(Jewish Group) Dallas-area church says Judaism is 'dangerous'

[Behind the Aegis]

(THIS IS THE JEWISH GROUP! RESPECT!!)

A Dallas-area church has included Judaism among “dangerous isms” that includes liberalism, alcoholism and pessimism.

The items, defined in a flier as “a distinctive practice, system or ideology,” will be discussed as part of the Greenville Avenue Church of Christ in Richardson, Texas summer lecture series. The lectures will “shed light on these topics and provide a proper response by the Christian,” the promotional material said.

Minister Shelton Gibbs III defended the series at the church.

“We’re not here to criticize or be antagonistic toward people and to beat them down,” he told the Dallas News. “There’s no threat. The people in the community should not feel a threat.”

The church has been attacked on social media for appearing to equate Judaism with some of the other items on the list. Islamism also appears on the list. One social media user said on Twitter he had filed a complaint with the IRS, in order to threaten its tax-exempt status.

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[Mosby]

1. what is happening to Christian churches?

Anti-Jew, anti-Muslim, anti-Liberal.

The irony can be seen in the below link.

http://life.gacoc.org/our-leadership.html

[marylandblue]

2. I noticed they included their own church on the list of dangerous isms

At least they aren't hypocrites.

[Mosby]

3. how do you figure that?

They are a non-denominational evangelical Christian church.

I have no idea what "emotionalism" means, it might be an attack on Psychology, something that evangelicals also hate. So much in fact that they created Christian based counseling.

The campaign in august is just fund raising, it's not an -ism.

[marylandblue]

4. August 8th is their "Gospel Campaign"

I am sure they didn't mean it that way, but it still looked funny to me.

[marylandblue]

5. When I've spoken to Conservatives about "emotionalism"

They usually mean something like believing that it's important not to insult other people or feel compassion for disadvantaged groups because, hey, the world sucks and they are all going to hell anyway.

Sometimes it's tinged with misogyny because women are supposedly too emotional, therefore men are in charge.

[Gothmog]

6. Living in Texas is hard sometimes

I wish that I could say that I was surprised.