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Zionism is over-emphasized when talking about US foreign policy (hexbear.net)
submitted 7 months ago by to c/christianity@hexbear.net
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I apologize for the flashy, rage-bate title of this post. Here is the point I actually want to make:

Christian Millenarianism is severely understated in the analysis of US foreign policy.

Over the last few years, I've seen a lot of talk and articles about the role of Zionism in US policy, in how we analyze it, and what framework gives us the best explanatory capacity. And it absolutely does have a real and dangerous role in US politics and policy.

But I have seen virtually nothing on the role of fundamentalist, evangelical Christians and their project to use the US state to manufacture biblical prophesy from the book of Revelation. In so far as I have seen it talked about, it's always as an aside and shunted under the Zionist label.

That seems... mistaken? It's its own project, albeit in ally-ship with the Zionist movement.

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[–] 4 points 7 months ago*

It’s allowed to exist cause their aims are foldable into usa goals, not the other way around. They became zionists just as entity became usa ally, it’s not 100-1000 year old project. Put it another way, if they, for some reason, would desire destruction of saudis or japanese, their aspirations won’t go anywhere

Be more materialistic about ideologies, porkies shop around and amplify something which fits their goals, so if say pope is a jp2, spreading christianity is a priority, if it’s francis - not so much, if christianity is about austere consumption - no, if it’s about supply side jesus - yes.

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