RE: Who killed Jesus?
August 7, 2018 at 2:17 pm
(This post was last modified: August 7, 2018 at 2:17 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
(August 7, 2018 at 2:13 pm)SteveII Wrote:(August 7, 2018 at 1:58 pm)vulcanlogician Wrote: I never got how certain Christians hold the crucifixion against the Jews....
First of all, the belief that "the Jews killed Christ" is a fairly ambiguous one, and in some roundabout fashion seems to implicate all Jews (even those living in modern times) in the crime. Methinks it's just justification for one's desire to alienate an out-group.
Second, the whole thing was supposedly orchestrated by celestial forces. The "lamb's blood" needed to be shed for the new and everlasting covenant, right? It's really stupid to fault Jews for their participation in something that was divinely ordained. According to the Gospels, when Peter suggested to Jesus that he try to avoid being crucified, Jesus called him "Satan." WTF, people! If a Jew participates in the crucifixion he's called a "Christ killer" and if he tries to stop it, he's "Satan." Damned if you do, damned if you don't...
You would have to be severely lacking even a clue about theology to blame the Jews.
That's interesting.....it appears that early christers must have been -incredibly- clueless, then.
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