New Posts For Thread: Jesus a racist?http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44071/29363729/Jesus_a_racistFound this interesting article your thoughts? www.patheos.com/blogs/davidhenson/2012/0...Dutch, your signature says, "The Socratic Standard: Follow the evidence;____ if it doesn't make sense, it's bull$#!+."It doesn't make sense that Jesus would be racist. Therefore, it must be...[/quote]Certainly it makes sense. The Jews are the Chosehttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44071/29363729/Jesus_a_racist?post_id=523979925#523979925Dutch, your signature says, "The Socratic Standard: Follow the evidence;____ if it doesn't make sense, it's bull$#!+."It doesn't make sense that Jesus would be racist. Therefore, it must be...[/quote]Certainly it makes sense. The Jews are the ChoseSun, 09 Sep 2012 21:22:52 -0500Since we have little historical information to work with, your view is as valid as anyone's. The more I study the Christian Faith, and the quest for the historical Jesus, the less certain I become.http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44071/29363729/Jesus_a_racist?post_id=523878529#523878529Since we have little historical information to work with, your view is as valid as anyone's. The more I study the Christian Faith, and the quest for the historical Jesus, the less certain I become.Thu, 06 Sep 2012 18:27:39 -0500Of course, you theologians know more about it than I do, but I really like my explanation better! That's why we have so many different interpretations, I suppose. If I don't like yours, I can just make up my own.http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44071/29363729/Jesus_a_racist?post_id=523865775#523865775Of course, you theologians know more about it than I do, but I really like my explanation better! That's why we have so many different interpretations, I suppose. If I don't like yours, I can just make up my own.Thu, 06 Sep 2012 13:09:25 -0500Was Jesus a racist? I do not know. A case certainly can be made that racism violates the trajectory of his social understanding, but that is based on many assumptions about the historical teachings of Jesus that we simply do not have evidence for.Phttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44071/29363729/Jesus_a_racist?post_id=523857741#523857741Was Jesus a racist? I do not know. A case certainly can be made that racism violates the trajectory of his social understanding, but that is based on many assumptions about the historical teachings of Jesus that we simply do not have evidence for.PThu, 06 Sep 2012 08:54:20 -0500Irrespective of time, place, language and culture, it is exceedingly difficult to understand how calling a person a "dog" is a nice and endearing term. Presumably, Jesus spoke to the woman in Aramaic, the prevalent language of the region, and used thttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44071/29363729/Jesus_a_racist?post_id=523857191#523857191Irrespective of time, place, language and culture, it is exceedingly difficult to understand how calling a person a "dog" is a nice and endearing term. Presumably, Jesus spoke to the woman in Aramaic, the prevalent language of the region, and used tThu, 06 Sep 2012 08:31:47 -0500As an African-American, I would like to shed some light on this. The n-word is simply a corruption of the word,"Negro". Most of the slaves were Negroes from Africa. Originally, there was nothing wrong with the use of the word, it was just a lazyhttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44071/29363729/Jesus_a_racist?post_id=523854385#523854385As an African-American, I would like to shed some light on this. The n-word is simply a corruption of the word,"Negro". Most of the slaves were Negroes from Africa. Originally, there was nothing wrong with the use of the word, it was just a lazyThu, 06 Sep 2012 06:45:28 -0500I think it is a sign of Anglicanism's strength when a subject as sensititive as racism can be discussed honestly without sugar coating or rationalizations for the Biblical record.http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44071/29363729/Jesus_a_racist?post_id=523838815#523838815I think it is a sign of Anglicanism's strength when a subject as sensititive as racism can be discussed honestly without sugar coating or rationalizations for the Biblical record.Wed, 05 Sep 2012 18:07:26 -0500Yes, Jesus used a racist slur. Clearly, without a doubt. But,and this is the moral of this story, he also clearly heard the response of the woman. He clearly listened and responded to her, in compassion and in a lesson learned. That's what this shttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44071/29363729/Jesus_a_racist?post_id=523836693#523836693Yes, Jesus used a racist slur. Clearly, without a doubt. But,and this is the moral of this story, he also clearly heard the response of the woman. He clearly listened and responded to her, in compassion and in a lesson learned. That's what this sWed, 05 Sep 2012 17:25:27 -0500Dutch, your signature says, "The Socratic Standard: Follow the evidence;____ if it doesn't make sense, it's bull$#!+."It doesn't make sense that Jesus would be racist. Therefore, it must be...[/quote]Quite the contrary. Facticity is always evidentihttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44071/29363729/Jesus_a_racist?post_id=523819727#523819727Dutch, your signature says, "The Socratic Standard: Follow the evidence;____ if it doesn't make sense, it's bull$#!+."It doesn't make sense that Jesus would be racist. Therefore, it must be...[/quote]Quite the contrary. Facticity is always evidentiWed, 05 Sep 2012 10:02:50 -0500Dutch, your signature says, "The Socratic Standard: Follow the evidence;____ if it doesn't make sense, it's bull$#!+."It doesn't make sense that Jesus would be racist. Therefore, it must be...[/quote]Certainly it makes sense. The Jews are the Chosehttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44071/29363729/Jesus_a_racist?post_id=523810123#523810123Dutch, your signature says, "The Socratic Standard: Follow the evidence;____ if it doesn't make sense, it's bull$#!+."It doesn't make sense that Jesus would be racist. Therefore, it must be...[/quote]Certainly it makes sense. The Jews are the ChoseWed, 05 Sep 2012 01:38:48 -0500