You know that every one of these morons ranting against “historically inaccurate nativities” have no problem singing “I saw three ships come sailing in on Christmas Day in the morning.”
Believers will never acknowledge this, but the savior they are so fond of, as described in the bible, is problematic at best. Each of the four gospels describes him differently (or at least when the three synoptic gospels aren't plagiarizing each other!), and have sometimes markedly different takes on what this carpenter-turned-rabbi did. That doesn't even mention that those four stories of his life are told at minimum 40 years after his putative death, so the vagaries only increase.
And now Ms. Jones wants to assert that Jesus was Asian? About all I can come up with here is: SO WHAT? Does this mean that all Jews are originally Asian as well? Obviously, from the reaction she got, there are a LOT of upset people out there, bent out of shape because of her proposal.
What this reflects to me, more than anything else, is that not only is there no new thing under the sun for believers, THEY DON'T WANT ANYTHING NEW. They already have their Jesus defined in their head, and they want nothing to interfere with that image. Any kind of new data that contradicts their fixed image amounts to blasphemy / heresy / whatever-have-you, and they will hold their breath until they turn blue if someone suggests such a thing.
And once again, we have believers acting like spoiled children. Quelle surprise.
There is no direct evidence Jesus even existed. No contemporary historian appears to have noticed him. Not even a Jewish historian you might think would have spoken out against someone so upsetting to the status quo. We have the gospels, written down decades after the fact. There are no surviving original copies, and none of them were signed. The printing press was still fifteen hundred years in the future, and every Bible that existed was hand copied for centuries. You can't do that without mistakes creeping in. The story is not defensible without a heavy dose of special pleading and magical thinking. If Jesus existed, he certainly wasn't a blue-eyed blonde European. The Christian edifice is built of very thin stuff.
A child born of the union between a god and a mortal woman, blessed with powers and abilities no mere human possesses, performs miraculous feats before ending his time on Earth with the words "It is finished" and ascending to be with his father.
Jesus? Nope. It's Heracles. Christians are shameless plagiarists.
When I first saw this I couldn't help but laugh at just how bloody fucking ignorant and arrogant the Xtian theofascists are. See, 33 years ago I was working/living in what my DD Form 214 and medal both call Southwest Asia.
Yep, Israel, along with the rest of the countries on the Arabian peninsula, is in Asia.
The fundi-nutters are just mad because this 'revelation' makes them feel like their Jesus is somehow even less white, corroding their very core. How very sad for them.
This is an excellent illustration of how Christianity in particular, but religion in general, keeps one ignorant. None of the critics were able to use reading comprehension or basic geography while reading this article. Ham in particular is terrible at reading comprehension and uses that to further his business interests, by promoting AIG as The source of Christian knowledge. AIG is simply Ham’s lack of comprehension skills.
Jesus wasn't Asian, he most likely didn't even exist. At least not the one portrayed who performed miracles. The truth (which is forever lost) is more prosaic. Jesus was most likely just a man who had some courage and perhaps took on the hypocrisy of the religious leaders of his day until he got executed. The banality of the Jesus story later became so embellished, like most things of that day to the point where now by the sheer passage of time itself it serves the basis of one of the most popular religions of today. Mind boggling actually when you really consider the idiocy of human beings.
I take exception to Ham's assertion that we don't get to make God in our image. He supposedly made us in his, but we have a wide variety of images, including those depicted in the foreign artwork. If Europeans and Asians are both in God's image, that God can be either, both, or neither, depending on what is meant by image.
Other than that, Kenny and Frankie only responded to push their own brands, not over any "outrage" about the story.
You know that every one of these morons ranting against “historically inaccurate nativities” have no problem singing “I saw three ships come sailing in on Christmas Day in the morning.”
Believers will never acknowledge this, but the savior they are so fond of, as described in the bible, is problematic at best. Each of the four gospels describes him differently (or at least when the three synoptic gospels aren't plagiarizing each other!), and have sometimes markedly different takes on what this carpenter-turned-rabbi did. That doesn't even mention that those four stories of his life are told at minimum 40 years after his putative death, so the vagaries only increase.
