[Apologetics] Fwd: Picket for Peace at Mega-Church Exposes Anger Within

[Stuart D. Gathman]

On Sun, 30 May 2004, Art Kelly wrote:

> I don't know how this was sent to me.  I am on Michael
> Horton's mailing list, so perhaps there is where they
> got my e-mail address.

> What do you think of this?

The paper has so many straw men, it resembles a haystack.  It has
a few false premises of its own - the one that jumps out in the
beginning is the idea that surrendering to evil produces peace.
It is one thing to say that Bush attacked the wrong country
or his strategy is all wrong or it wasn't the right time.  It is delusion to
suppose that Islamists will abandon their goal of slaughtering all infidels
if we just lay down our arms and play nice.  The Bible also has something
to say to those who stand by while the innocent are slaughtered when
they have the power to stop it ("Woe to you...").

It goes on to assume that the only reason any Christian leader would support
a war is because they are in the pocket of those evil Zionists.
While trying not to sound outright anti-semitic, it states that anyone
who claims to be an actual descendent of Abraham is a liar (actually
it says "no one could prove it", i.e. noone knows who the real Jews are
anymore).  And therefore, anyone who approves of a homeland for Jews
- especially one resembling their old covenant - has strayed from
the narrow way.

It suggests that because MacArthur believes that the old covenant will
eventually also be literally fulfilled in the Millenium (something Catholics
disagree with, I know), he is thereby denying the new convenant.

The website suggests that the "ROTHSCHILD MONEY TRUST" arranges
World Wars for their own purposes.

I can't see how it is related to Michael Horton - who seems
much more rational.  Do you need a point by point debunking?
It is loony territory.

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