On a friend’s blog this morning I read the following quote: "Our nation's founders held the Judeo-Christian belief that all human beings are sinners." I am not sure if it is because in less than a week I leave for a trip with my church to Egypt with our focus being on peace and reconciliation but I was really struck by the exclusion that exists in the term “Judeo-Christian.”
We see the term “Judeo-Christian” so often, yet there is, as many of us know, a third Abrahamic faith and I have never seen its inclusion in the Judeo-Christian term. If we are working toward peace and reconciliation and we want to use the term “Judeo-Christian” we may want to use another, more inclusive term--perhaps “Judeo-Islamic-Christian.”
For me “Judeo-Christian,” while on the surface appearing to be inclusive reinforces the Zionist mindset and is more exclusive than inclusive.
For me “Judeo-Christian,” while on the surface appearing to be inclusive reinforces the Zionist mindset and is more exclusive than inclusive.
