United Methodists to Withdraw Caterpillar Divestment Plans

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• steiner

  Mon Apr 21, 2008 4:25 am : 3 : 1 Flag

  Perhaps Caterpillar can contribute to helping the Palestinians that dont wish to live under Israel move and build in Jordan, the Palestinian state.
  
  what do the methodists think ought to be done with those -neopalestinians- that live in Europe or America and dont wish to conform or be subject to European or American laws? Should we give them land and allow them to secede? or should we politely ask them to go back to Saudi Arabia, or elsewhere, so that they can practice sharia law?

• steiner

  Mon Apr 21, 2008 4:16 am : 1 : 2 Flag

  What will help the Palestinians? The Truth. The Truth includes the fact that they are on Jewish land, and ought to move out. Jordan is a Palestinian state. The UN and the Methodists and anyone else can contribute in helping them move back to Jordan, or anywhere in the Arab world.

• boomershank

  Sun Apr 20, 2008 9:47 am : 2 : 4 Flag

  Remember this is a denomination that is similiar to the Episcopal Church and United Church of Christ, all of which are left wing, liberal theology churches. These churches would be better suited in the left wing of the democratic party with Obama. They are all neglecting the preaching of the Gospel of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.

• fethdarman

  Sun Apr 20, 2008 9:27 am : 2 : 3 Flag

  Defense Forces to destroy Palestinian homes? What about the United Methodists Forces that destroy the homes of the unborn?

• Creed3712

  Sun Apr 20, 2008 12:22 am : 4 : 4 Flag

  I question why are they doing this? Should we help or hinder Israel? The Palestines, are they not Muslims and want to kill the Jews, Christians and anyone else who don’t believe as they do? We should gain the trust of people with different prospective but if they only have in their hearts to kill use then how can we hope to gain their trust? Not every Muslim is like this but there are enough for Israel to be cautious.
  
  Should we love all the people of this world including our enemies, yes we should. But if our enemies are waging war against our Lords chosen people who should we then ally with? I choose to ally with those who fear the Lord my Savior and God.
  
  We could encourage Israel to do good but we also must realize that they need to protect themselves too. Remember, some of these site house terrorist and this is why they do some of the thing that they do. I do believe that this is the wrong course of action.

• volley

  Sat Apr 19, 2008 3:36 pm : 4 : 3 Flag

  UMC's passive understanding of the Gospel could be viewed as hypocritical. If the real concern is to help the Palestinians, why not divest the funds and apply actively in helping them instead of asserting their shareholders' right by holding a company accountable for actions done by their overseas customers?
  Or if the fund can't be touched then they could fund raise to help the Palestinians and work with Israelis with this sensitive issue?

• Tomas

  Sat Apr 19, 2008 1:47 pm : 4 : 3 Flag

  This is a great accomplishment, but I wonder if that is really the mission of the church. Couldn't a completely secular organization have accomplished the same? I think churches should just stick to what they do best: Teaching Christ's gospel.

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