This is a very long Twitter thread, but I think it’s worth a read. Jewish Lizards might want to especially take a look—this guy has his finger on what Evangelical support to Israel actually means.

The tl;dr is Evangelical support is not about supporting Jews and Israel, it’s about fulfilling a fantasy involving the Second Coming of Jesus. And Jews who fail to convert will suffer eternally. It’s something I first heard about in the 1970s, it’s been a constant for the last six decades, and if anything it’s been whipped to a fever pitch in the last seven weeks.

1. I told you about a small community that grew up among religious authoritarians but can no longer live among them, usually after a period in which members of this small community tried and failed to make life work among religious authoritarians. https://t.co/3woejcQbjX

— The Editorial Board (@johnastoehr) November 26, 2023

I am so sick that I believed this shiz. I reject it utterly. Dammit.