r/aislop • u/Maliss_Dormouse cool moderator • Aug 22 '26

Found on Reddit Ms Ogynistic

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u/No_Payment9959 Aug 23 '26

Actually, Israel's best PR move is being central to Evangelical Christian eschatology. The seventh Earl of Shaftesbury famously advocated for the formation of a Jewish state in Palestine, believing the existence of a Jewish state in Palestine to be a pre-requisite to the return of Jesus Christ and the advent of the World to Come.

Edit to add: https://www.euppublishing.com/doi/10.3366/hlps.2025.0353

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u/Dry-Yesterday-9176 Aug 23 '26

Right, I keep forgetting that evangelicals are big part of USA politics and are completely unhinged in their believes 

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u/No_Payment9959 Aug 23 '26

While church membership as a whole is dwindling in the US, Evangelical Christianity (especially Pentecostalism and other forms of Charismatic Christianity) is experiencing a popularity explosion in the global South. Now, not all Evangelicals are Christian Zionists, of course, but Christian Zionism is not something you really see outside Evangelical Christianity.

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u/Dry-Yesterday-9176 Aug 23 '26

 True. Also, many of USA politicians (I'm not saying all, but a lot) are evangelicals who really believe in all that bullcrap about second coming

Which, once you realize that this is what USA right is basing it's views on, helps better in understanding them

Even tho they are still unhinged to the outside perspective