JEWISH CARTOONS MOCK CHRISTIANS
By Rev. Ted Pike
18 Nov 08
In 2005, Danish cartoons critical of Islam sparked outrage not
only from Muslims but from advocates of religious tolerance world-wide.
Many cried "Foul!" at holding up a major religion to
ridicule. Similarly, the US State Department's Office of Global
Anti-Semitism, created and run by the Jewish Anti-Defamation League,
anathematizes cartoons of Israel's leaders which portray them
in Nazi-like terms. (See, US
Government Condemns 'Unintentional' Anti-Semitism)
ADL also deplores "anti-Semitic" cartoons which vilify Jews as masterminding
economic disaster and controlling media, Congress, and Presidential candidates.
They decry such visual imagery as hateful, hurtful gutter communication.
But I haven't heard a whisper from ADL against recent publication by one
of American Jewry's largest online newspapers, The Forward, of
cartoons mocking evangelical Christians. These are the work of anti-Christian
Jewish cartoonist Eli Valley, whose comics "are frequently published in
Jewcy." (See, "Evangelical
Tours of Israel!")
Forward's derision of Christian Zionists reinforces a very widely
taught, ingrained belief within much of world Jewry - particularly among liberal
Jewish activists of ADL/B'nai B'rith and the Orthodox right in New York and Israel.
Many Jews believe that, despite outward show of love for the Jewish people, Christians
are secretly out to "get" them. Such Jews, correctly or incorrectly,
assert that:
1. The New Testament holds Jews accountable for "killing
God." Historically, many believers in the New Testament have
viewed Jews as "Christ killers" who deserve death,
even though such judgment may, or may not, be reserved for God.
Today, Jesus, according to Evangelical eschatology will allow two-thirds
of Jews to be killed in the last days.
2. Christians believe Jews who reject Jesus are
damned.
3. The "Christian anti-Semitism," established
by the New Testament, the church fathers, and Martin Luther, led to Christian
complicity in the gassings and incineration of millions of Jews in World
War II. Secretly, many Christians and Gentiles would be untroubled
if Jews were again destroyed.
4. Christian Zionists teach that genocide of two-thirds of
the Jews in Israel, and fiery wrath on much of Israel during the battle of
Armageddon, are prerequisites for Christ's return.
5. Ostensible "lovers of Israel," like Pastor
John Hagee, actually want to hasten nuclear war with Iran, provoking an
Iranian counter-strike on Israel . By creation of Armageddon, Hagee and
his followers believe Christ will return more quickly.
6. Christian blessing on Israel is really a sham; it
masks the fact of Christian guilt for persecution of Jews for over 1800
years and Christian desire to kill Jewish souls through conversion.
A Slap in the Face of Christians
The comics displayed by Forward exploit anti-Christian
suspicion and paranoia among volatile and even unstable segments
of Judaism. They not
only fuel heightened anti-Christianity but could even stimulate violence against
Christians. Such violence and persecution against Messianic Jews by ultra-Orthodox
in Israel is already tolerated by the Israeli government, local governing bodies,
and most Israelis. (See, Christians
in Israel: An Endangered Species and Lura
Beckford's Website)
Evangelical support has made possible the meteoric rise of Israel to statehood
and control of the Middle East. It has also empowered Jewish dominance of
media, finance, and governments in western society. (See, Jews
Confirm Big Media Is Jewish) Yet these cartoons are a slap in the face
of evangelicalism. Cynically, Zionism first brainwashes evangelicals into believing
and acting upon ideas that are ridiculous: the stuff of comic books. It is
then, as The Forward cartoons reveal, but a short step to media mockery
of such gullibility.
Here are the cartoons published in The Forward with my commentary
on what they suggest:
Jesus sets the example of wanting to burn up Jews. Christians follow in His
footsteps.
Christianity's talk of respect for its origins in Judaism is a pretense. Christians,
corpulent and self-satisfied, view Jews as "Judases" and would
gleefully see them burn in hell forever.
Christians like Pastor Hagee are really very much like Hitler. Jewish lives
and suffering mean little to Christians. They only want God's apocalyptic
will fulfilled.
Christians are fanatical, violent, anti-abortionists - the opposite of the
Jews, who predominately favor a woman's "right to choose." Be careful,
Jews, of having such unstable fanatics on your side!
Christians, adopting Zionist anti-Arab racism after a century of persuasion
from Jewish Zionists, are worthy of mockery and derision.
Jews are viewed as fodder for the Christian agenda of hastening Christ's return. Christians
view annihilation of Israel, if it serves Christ's agenda, as giving glory
to God. Evangelicals like Hagee, deceived by Zionists into calling for war
with Iran, are worthy of contempt for their gullibility.
Christians really have no compassion for Jewish or Arab suffering.
They are conscienceless, entertainment-oriented spectators.
Christianity is uncaring about the fate of Jews and potentially violent against
them. Jews who accept Christ are childish and opportunistic.
There is no denying that evangelicals, literally to the point of fault, love
Jews more than any other people. But the behavior of Jewish media and anti-Christian
Jewish "civil liberties" groups reveals Christians are not loved
in return. Even now through anti-Christianity in media and ADL-inspired
hate crime laws, it is increasingly evident that Jewish activism is bent
on persecuting Christians.
Zionism bites the hand that has fed it for more than a century.
