Palin was there http://blogs.jta.org/ENTRY_PERMALINK_HERE/palin-was-there/ Pastor Larry Kroon confirmed to JTA today that Sarah Palin was present in church on Aug. 17 when a representative from Jews for Jesus gave a sermon describing how successful his group has been at converting Israelis and how the Middle East is in turmoil today because the locals don’t accept Jesus. Kroon said Palin had no way of knowing the speaker was on the docket for that day. He also said he would not presume that Palin shares all, or any, of the speaker’s ideas. He did say, however, that he disagrees with the Jewish groups who feel there’s something fraudulent in telling Jews there’s no contradiction in being a believer in Jesus and professing Judaism: “I don’t feel it’s deceptive. Look at Paul and Peter and the others – they were Jews and believed in Jesus as the messiah. There’s gentile believers and there’s Jewish believers that acknowledge Jesus as messiah. There’s Swedish believers.” en-us bharris@jta.org Copyright 2008 2008-09-03T;02:22:26-05:00 Comment by kitchener@omdurman.org Well, yes, we would expect a member of Jews for Jesus (i.e. a Christian) to be welcome to speak in a Christian church. I don’t see anything wrong with this. Only in Barack Obama’s church does the pastor call upon God to curse America, promote divestment from Israel, publish or speak blood libels of not only Israel but also America, and “thank God for the message, and thank God for the messenger” when a guest speaker (Pfleger) exults about how “there were a whole lot of white people crying.” Obama’s fellow congregants, by the way, cheered for this hate speech, with many giving it a standing ovation. Re: “how the Middle East is in turmoil today because the locals don’t accept Jesus.” If the Palestinians did, they would no longer blow themselves up because Christianity, like Judaism, regards murder and suicide as sins. Well, yes, we would expect a member of Jews for Jesus (i.e. a Christian) to be welcome to speak in a Christian church. I don’t see anything wrong with this.

Only in Barack Obama’s church does the pastor call upon God to curse America, promote divestment from Israel, publish or speak blood libels of not only Israel but also America, and “thank God for the message, and thank God for the messenger” when a guest speaker (Pfleger) exults about how “there were a whole lot of white people crying.” Obama’s fellow congregants, by the way, cheered for this hate speech, with many giving it a standing ovation.

Re: “how the Middle East is in turmoil today because the locals don’t accept Jesus.” If the Palestinians did, they would no longer blow themselves up because Christianity, like Judaism, regards murder and suicide as sins.

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