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Originally Posted by fugazifan
then shouldnt you thank the jews for killing him instead of holding it against them?
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Well, yes, actually some theologians have made exactly that argument. However, that is against the entire point of condemning the jews of Jesus' generation.
Those Jews of that time, they denied His divinity, His grace, His absolute Love for Mankind. The purpose of condemning those Jews is to provoke the Christians to remain in continuous praise and perpetual thanksgiving. It is to remind Christians NOT to condemn Jesus as they did, and to embrace Jesus Christ eternal sacrifice for men's salvation.
Of course, the complication, particularly in Christian communities with large jewish populations across history, such as in Poland, Spain, Syria, and especially Ethiopia, is that contemporary Jews represent a socio-political threat against the establishment represented by Christianity. The beef with jews between Christians historically has been far more motivated by politics and economics than with theology or religion.
Jews in Eastern Europe or Northern Africa represented either banking or metalurgy, all extremely valuable and competitive positions.
But I think that this was already well covered :
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Originally Posted by SpectralJulianIsNotDead
Because Catholics are Romans. And Romans hated Jews well before they changed the names of their Gods to those of Saints.
The real Christian dogma is that everyone future, past, and present is responsible for Christ's horrible death.
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Originally Posted by SpectralJulianIsNotDead
Which seems strange to me. As a non-church going Christian, I accept the corruption of religious leaders as a fact of life.
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You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to SpectralJulianIsNotDead again.
I go to an American synod Ethiopian Orthodox Church, there is a split between the Metropolitan Bishopric of Abun Merkorios and the Addis Ababa Synod and Bishopric of Abun Paulos, the Patriarch of Ethiopia. As such, there is a serious division in Ethiopian Orthodox Churches in America, and a shitload of name-calling and finger pointing... I dont get any of it, and I couldn't not agree more with your statement, it should be in the fucking bible!
Truly, accepting the corruption of religious leaders is declaration of faith. While there is division in my church, I love and accept my Church as God-given and divine, and the divisions are petty and man-made..