Identity Movement

[pelathais]

Because the word "identity" is used by different groups, it does not necessarily follow that these groups all share similar ideals. For example, when DKB says "Apostolic Identity," he certainly does NOT have the ideals of the so-called "Christian Identity" movement in mind.

It's sort of like lumping the "Socialist Workers Party" together with the "Republican Party" simply because both groups use the word "Party." If you pronounced it as "Par-tay" I suppose we could throw in Moby and Lady Gaga as well.

The fact that some Apostolic pastors follow some of the tenets of the so-called "Christian Identity" movement is just plain sad.

I do know from personal experience that there is a relatively large number of Apostolic pastors and preachers who subscribe to "British-Israelism" - the idea that the people of England and Scotland are descended from the allegedly "Lost" Ten Tribes of Israel. Some go so far then as to call into question the identity of modern Jews. In this way they do marginalize the identity of the Jewish people.

Modern genetic studies have repeatedly shown that modern Jews are in fact genetically related to the Jews of the 70 AD diaspora and other populations of ancient Jews. Of course, a cursory reading of the Bible would show that there was a difference in the national identity of ancient Jews (Kingdom of Judah) and the "Ten Tribes" (Kingdom of Israel)... but the Bible doesn't tend to be something these guys are really interested in anyhow.