You know about the whole 'Left Behind' series and it's legions of fanatical fans, I trust. Many of them actually believe that it's a script for what the future holds.
Israel and the Jews are just a plot device leading to the return of Jesus for these whacked cretins. Their concept of Jesus the destroyer is pretty chilling stuff.
Not an Xtian myself but I've always thought the concept of Christ the compassionate was an OK diety.
But fundies and Bush-style evangelicals place far more emphasis on the POWER side of things... In standing with the old Testament 'Might Makes Right' view that the biggest God on the block 'wins'- It's a religious mafia.
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