Dear excon:
Actually, the REAL Evangelicals love Jews (and Muslims and Hindus and Buddhists, etc.). They are called "evangelical" because their mission is to spread the Gospel as Jesus commanded in Matthew 28:19, "Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit." (But if you're not interested in changing teams, we go away and try someone else -- but we still love you and are nice to you).
Not too long ago, the fundies, who didn't like all that "fundie" implies because people weren't taking them seriously, decided to call themselves "evangelicals" ("fake name") and even capitalize the "e" (after all, capitalized nouns are impressive and make people sit up and take notice).
If anyone is talking about the Apocalypse and Armageddon and Jews returning to Israel and stuff like that, that person's a fundie, not an evangelical.
Daughter of an evangelical minister,
WG
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