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Jimmy Carter on Left Behind

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Via BustedHalo:

BH: You allude to the Left Behind series in your book and about how it’s formed the religious right’s position with regards to Israel—could you talk about the reasons behind their policy towards Israel—and as a follow up—does this position have inherent anti-Semitic overtones?

JC: Well it’s a strange anomaly, the Left Behind series, which has been kicking around, as you know in religious circles for hundreds of years, I think in a twisted analysis of certain chosen verses in the holy scriptures. As far as the Mid-East is concerned, first of all, these people believe that first of all that Israel should occupy the entire holy land all of the West Bank, all of Gaza, without any exceptions. Secondly, they believe that the temple Mount area should be wiped clean and that the original holy Jewish temple should be re-erected where the mosque is located now—which would cause horrendous violence in that area. And the ultimate description is after all this is done, and there’s a rapture, that all the Jews, in the world, either are killed or have to become Christians against their will. This is their ultimate description of what’s going to happen in the future. So these kinds of things are very disturbing, and of course, they have been amazingly influential in shaping our own government’s policy.

The latest Left Behind book was released on 6/6/06.

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