From the comments here, it seems I may have missed an interesting interview. I will have to look up the one with this Eizenstat fellow. Since I believe in the God of Israel and that all nations will gather together against Israel and divide the land of Israel, it appears I might appreciate what Eizenstat has to say. I’ll have to listen and see what I think before I make a final conclusion.
I am generally opposed to war, as well as getting involved in other people’s fights, as I well have a right to be. My dad was an unwilling participant in Vietnam and was killed there. I never knew him.
But since I do believe in the God of Israel and biblical prophecy, I believe Israel is an exception. God says all nations will be judged according to how they treat Israel. The u s has a track record of duplicity in regard to Israel (see The Secret War Against the Jews as well as many of Dave Hunt’s books and articles), so although there is some verbal and other support, I don’t trust our government a single bit. I wonder what event will bring all the nations against Israel. I keep waiting for it. The nations are doomed to failure, as God will intervene to save His beloved people.
Since I was the only person who commented about your interview with Eizenstat, I assume your comment on the Parallel Mike podcast was directed at me, even though you turn me into a plurality. Anyone who communicates in public has a responsibility to be aware of what will be inferred from what is being said. I understand perfectly well what you are doing. I said I was unwilling to pay for it, as a matter of conscience, because paying for it becomes MY endorsement of it. I don't care if you want to bring people on who think the earth is flat, or the sky is pink. I don't care if you want to promote occultists if you call yourself one of them. But if you call yourself a Christian, that creates a responsibility - because otherwise we disgrace the name of our Lord. Forget what you do or don't agree with. You GIVE VOICE to those who are enemies of the faith. You provide a platform for those who endorse killing the innocent. And in terms of what it is that you do agree with, you seem unaware of the well-known convention that if for some reason you feel compelled to present someone with whom you fundamentally disagree, you issue a disclaimer that is attached to the interview, rather than assume people make a career out of figuring out your proclivities. Your summary of the Eizenstat podcast reads like an endorsement, and those little gems you claim will fall out of the sky somehow never do. Ask the people in Gaza, including the slaughtered Christians, how they feel about you approach to podcasting. Idiot? See Matthew 5:22. Christian? 1 John 2:7-11. Can't afford to turn Eisenstat down? You love the world, Hrvoje. That's the bottom line. 1 John 2:15.
Nope, it was not directed specifically at you...and I don't even recall your comment. If you go to the comment section on places where the interview is posted (e.g. Rumble and other channels) you'll see many people's negative reactions. And it's not just Eizenstat...it's been a thing on G&E for years with guests like Eizenstat, just used him as an example. I will not continue to be insulted, misrepresented, and demeaned by you. Your demeanor is toxic, spiteful, unloving, and without grace...and even other non-Christians on here have noticed it. The money I make podcasting still is much less than what I was making working "in the world"...I receive no financial benefit whatsoever for having on any guest, including Eizenstat, your comments about loving the world don't make any sense. I'm sorry, but you are unhinged. I don't wish to further continue this conversation, don't have time for drama and disingenuity.
I stand corrected. I don't visit other locations where comments are posted, and so am not aware of what others have said. It seems you have called all of us idiots for having negative reactions to your podcasts - and not just Eizenstat, but others like him. Maybe we are idiots for not seeing it from your point of view. Or maybe others have a conscience, too, and feel the need to express their disgust with what men like Eizenstat stand for. Perhaps we should all embrace, as well, those whom the New Testament tells us not to give so much as a greeting, because our judgement is more holy, more pure, than the Word of God itself. Let me bow to the opinion of non-Christians at your site who don't like what I say, because that is what the Bible tells me to do. At least I state my case with arguments, not by calling people names.
Perhaps we should speak kindly to those who would summarily execute Palestinian prisoners with a shot to the head? Kindly to everyone. Let us speak, with gushing love and grace, to those who endorse mass slaughter - and to you as you bring us the words of those of like mind.
Love and kindness and grace. There is a time and place for everything, Hrvoje, but this is not the time or place for that. I will embrace your opinion that I am unhinged, or toxic, or whatever other names you would like to call me, if that is what it takes to stand with the innocent.
