What bothered me most about Cruz's remarks was his statement "those who hate Jews hate Christians" and "If you hate the Jewish people you are not reflecting the teachings of Christ."
Really? Historically, massacring and expelling Jews have been extraordinarily popular amongst Christians. The Crusaders hated Jews, so according to Cruz they hated Christians as well.
As for the second statement, the gospel of John strongly denounces the Jews. In the Book of Revelations Jesus says that Jews are the "synagogue of Satan".
As a Christian, I am deeply offended by Ted Cruz telling me who I can and can't hate.
Aren't Christians supposed to love everyone, even our enemies?
On some other forum, one poster (a self-proclaimed Christian) accused me of one of the worst crimes possible short of murder. I prayed for him and put the prayer for him in the forum so that he could recognize what I was doing. After all, I am reasonably certain that Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. said plenty of prayers for those who hated him -- segregationist politicians and even terrorists.
