tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448657.post3183114527713312000..comments2023-09-30T08:07:26.165-04:00Comments on Mystical Politics: Jimmy Carter, againRebeccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17626228106192215280noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448657.post-22385102990622768052008-02-07T20:06:00.000-05:002008-02-07T20:06:00.000-05:00Rebecca,Is there any update from Rabbi Lerner on t...Rebecca,<BR/><BR/>Is there any update from Rabbi Lerner on these supposed Carter comments?<BR/><BR/>Do you know if he provided transcripts, etc. last summer, as he said he would?<BR/><BR/>Thanks.Cat's Dadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17716042915043721679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448657.post-55733425170014019992007-08-18T07:48:00.000-04:002007-08-18T07:48:00.000-04:00Rebecca,Carter has recently been talking up the fa...Rebecca,<BR/><BR/>Carter has recently been talking up the fact that his church still supports the Southern Baptist Convention, though, as Michael W-W pointed out, he himself disavowed himself as a Southern Baptist. <BR/><BR/>His motivation is to draw at least some individual Southern Baptists into supporting his New Baptist Covenant movement.<BR/><BR/>The views Rabbi Lerner claims Carter expressed should be substantiated or refuted, for conservative Baptists and evangelicals at large would never follow his lead if he truly is anti-Israel and truly says Judaism is an equally legitimate path to God.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448657.post-10949074246561591402007-06-04T22:05:00.000-04:002007-06-04T22:05:00.000-04:00Hmm, I didn't realize he had left the Southern Bap...Hmm, I didn't realize he had left the Southern Baptists - I guess the article hasn't caught up to his change.<BR/><BR/>I have also seen the apartheid term used in Ha'aretz, but probably by one of their more left-wing columnists like Amira Hass or Gideon Levy. I don't appreciate it from them either. From Carter, I just think it's an attempt to stir the pot.<BR/><BR/>I think there's probably much more vigorous discussion, anger, etc. of Israeli government politics in Israel than in the U.S. simply because it's people criticizing their own government and society - which they of course know a lot about. I live in a very liberal town - Ithaca, NY - and there's pretty vigorous criticism of the U.S. government here, even to the extent of calling for the impeachment of Bush and Cheney.Rebeccahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17626228106192215280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448657.post-41937475003796360202007-06-03T15:31:00.000-04:002007-06-03T15:31:00.000-04:00Correction: Carter has not been Southern Baptist f...Correction: Carter has not been Southern Baptist for some time. He belongs to a group of former SBs known as the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship.<BR/><BR/>The apartheid term was inflammatory, but, ironically, I have seen it used in Israeli literature, even in <I>Ha'aretz</I>. In fact, vigorous discussion, criticism, and even anger at Israeli government policies is far more common in Israel than in the U.S.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com