that I grasped how fundamentally deceived the Christian Zionists are. After that, learning about the Scofield Bible, the true identity of the Wailing Wall, and various and sundry other telling details, most of which involved blatant historical lies, were not even remotely surprising.
IDF officers and soldiers told Haaretz they were ordered to fire at unarmed crowds near food distribution sites in Gaza, even when no threat was present. Hundreds of Palestinians have been killed, prompting the military prosecution to call for a review into possible war crimes.
As always, the more epicycles and rationalizations that are required to maintain a specific viewpoint, the more likely it is to be fundamentally false. When your interpretation of the Bible leads you to oppose the Good, the Beautiful, and the True, and to repeatedly defend lies, falsehoods, and subversions, that should be a strong signal that your interpretation is incorrect.
