...In the meantime, a vote was taken at the 216th annual General Assembly of Presbyterian Church, USA, and in a 431-62 margin, the church voted to divest from and boycott Israel in support of the Palestinian Authority and its cause. Boycott Watch believes this is a clear violation of the US Antiboycott laws and has sent a letter to the church with a copy to the Office of Antiboycott Compliance outlining the violations. The letters requested that the church nullify the vote and that the Office of Antiboycott Compliance investigate the matter.
In light of the above, PCUSA cannot write off the Hezbollah meetings as unauthorized actions by a few rogue individuals. It is quite clear that Stone, Harper, Tomeh, and Worley were acting in accordance with very explicit PCUSA policies toward Israel and the Palestinian Authority.
A Letter to Presbyterian Church USA Members and Clergy
You have a right to know what is being done in your name and with your tax-exempt church donations. During the past few years, the leaders of the Presbyterian Church USA have inexplicably chosen to consort with terrorists (as defined by the U.S. State Department) and use PCUSA's influence on behalf of terrorists.
Senior PCUSA officials consort openly with Hezbollah, a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) as defined by the U.S. State Department. You can verify this independently by doing a Google search for the names of the persons in question or "Presbyterian Church USA" and "Hezbollah."
* PCUSA Elder Ronald Stone met with Hezbollah. This reference adds, "Stone also said that he finds Islamic leaders much better company than Jewish leaders. Obviously, this man missed the flight to New York and toward the Twin Towers. He also had no children at school in Belsan, Russia, when his Islamic friends shouted, "Allah Akbar!" and then, as always, as practically everywhere… the slaughter begins." We add that "Jewish leaders" did not murder 241 United States Marines with a truck bomb in 1983; PCUSA's Hezbollah friends did that.
• The Layman Online (http://layman.org/layman/news/2005-news/another-presbyterian-group-meets.htm) adds that Rev. Nuhad Tomeh led another delegation to Hezbollah, and that Robert Worley was a spokesman.
• http://www.wlns.com/global/story.asp?s=2446131&ClientType=Printable states that Rev. Nile Harper led yet another PCUSA delegation to meet with Hezbollah.
Although PCUSA's leaders have given lip service to distancing the church from the above actions, their actions send a much louder message as shown at http://www.boycottwatch.org/abi/divest002.htm:
"...In the meantime, a vote was taken at the 216th annual General Assembly of Presbyterian Church, USA, and in a 431-62 margin, the church voted to divest from and boycott Israel in support of the Palestinian Authority and its cause. Boycott Watch believes this is a clear violation of the US Antiboycott laws and has sent a letter to the church with a copy to the Office of Antiboycott Compliance outlining the violations. The letters requested that the church nullify the vote and that the Office of Antiboycott Compliance investigate the matter."
As we understand the antiboycott law, however, [not legal advice, we are not lawyers] the boycott is not illegal unless it is done in cooperation with a foreign (e.g. Arab) government. PCUSA has nonetheless— and the 431-62 vote shows that this is not merely the action of a few rogue individuals— chosen to back the Islamofascist terrorists, anti-Semites, and Christian-persecutors against the Western democracy that tolerates all faiths and upholds religious freedom. Note that Christians were not allowed to visit Jerusalem until Israel liberated the city in 1967. Furthermore, the Hamas terrorists who now control Jesus' birthplace in Bethlehem plan to institute the jizya tax on all Christians who live there. This is a tax on all dhimmis (Jewish and Christian second-class citizens) who live under Islamofascist rule.
Presbyterians who support religious tolerance and the freedom of all human beings to live without fear of terroristic violence have numerous alternatives to PCUSA.
o Associate Reformed Presbyterian Churches http://www.arpsynod.org/findachurch.html
o Reformed Church in the United States (RCUS) http://reformed.net/rcus/index.shtml
o Directory of Presbyterian Churches http://www.christianobserver.org/Church%20Directories.HTM
o Presbyterian Church In America http://www.pcanet.org/
o Presbyterian Reformed Church http://www.presbyterianreformed.org/index.phtml
Letter to send to Presbyterian Church USA members
by Bill Levinson
The extended entry is a form letter that you can address to Presbyterian Church USA members and clergy to encourage them to quit PCUSA and affiliate with other Presbyterian churches instead. The leaders of PCUSA must learn the hard way that their actions (consorting with Hezbollah terrorists and boycotting Israel) have severe consequences attached to them, such as loss of members and the tax-exempt income that comes from them.
