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MTG Cites Antisemitic Fable Jews ‘Handed Over’ Jesus To Be Killed
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Which brings up a question I've yet to have a Christian answer properly for me- Why did Jesus live and die in a backwater rather than bring his world-saving gospel to Rome?
I mean even ignoring the fact that Jesus never got around to telling the indigenous people in places like Australia that he existed and humans had to do it, going to Rome seems like it would have been the best place to spread the message at the time.
While atheist myself, there's a fairly obvious reply.
God had a plan, and look where the religion is now, so that plan obviously worked.
I learned long ago that there is no point in a response to such Christians because they want you to respond.
And I should add that there are plenty of Christians who are absolutely not like this. Even evangelicals. My wife's evangelical family has never been anything but completely welcoming of me. No one has so much as tried to convert me, let alone said anything antisemitic.
Canonically this is because Jesus was sent to the Jews in order to reform Judaism and save them. The Gentiles, and that included the Romans, were secondary. That's made pretty clear in this Gospel story about crumbs from the table.
Not according to the book of Mormon.
I don't think the Book of Mormon says that Jesus went to Australia, just the Americas.
Oh really? Well, I'm sure they'll get around to baptizing them all posthumously if they haven't already.
Probably. After all, they baptized Ann Frank.
Every time I look at you I don't understand...
Nice. I've never heard any of the music from Jesus Christ Superstar. I like it. I'll have to listen to the rest now.
It's unironically one of my favorite musicals. It's surprisingly not very religious, considering its subject matter.
It certainly sounds critical based on that song. Randy Newman did a version of Faust which was similarly critical of God. I quite liked it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgcsMphORJo
It walks a very fine line that appeals to both Christians and non-Christians. It's more about the drama and struggle around Jesus, without ever directly addressing his divinity or lack thereof. Judas has all the banger songs, though. He's the protagonist, really.
Honestly, I wasn't even concerned about the plot. If it has a good plot, that's also good. I just liked the song and wanted to hear more.