Gab CEO claims young Christians rejecting 'Zionist lies’

“Young Christians are not falling for the Zionist lies anymore,” according to the CEO of a far-right social media channel.

Gab CEO Andrew Torba took to X (formerly Twitter) to tell his followers why Christians are turning away from the Bible.

“They get two hours a week tops of a Zionist pastor preaching and the rest of the week they are following our social media posts and reading our books,” Torba wrote. “Our victory is inevitable because the Zionist pastors won't even stand up to the wickedness of the neoliberal regime because they have no backbone, so we will inevitably take over positions of authority in the Church as well.”

Here's the thing: young Christians are not falling for the Zionist lies anymore. They get two hours a week tops of a Zionist pastor preaching and the rest of the week they are following our social media posts and reading our books. Our victory is inevitable because the Zionist…

— Andrew Torba (@BasedTorba) October 3, 2023

He later retweeted a post that claimed what the Bible called Jews stopped existing when Jesus was born in 70 AD. 

“The Spirit at work among the Gentiles while the temple still stood provoked them to jealousy,” the post he retweeted stated. “God had left them desolate. This makes no sense today. Ben Shapiro or Dennis Prager don’t see faithful Christian communities and become filled with jealousy that their god is at work among Gentiles and not them.” 

The post goes on to explain that “when you plant a church in a city, you don’t stop at the synagogue first and argue with the rabbis. That situation no longer exists. The Old Covenant is over. 

“The sin against the Son was forgiven but not the sin against the Holy Spirit. All you have left now is a debate society over the Talmud among groups with varying degrees of blood descent from Abraham.”

Finally, it also reiterated that “ the group calling themselves ‘Jews’ has less connection to the people of God in the Old Testament than anyone baptized into the True Israel, Jesus Christ. After 70 AD, they are now just another ethnic group like any other that the gospel must conquer. And one day it will.”

What the Bible calls “Jews” stopped existing in 70 AD.The Spirit at work among the Gentiles while the temple still stood provoked them to jealousy. God had left them desolate. This makes no sense today. Ben Shapiro or Dennis Prager don’t see faithful Christian communities and… https://t.co/4N7CIZTWql

— Eighth Century Woodchipper (@BonifaceOption) October 3, 2023

What is Gab?

The Gab platform has a history of sharing hate speech in general and antisemitism specifically. According to the Anti-Defamation League, although the platform, which launched in 2016, was founded on the basis of free speech, it “quickly became known as a platform used by conspiracy theorists, white nationalists, neo-Nazis, members of militias and influential figures among the alt right.”

SAM HALPERN contributed to this report.