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Originally posted by Fugee
A Christian who hates people (as opposed to sinful acts), and particularly an entire group of people, is a total oxymoron but I'll stick with the anti-Semitism topic. There are several reasons why someone would take a Christ killer position:
1. Not everyone who calls himself a Christian is one. Duh. Some of those little c "christians" hate Jews and the crucifixion is a justification that sounds more righteous than than the usual crap about controlling the banks, media and government.
2. Some people have a limited concept of Jesus -- if you believe he was merely a good teacher then his death is something to be angry about. If you believe Jesus was God in human flesh, then you should realize that no one can involuntarily kill the God of the Bible. Jesus could have said a word and vaporized Pilate, the Romans, the high priest et al. That he did not, should make one humble, not angry.
3. God doesn't make Stepford Christians. We're still sinners and some people's sins are hating minority groups. This does not make it right. As for Mel's Passion fueling anti-Semitism, a lot of churches are hosting discussions of the movie. I hope these discussions make it clear that anti-Semitism is not an appropriate response to the movie.
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1. This is why I talked about people who had anti-semitic attitudes because of their
sincerely-held belief in the theory that "the Jews were responsible for Christ's death. My guess is the majority of people who call themselves "Christian" use this reason as a pretext. I'm not saying the others
don't exist, but. . .
2. Can a true believer in Christianity have such a limited concept of Jesus? Seems to me the purchase of salvation for believers through his death is central to the theology, isn't it?
I suppose someone who thinks Jesus was merely a good teacher or a prophet may be justifiably angered by his death.
If I'm not mistaken, Jesus is recognized as a form of Prophet in Islam, isn't he? It would be like rain on your wedding day to think in terms of Muslims being justifiably pissed at Jews for this reason.
3. Certainly. I was just attacking the rationality of a sincerely held belief causing the anti-semitic feelings.
I have no comment on this belief being used as pretext for hating. Those people are just assholes.
Who am I kidding? That is a comment. They're the worst kind of assholes.