Honest reporters continue to report about the atrocities, and to die. Women and children are being shot. An entire population is being murdered in cold blood, maimed, subjected to horrible disease, and starved to death. Read what physicians have to say, who have visited Gaza. Go back to the beginning, when those you defend first arrived. Who took land that was not owned by them? Who initiated the hostilities and created the world's most notorious open-air prison? Listen to what the Jews have to say, who study the Bible rather than the Talmud while Netanyahu inflames the situation and treats humans like animals. Who is assassinating dignitaries on foreign soil to escalate a war, and who is paying for it? Wake up, dragonfly.
I became a paid subscriber because it sounded as though you really needed financial support and I didn't want to write comments here as a free-loader. I tried to encourage you to review books, where you might have a better selection to choose from, and could speak from a genuinely Christian voice. Sadly, at this substack, I have found myself listening to a podcast by a man who seems to have two fake names, who is unabashedly hostile to the God of the Bible, and who uses the name of Jesus Christ as a swear-word. I have listened to one or two others, I forget, who have some sort of mission in life with an underlying belief that we are divine, who are genuinely spiritually misguided and need help. This was followed by someone who self-identifies as a poet, whose primary mission appears to be to deny what the Bible teaches in favor of a Platonic approach along the lines of Eric Voegelin. And now, a podcast by a war-mongering diplomat. You call yourself a Christian, but you surround yourself with false spirituality, Platonic error, and a rehash of MSM warmongering. You don't just put it out their for others to judge (which would be bad enough), you actively endorse the work of these individuals. You call those who really are believers (me, for example) non-Christians, while aggressively promoting an array of anti-Christian teaching. I don't know what has happened, but I can't, in good conscience, support what is being produced on this substack. It's easy to say you're a Christian, Hrvoje, but you have to walk the walk. If you have any awareness whatsoever about what is happening in the world, how could you possibly provide a forum for a man like Eizenstat?
From the comments here, it seems I may have missed an interesting interview. I will have to look up the one with this Eizenstat fellow. Since I believe in the God of Israel and that all nations will gather together against Israel and divide the land of Israel, it appears I might appreciate what Eizenstat has to say. I’ll have to listen and see what I think before I make a final conclusion.
I am generally opposed to war, as well as getting involved in other people’s fights, as I well have a right to be. My dad was an unwilling participant in Vietnam and was killed there. I never knew him.
But since I do believe in the God of Israel and biblical prophecy, I believe Israel is an exception. God says all nations will be judged according to how they treat Israel. The u s has a track record of duplicity in regard to Israel (see The Secret War Against the Jews as well as many of Dave Hunt’s books and articles), so although there is some verbal and other support, I don’t trust our government a single bit. I wonder what event will bring all the nations against Israel. I keep waiting for it. The nations are doomed to failure, as God will intervene to save His beloved people.
Since I was the only person who commented about your interview with Eizenstat, I assume your comment on the Parallel Mike podcast was directed at me, even though you turn me into a plurality. Anyone who communicates in public has a responsibility to be aware of what will be inferred from what is being said. I understand perfectly well what you are doing. I said I was unwilling to pay for it, as a matter of conscience, because paying for it becomes MY endorsement of it. I don't care if you want to bring people on who think the earth is flat, or the sky is pink. I don't care if you want to promote occultists if you call yourself one of them. But if you call yourself a Christian, that creates a responsibility - because otherwise we disgrace the name of our Lord. Forget what you do or don't agree with. You GIVE VOICE to those who are enemies of the faith. You provide a platform for those who endorse killing the innocent. And in terms of what it is that you do agree with, you seem unaware of the well-known convention that if for some reason you feel compelled to present someone with whom you fundamentally disagree, you issue a disclaimer that is attached to the interview, rather than assume people make a career out of figuring out your proclivities. Your summary of the Eizenstat podcast reads like an endorsement, and those little gems you claim will fall out of the sky somehow never do. Ask the people in Gaza, including the slaughtered Christians, how they feel about you approach to podcasting. Idiot? See Matthew 5:22. Christian? 1 John 2:7-11. Can't afford to turn Eisenstat down? You love the world, Hrvoje. That's the bottom line. 1 John 2:15.
