Mark Lewis Taylor’s recent commentary on U.S. church positions on Israel has touched many a nerve.
A sampling from the mailbox:
Reverend Taylor is either an intellectual cretin or (more likely) a morally degenerate anti-Semite.
Sylven Schaffer, San Antonio
In the interest of intellectual honesty, I expect an immediate denunciation of Jesus Christ by Rev. Taylor. Isn’t there something in his theology about casting the first stoneâÂ?¦?
– A. E. Mallenbaum
Israel has met nearly impossible standards of morality (leafletting, delaying attacks to allow civilians to leave) in order to humanly prosecute this war against a band of well armed, immoral, professional terrorists. Meanwhile, it suffered missile attacks from Hezbollah directed right at Israeli civilians. Does that not give you pause? Would it not be right for Professor Taylor to publish an apology?
-B. Nidus, Malden, MA
Why doesn’t he blame the truly guilty instead of the victims? What a sad, misguided man.
I am shocked and disappointed. No wonder the church is in the fix it’s in.
-Graham Diamond, New York
People are allowed to express their opinions, no matter how much they differ from the facts. BUT why are you putting these comments on your website? They are so distorted and inflammatory- and they completely ignore the long history of Hizbollah killing people in locations around the world.
-Henry Kaminer, New York
Rev. Taylor needs a course in current events and in a history of the Middle East, preferably ones uncontaminated by vitriolic propaganda.
-Frances Schwartzwald, Grand Prairie, TX
There should be an immediate retraction and apology for Rev. Taylors biased and anti-semitic remarks. There is no room for such remarks anywhere, especially in a Christian environmnet. Shame on you for such publications.
-J. Wildes, Woodmere NY
If there’s a supportive comment out there, let us know. So far they’ve been few and far between.
For what it’s worth, a response from the National Council of Churches can also be found on the UCC web site.
