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George Hazim's avatar

A beautiful piece buddy

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Mike Hampton's avatar

Thanks. As Darkstar says, you can watch a short version of it at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_iQhbcOgfqw.

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Anne's avatar

Christians United for Israel are NOT Christians but have been misled by a twisted re-written version of the Old Testament by a fraudster called Cyrus Scofield (It's worth researching this man who was financed by very wealthy people). The Scofield Reference or Study Bible version is still used widely especially in the U.S.A. Jesus Christ who gave us the New Testament said nothing at all about Zionists having rights to land in Israel.

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Mike Hampton's avatar

Check out our series on Israel at https://www.mikehampton.co.uk/p/israel-the-truth-serum-series?utm_source=publication-search - the Zionism vs Jews question is tackled quickly and powerfully.

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Mark Taylor's avatar

America is a very religious country, devoid of spirituality. It's a business, a hustle and grift. This is not only true of the evangelical right, it is also true of the liberal churches. I follow the news about the US/Israel genocide closely and in all these bloody months have seen zero comments, statements or calls to oppose the genocide by the nice oh-so-socially-conscious liberal churches.

There is a very liberal church nearby that I would occasionally attend to see if they were involved in any meaningful social justice work. It's all empty performative crap. They are very woke with pronoun sensitivity and Pride flags flying out on the street corner and a banner about love etc. But in my liberal community that takes zero courage.

Shortly after the genocide began I approached the pastor to see about beginning a Peace & Justice committee to provide education on the history of the genocide and eventually actions that might be taken to stop the killing. She was rattled by the suggestion and nervously said she'd "think about it" and get back to me. Of course, she never did. She leads a weekly coffee circle of older congregants at the coffee shop I go to. I often overhear their conversations and it's all insane crap about high school adventures and first cars. Nothing, ever about the world their grandkids are having dumped on them.

Whenever I see the pastor in the community she smiles nervously and skitters away. Just like the American "Christian" community skitters away from any true belief in what they preach.

There is another liberal Unitarian church I attended for a number of months and left because of their performative hypocrisy on climate justice. At Sunday services at both churches the place is filled with gray and white heads. As I noted to one Unitarian committee I was trying to work with, unless they work to be relevant to young people their churches will be shuttered in another 5-10 years as everybody dies off. Given what they have become, good riddance.

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Mike Hampton's avatar

Christianity isn't one thing, it's a chameleon. It adapts for the sake of converts. From Constantinople and the Catholic Church, to the heretics fleeing and creating their own versions, it's always about followers. Just as paganism was incorporated as a marketing scheme, so capitalism is incorporated now.

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Val D. Phillips's avatar

Good to have you back. Very important work. Thank you.

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Mike Hampton's avatar

Not back. That was a scheduled post, and a couple smaller ones to come. Just popping into internet for one hour and only a 10min rush here. Always, thank you.

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Val D. Phillips's avatar

Take good care. And good luck with the longer pieces. Looking forward to them.

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Darkstar's avatar

I just found the link to the whole movie.

https://youtu.be/IhT7oyDlBIk?si=sx1CA0NNeryYI4SK

It's really good 👍

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Mike Hampton's avatar

That's an edited version, dropped to half the time, but its free. Thank you. I have added it to the post.

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Orestes vasquez's avatar

Always good to read your articles. Take care my friend, Orestes

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Mike Hampton's avatar

You too!

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Orestes vasquez's avatar

Thanks, it’s always a great day reading your posts!!

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Roslyn Ross's avatar

One of many such movements in human history

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Mike Hampton's avatar

We don't learn from our history, The lesson will happen again.

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Crapp's avatar

Definitely one for the list. Welcome back - i trust the break was restful?

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Mike Hampton's avatar

Not back. Just popping in today. Yes, I'm slowly clearing my backlog. Will take months. But I'm happy to be "Spring cleaning". Thus, I'm encouraged to be less here.

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Too much work's avatar

WOW!! I really can't imagine what Bible you ever picked up, other than in the vicinity of Indianapolis, where many Judaic texts are mislabeled as the, "Holy Bible", but no, other than such devious frauds, "tribe" is not part of the language of Christianity, Al be it, that Christianity has little to do with anything that Christ was about. The same atheist bankers who own Christianity also own Judaism; it's the same old divide and conquer ploy that's been going on since the birth of so-called civilization. You humans may not even be capable of anything even approaching a real civilization. In fact I saw a science article the other day that detailed a means of producing a viral infection that no living thing on earth can possibly produce a natural immunity to; it would be as though everyone on Earth, had an advanced case of AIDs. That's your Armageddon!!!

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Too much work's avatar

There's a saying that goes, "Curiousity killed the cat", the same applies to the humans, an animal without the emotional maturity to not use a nuclear weapon, without the maturity to have never created such a weapon. You should be mature enough, yourself to realize that most people in the Western Hemisphere, are suicidal-homicidal maniacs, the typical suicide vest mentality. And, God; who was the real inventor of that?

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Mike Hampton's avatar

As Pope John Paul II said, "Stupidity is also a gift of God, but one mustn't misuse it."

:)

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