Nope, it was not directed specifically at you...and I don't even recall your comment. If you go to the comment section on places where the interview is posted (e.g. Rumble and other channels) you'll see many people's negative reactions. And it's not just Eizenstat...it's been a thing on G&E for years with guests like Eizenstat, just used him as an example. I will not continue to be insulted, misrepresented, and demeaned by you. Your demeanor is toxic, spiteful, unloving, and without grace...and even other non-Christians on here have noticed it. The money I make podcasting still is much less than what I was making working "in the world"...I receive no financial benefit whatsoever for having on any guest, including Eizenstat, your comments about loving the world don't make any sense. I'm sorry, but you are unhinged. I don't wish to further continue this conversation, don't have time for drama and disingenuity.
I stand corrected. I don't visit other locations where comments are posted, and so am not aware of what others have said. It seems you have called all of us idiots for having negative reactions to your podcasts - and not just Eizenstat, but others like him. Maybe we are idiots for not seeing it from your point of view. Or maybe others have a conscience, too, and feel the need to express their disgust with what men like Eizenstat stand for. Perhaps we should all embrace, as well, those whom the New Testament tells us not to give so much as a greeting, because our judgement is more holy, more pure, than the Word of God itself. Let me bow to the opinion of non-Christians at your site who don't like what I say, because that is what the Bible tells me to do. At least I state my case with arguments, not by calling people names.
Perhaps we should speak kindly to those who would summarily execute Palestinian prisoners with a shot to the head? Kindly to everyone. Let us speak, with gushing love and grace, to those who endorse mass slaughter - and to you as you bring us the words of those of like mind.
Love and kindness and grace. There is a time and place for everything, Hrvoje, but this is not the time or place for that. I will embrace your opinion that I am unhinged, or toxic, or whatever other names you would like to call me, if that is what it takes to stand with the innocent.
A recent report: https://mailchi.mp/hope4israel/day-177-weapons-found-in-maternity-ward-11495262?e=2521c16e28
https://www.972mag.com/sde-teiman-prisoners-lawyer-mahajneh/
Honest reporters continue to report about the atrocities, and to die. Women and children are being shot. An entire population is being murdered in cold blood, maimed, subjected to horrible disease, and starved to death. Read what physicians have to say, who have visited Gaza. Go back to the beginning, when those you defend first arrived. Who took land that was not owned by them? Who initiated the hostilities and created the world's most notorious open-air prison? Listen to what the Jews have to say, who study the Bible rather than the Talmud while Netanyahu inflames the situation and treats humans like animals. Who is assassinating dignitaries on foreign soil to escalate a war, and who is paying for it? Wake up, dragonfly.
I became a paid subscriber because it sounded as though you really needed financial support and I didn't want to write comments here as a free-loader. I tried to encourage you to review books, where you might have a better selection to choose from, and could speak from a genuinely Christian voice. Sadly, at this substack, I have found myself listening to a podcast by a man who seems to have two fake names, who is unabashedly hostile to the God of the Bible, and who uses the name of Jesus Christ as a swear-word. I have listened to one or two others, I forget, who have some sort of mission in life with an underlying belief that we are divine, who are genuinely spiritually misguided and need help. This was followed by someone who self-identifies as a poet, whose primary mission appears to be to deny what the Bible teaches in favor of a Platonic approach along the lines of Eric Voegelin. And now, a podcast by a war-mongering diplomat. You call yourself a Christian, but you surround yourself with false spirituality, Platonic error, and a rehash of MSM warmongering. You don't just put it out their for others to judge (which would be bad enough), you actively endorse the work of these individuals. You call those who really are believers (me, for example) non-Christians, while aggressively promoting an array of anti-Christian teaching. I don't know what has happened, but I can't, in good conscience, support what is being produced on this substack. It's easy to say you're a Christian, Hrvoje, but you have to walk the walk. If you have any awareness whatsoever about what is happening in the world, how could you possibly provide a forum for a man like Eizenstat?