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Was jesus racist?
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Was jesus racist?
August 17, 2014 at 9:46 am (This post was last modified: August 17, 2014 at 10:12 am by Brakeman.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xM_kbE3S8gk#t=90

Pretty convincing huh?
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RE: Was jesus racist?
August 17, 2014 at 10:06 am
The video didn't work for me, though I know there's a verse where Jesus said he came only for the Jews. He told this to a woman who asked for his blessing, and he likened her to a dog. He gave her his blessing anyway, but he didn't retract his earlier statement.
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10 Christ-like figures that predate Jesus. Link shortened to Chris ate Jesus for some reason...
http://listverse.com/2009/04/13/10-chris...ate-jesus/

Good video to watch, if you want to know how common the Jesus story really is.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88GTUXvp-50

A list of biblical contradictions from the infallible word of Yahweh.
http://infidels.org/library/modern/jim_m...tions.html

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RE: Was jesus racist?
August 17, 2014 at 10:10 am
Video doesn't work. Jesus seems to be whatever people want him to be.
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RE: Was jesus racist?
August 17, 2014 at 10:13 am
Try it now. It's funny..
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RE: Was jesus racist?
August 17, 2014 at 10:29 am
(August 17, 2014 at 10:13 am)Brakeman Wrote: Try it now. It's funny..

Haha, yeah. Funny. I also like how white they made Jesus.
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RE: Was jesus racist?
August 17, 2014 at 10:30 am
It certainly is....Big Grin
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RE: Was jesus racist?
August 17, 2014 at 10:34 am
Gotta love Monty Python. Yes Jesus was racist. Everyone was. The whole bible is about how jews are better than other people.
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10 Christ-like figures that predate Jesus. Link shortened to Chris ate Jesus for some reason...
http://listverse.com/2009/04/13/10-chris...ate-jesus/

Good video to watch, if you want to know how common the Jesus story really is.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88GTUXvp-50

A list of biblical contradictions from the infallible word of Yahweh.
http://infidels.org/library/modern/jim_m...tions.html

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RE: Was jesus racist?
August 17, 2014 at 10:48 am
One of their better sketches!

It almost seems a pity to de-construct it. Actually, when the parable was told, you would have heard the intake of breath in Egypt. The parable is regularly read as meaning “Be nice to everybody, even those you don't like”. That is a non-negotiable certainly part of it, but it isn't primarily about a good Jew helping a Samaritan (as his audience would expect). It's the other way round to make a point.

The lawyer who asked the question (Luke 10) was asking, “Who are God's people? What are the boundary markers?”.

Jesus reply was along the lines of, “It's no longer about Judaism or keeping Torah. The definitions are to do with helping others”.

In doing that, he was being the opposite of racist, in a way that would have surprised, shocked and angered his audience.


(August 17, 2014 at 10:34 am)Chad32 Wrote: Gotta love Monty Python. Yes Jesus was racist. Everyone was. The whole bible is about how jews are better than other people.

Mitchell and Webb, not Monty Python. Although it is Brianesque. Also, Jews weren't written as 'better', they just had a unique responsibility.
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RE: Was jesus racist?
August 17, 2014 at 10:52 am
(August 17, 2014 at 10:10 am)CapnAwesome Wrote: Jesus seems to be whatever people want him to be.
Corinthians 9:22
"to all men I have become all things"
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RE: Was jesus racist?
August 17, 2014 at 11:28 am
(August 17, 2014 at 10:52 am)Rhythm Wrote:
(August 17, 2014 at 10:10 am)CapnAwesome Wrote: Jesus seems to be whatever people want him to be.
Corinthians 9:22
"to all men I have become all things"

This quote is attributed to Paul, not Jesus.

Jesus, if he ever existed, was worm food by the time Paul "saw the light."
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