And now Ms. Jones wants to assert that Jesus was Asian? About all I can come up with here is: SO WHAT? Does this mean that all Jews are originally Asian as well? Obviously, from the reaction she got, there are a LOT of upset people out there, bent out of shape because of her proposal.
What this reflects to me, more than anything else, is that not only is there no new thing under the sun for believers, THEY DON'T WANT ANYTHING NEW. They already have their Jesus defined in their head, and they want nothing to interfere with that image. Any kind of new data that contradicts their fixed image amounts to blasphemy / heresy / whatever-have-you, and they will hold their breath until they turn blue if someone suggests such a thing.
And once again, we have believers acting like spoiled children. Quelle surprise.
There is no direct evidence Jesus even existed. No contemporary historian appears to have noticed him. Not even a Jewish historian you might think would have spoken out against someone so upsetting to the status quo. We have the gospels, written down decades after the fact. There are no surviving original copies, and none of them were signed. The printing press was still fifteen hundred years in the future, and every Bible that existed was hand copied for centuries. You can't do that without mistakes creeping in. The story is not defensible without a heavy dose of special pleading and magical thinking. If Jesus existed, he certainly wasn't a blue-eyed blonde European. The Christian edifice is built of very thin stuff.
Let's see...
A child born of the union between a god and a mortal woman, blessed with powers and abilities no mere human possesses, performs miraculous feats before ending his time on Earth with the words "It is finished" and ascending to be with his father.
Jesus? Nope. It's Heracles. Christians are shameless plagiarists.
When I first saw this I couldn't help but laugh at just how bloody fucking ignorant and arrogant the Xtian theofascists are. See, 33 years ago I was working/living in what my DD Form 214 and medal both call Southwest Asia.
Yep, Israel, along with the rest of the countries on the Arabian peninsula, is in Asia.
The fundi-nutters are just mad because this 'revelation' makes them feel like their Jesus is somehow even less white, corroding their very core. How very sad for them.
"Christians are mad..."
When are they NOT mad? Anger is the automatic go-to for the followers of the "Prince of Peace."
Well, it looks like the founder of the hate group American Family Association...one Donald Wildmon...won't be joining the 'debate.' He died.
(One of those obituaries to be read with great satisfaction)
This is an excellent illustration of how Christianity in particular, but religion in general, keeps one ignorant. None of the critics were able to use reading comprehension or basic geography while reading this article. Ham in particular is terrible at reading comprehension and uses that to further his business interests, by promoting AIG as The source of Christian knowledge. AIG is simply Ham’s lack of comprehension skills.
"It's necessary for our salvation that he is a son of David, from the tribe of Judah, and born in Bethlehem."
Yeah totally "necessary".
If they find out that Jesus can take a form of a woman, they will indeed lose their poop in a huge way.
Jesus wasn't Asian, he most likely didn't even exist. At least not the one portrayed who performed miracles. The truth (which is forever lost) is more prosaic. Jesus was most likely just a man who had some courage and perhaps took on the hypocrisy of the religious leaders of his day until he got executed. The banality of the Jesus story later became so embellished, like most things of that day to the point where now by the sheer passage of time itself it serves the basis of one of the most popular religions of today. Mind boggling actually when you really consider the idiocy of human beings.
Kirk, Spock, McCoy and Sybok met the many faces of God. He turned out to be a fraud, of course.
https://youtu.be/f3u4j0hVy8c
I take exception to Ham's assertion that we don't get to make God in our image. He supposedly made us in his, but we have a wide variety of images, including those depicted in the foreign artwork. If Europeans and Asians are both in God's image, that God can be either, both, or neither, depending on what is meant by image.
Other than that, Kenny and Frankie only responded to push their own brands, not over any "outrage" about the story.
No hate quite like Christian love.
The Christmas Spirit sure dissipated quickly this year.
In unison now: “How Christian of them”
Funny that I never thought of the Middle East as being Asian but it is within the Asian continent. So Jesus (to the extent that he existed) was Asian.