America threatens the world with violence in ways that no other country does

Discussion in 'Politics' started by dbphoenix, Dec 21, 2014.

  1. dbphoenix

    dbphoenix

    Jesus died around the year 33. Thirty years later, the Romans began killing Jews in a more systematic way. Between 67 and 136, over the course of a three-phase war, the Romans destroyed the Temple in Jerusalem and killed thousands, perhaps even millions, of Jews, in communities across the Mediterranean.

    It was during this period that the Gospels were written, offering the first accounts we have of Jesus’ life. Somehow, we tend to forget this, but Christianity was born as a Jewish sect, during a time of terrible violence. We read about Jesus’ life through a prism of strife. “The Christian movement,” James Carroll told me, “is stamped with a case of communal PTSD.”

    Carroll is a journalist, columnist, novelist and scholar. A devout Catholic, he used to be a priest. In his new book, “Christ Actually,” Carroll chronicles how the Roman war pushed early Christians to define themselves in opposition to Judaism, and to divorce Jesus from his Jewish roots.

    That antagonism would lead to other wars against the Jews centuries later, one of which would outstrip even Rome’s. For Carroll, the Holocaust is a defining moment for Christians, one that requires a new look at the religion’s history. [Clue: none of this had anything to do with Christians wanting Jews' "stuff"] more . . .
     
  2. loyek590

    loyek590

    well, you can't please everybody
     
  3. loyek590

    loyek590

    will I be threatened if I don't sign up for Obamacare?
     
  4. loyek590

    loyek590

    now I'm so confused, are we doing snarky reply or cut and paste?
     
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  5. loyek590

    loyek590

    otherwise, I agree, Jews are good, Christians are better and atheists are very bad.

    I mean, when was the last time you saw an atheist lead an army to war?
     
  6. loyek590

    loyek590

    oh yeah, Stalin and Mao, but other than that?
     
  7. Jesus would be horrified to see what has been done in his name. Another example of how mankind can take something good and fuck it up.
     

  8. You know what's "very bad" ? Assholes assuming that others are good or bad depending on whether they believe in ridiculous shit or not or which ridiculous shit they believe in.

    But you are probably joking. What you said is just too stupid to be for real.
     
    Last edited: Dec 21, 2014
  9. loyek590

    loyek590

    I'll pray for you my brother
     

  10. Oh, you WERE joking. Sorry. I thought you were being serious.
     
    #10     Dec 21, 2014