I (7+ years closeted to parents) made a comment about California’s first hurricane in 80+ years, and she responded with something like,
Maybe it will wash out all the gays and wicked people
🙄😮💨
Really?! I didn’t even know how to respond to that.
Also, somehow or another I guess it’s gotta come out.
Jesus. From the Gospels.
I guess I will have to read those books then. If you have any verses handy or any specific gospels that you think would be good to start with to give a more critical read on jesus I would love to see them. I did a quick read on wikipedia and didn’t see anything about jesus’s views on skepticism. The article says his followers and enemies claimed he was devine, but I don’t see that jesus himself did. The story goes that jewish people killed Jesus, and the article says it was due in large part to claiming he was devine.
I guess if hard pressed I would follow the teachings of jesus over yahweh, but mostly because I get haircuts, wear poly-cotton blends and eat shellfish. Jesus was never against these things, but I know yahweh would tell me to kill my son just for fun.
I’m glad you asked! Here’s a list of verses I’ve compiled that, in context and stated by anyone else, would get them run out of town.
Jesus fails to “turn the other cheek” and instead gets violent: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+21:12-13
He threatens eternal torture in fire to anyone who doesn’t accept his teaching:
https://biblehub.com/matthew/10-28.htm
https://biblehub.com/matthew/7-19.htm
https://biblehub.com/matthew/13-41.htm and https://biblehub.com/matthew/13-42.htm
https://biblehub.com/matthew/13-49.htm and https://biblehub.com/matthew/13-50.htm
https://biblehub.com/matthew/25-46.htm
https://biblehub.com/mark/16-16.htm
https://biblehub.com/luke/12-5.htm
https://biblehub.com/john/3-18.htm, etc.
He kills a fig tree for not bearing fruit that he knew was out of season: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Mark+11%3A12-25
He endorses racism: https://biblehub.com/matthew/15-24.htm
When a gentile woman begs for his help he calls her a dog: https://biblehub.com/matthew/15-25.htm and https://biblehub.com/matthew/15-26.htm
He plays favorites: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=mark+4%3A10-12
He destroys a village’s livelihood: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+8
He teaches Christians to have a persecution complex: https://biblehub.com/matthew/5-11.htm
He teaches thought crime: https://biblehub.com/matthew/5-28.htm
He disputes the concept of personal responsibility: https://biblehub.com/matthew/6-25.htm
He condemns skepticism: https://biblehub.com/matthew/14-31.htm and https://biblehub.com/john/20-27.htm
He teaches self-harm in the cause of religious purity: https://biblehub.com/matthew/18-8.htm
He sends his disciples to steal a man’s donkey: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+19%3A29-34
He was not a peacemaker: https://biblehub.com/matthew/10-34.htm
He was divisive: https://biblehub.com/luke/14-26.htm and https://biblehub.com/luke/14-33.htm
He was a liar: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=john+7%3A8-10
Beautiful. Thank you!