PCUSA has attempted to verbally distance itself from Elder Stone's remarks and the Hezbollah visits. Its actions, however, speak far more loudly and suggest that these meetings with terrorists are part of the church's approved agenda. Per Boycott Watch,
In light of the above, PCUSA cannot write off the Hezbollah meetings as unauthorized actions by a few rogue individuals. It is quite clear that Stone, Harper, Tomeh, and Worley were acting in accordance with very explicit PCUSA policies toward Israel and the Palestinian Authority.
A Letter to Presbyterian Church USA Members and Clergy
You have a right to know what is being done in your name and with your tax-exempt church donations. During the past few years, the leaders of the Presbyterian Church USA have inexplicably chosen to consort with terrorists (as defined by the U.S. State Department) and use PCUSA's influence on behalf of terrorists.
Senior PCUSA officials consort openly with Hezbollah, a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) as defined by the U.S. State Department. You can verify this independently by doing a Google search for the names of the persons in question or "Presbyterian Church USA" and "Hezbollah."
* PCUSA Elder Ronald Stone met with Hezbollah. This reference adds, "Stone also said that he finds Islamic leaders much better company than Jewish leaders. Obviously, this man missed the flight to New York and toward the Twin Towers. He also had no children at school in Belsan, Russia, when his Islamic friends shouted, "Allah Akbar!" and then, as always, as practically everywhere… the slaughter begins." We add that "Jewish leaders" did not murder 241 United States Marines with a truck bomb in 1983; PCUSA's Hezbollah friends did that.
• The Layman Online (http://layman.org/layman/news/2005-news/another-presbyterian-group-meets.htm) adds that Rev. Nuhad Tomeh led another delegation to Hezbollah, and that Robert Worley was a spokesman.
• http://www.wlns.com/global/story.asp?s=2446131&ClientType=Printable states that Rev. Nile Harper led yet another PCUSA delegation to meet with Hezbollah.
Although PCUSA's leaders have given lip service to distancing the church from the above actions, their actions send a much louder message as shown at http://www.boycottwatch.org/abi/divest002.htm:
"...In the meantime, a vote was taken at the 216th annual General Assembly of Presbyterian Church, USA, and in a 431-62 margin, the church voted to divest from and boycott Israel in support of the Palestinian Authority and its cause. Boycott Watch believes this is a clear violation of the US Antiboycott laws and has sent a letter to the church with a copy to the Office of Antiboycott Compliance outlining the violations. The letters requested that the church nullify the vote and that the Office of Antiboycott Compliance investigate the matter."
As we understand the antiboycott law, however, [not legal advice, we are not lawyers] the boycott is not illegal unless it is done in cooperation with a foreign (e.g. Arab) government. PCUSA has nonetheless— and the 431-62 vote shows that this is not merely the action of a few rogue individuals— chosen to back the Islamofascist terrorists, anti-Semites, and Christian-persecutors against the Western democracy that tolerates all faiths and upholds religious freedom. Note that Christians were not allowed to visit Jerusalem until Israel liberated the city in 1967. Furthermore, the Hamas terrorists who now control Jesus' birthplace in Bethlehem plan to institute the jizya tax on all Christians who live there. This is a tax on all dhimmis (Jewish and Christian second-class citizens) who live under Islamofascist rule.
Presbyterians who support religious tolerance and the freedom of all human beings to live without fear of terroristic violence have numerous alternatives to PCUSA.
o Associate Reformed Presbyterian Churches http://www.arpsynod.org/findachurch.html
o Reformed Church in the United States (RCUS) http://reformed.net/rcus/index.shtml
o Directory of Presbyterian Churches http://www.christianobserver.org/Church%20Directories.HTM
o Presbyterian Church In America http://www.pcanet.org/
o Presbyterian Reformed Church http://www.presbyterianreformed.org/index.phtml
Posted by Bill Levinson at December 31, 2005 02:19 PM