Presbyterians Thump Their Bibles Over Israel's Head

Speaking of dissing Israel (see my last post on President Obama below), the Louisville-based Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) on Friday unwisely preached politics from the pulpit -- and in the process alienated themselves even more from most Americans.

Church representatives voted by a margin of more than four to one -- 558-119 -- to call for the U.S. to end all aid to Israel unless Jewish families stop settling in neighborhoods claimed to be controlled by Palestinians.

Of course, the Jews have a history of ownership of real estate in that part of the world that dates back a few thousand years, as the Presbyterians could confirm by consulting their Bibles.

P.C.U.S.A. has lost an astounding 1/3 of its membership in the past few years. Adopting a controversial political resolution attacking Jewish people only adds to the perception of a religious denomination that is far outside the mainstream of American religious denominations -- and political parties, as P.C.U.S.A. appears to be acting.