Mel Gibson anti-Semite / Senior Sidewalk Pastor Eman Laerton

PastorNotes: Ten (10) slanders directed at Jews, women, gays, and "unbelievers".

pp 198-199 The New Testament: A Historical Introduction to the Early Christian Writings / Bart Ehrman
Still later in the second century, real intellectuals converted to the Christian faith—philosophers like Justin of Rome and rhetorically sophisticated writers like Tertullian of North Africa. These intellectuals put their literary skills to work both to defend their faith from accusations made by pagans and to attack Jews who failed to recognize its superiority. More highly trained than their predecessors, these authors were frequently impressive in their rhetoric, even though the positions they advanced may sound appalling to modern ears. Both Justin and Tertullian, for example, admitted that circumcision was given as a sign to set Jews apart from all other peoples, but for Justin it was to set them apart for persecution, and for Tertullian it was to show who would not be allowed into the holy city. (Tertullian was writing after the Romans had made it illegal for Jews to live in Jerusalem after the violence of the second Jewish uprising in 132-135 C.E.)

Other authors raised the ante even higher. One of the most eloquent homilies of the second century derives from a Christian orator named Melito, who lived in the city of Sardis is Asia Minor. His sermon text is the story of the Passover in the book of Exodus and his mode of interpretation is figurative. He sees Jesus as the real Passover lamb, rejected and killed by his own people; even more than this, he was also God himself. The implications, for Melito, are severe: Israel is guilty of murdering its own God. Indeed, Jews who continue to reject Christ are themselves culpable of this hateful deed. With Melito we are clearly at the beginning of a form of anti-Jewish hatred that had not appeared on the stage of human history prior to the advent of Christianity.

p 284 The Text of the New Testament: Its Transmission, Corruption, and Resoration / Bruce Metzger & Bart Ehrma

Through a detailed and exhaustive analysis, Epp concluded that some 40% of Codex Bezae's variant readings in Acts point toward an anti-Judaic bias. The sensible inference is that the scribe himself, or his tradition, was anti-Jewish (in some sense) and this prejudice came to be embodied in the transcription of the text.

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[djr3000]

Jesus is the God of peace; if you surrender to him he will make peace with you. But the fact is you are unwilling to surrender, and feel it is nescessary to make a whole video expressing your derision of this "fictional" character. You're accusing God of being nefarious since he punishes the wicked. Well it'd be a messed up situation if he didn't. You're confused because you assume man is good and merits God's favor. But look at you in your abominable rebellion. No wonder God's angry.

[EmanLaerton]

@djr3000 Christianity, it's like Advanced Dungeons & Dragons for adults.  "Abominable rebellion" +3.

[tmprogram]

who cares if mel gibsons anti-semite. fuck jews!

[EmanLaerton]

@ZIONISTSRSHIT I'm a believer in Academia. All hail the Scientific Method! But, if I were to worship a fantasy character, I'd go for Monsier Hulot. Play Time is worthy of worship.

[RayL1983]

CHRISTIAN ANTI-SEMITE.. THAT'S A TAUTOLOGY ISN'T IT?

[plasterdbastard]

Nice.

This is a wonderful dissection performed with accuracy, taste and the appropriate level of satire.

If stars were still on YouTube, I'd be giving you 5, sir.

[WOLF4112]

here here

[WOLF4112]

Yes, that may be fair, but that does not mean that it makes sense. This is a perfect example of a fundamental element of religion: people believe what they want to believe. Faith is by very definition the acceptance of fact without evidence, how is it that our society has come to accept this attribute as a prized value in a person? Blind faith is not something to be proud of.

[WOLF4112]

Christian retards like this can suck my balls. On behalf of the rational and intelligent people on the planet, I say just shut up! We live in an age of knoledge and scientific discovery and when you carry on like this about disproved beliefs from the bronze age and are arrogant enough to condescend to everyone else as "evil" because they are not a part of your little cult is just pathetic. Seriously, shut up, you're just showing your own ignorance.

[EmanLaerton]

Jesus was a Jewish Apocalypticist who believed the end of the world was coming in his lifetime (Mark 9.1, Mark 14.62).

Weaving delusional conspiracies of hate ain't the most noble of professions. Your mom is probably not stoked, unless, like a bad DNA strand, it was family that passed down to you these impeding ideas.

[EmanLaerton]

Sorry amigo, I long ago learned not to argue with simpletons who lack both critical thinking skills and the dedication to thoroughly research a subject.

Your laughable "evidence" is akin to looking through a straw while the real world eludes your peripheral vision.

Carry on, there's no point in debate here.