Jaranja said:
Woodsey said:
My thoughts?
Well, I've seen Glenn Beck tell a woman that euthanasia is where the government elects to kill you if you're too much of a financial burden, and I've seen Bill O'Reilly categorically state that Stephen Hawking (he actually kept calling him Hawkings) has no explanation for the moon or the tides.
Their biggest and "best" are a bunch of manipulative morons (or geniuses, depending on how you look at it) who receive viewing figures they probably sold their souls to the devil for.
Glenn Beck even blames the Jews for Jesus' death for fuck's sake.
Don't even get me started on that fucking chalk board of his.
Wait wait wait... Jesus was jewish...
Your kidding right?
Alright let me explain the basics of this entire point of view which a lot of liberals like to pick on. It's not something I paticularly agree with, but it's not that far out there.
Okay, let's start with the basics. The big differance between Jews and Christians is over whether or not Jesus Christ is the son of god, and the savior. Jesus was a Hebrew, but obviously people who are JEWS and follow the religion do not believe he was anything more than a prophet at best, or in some extreme cases a dangerous pretender. Where Christians are waiting for the second coming, Jews are still waiting for their messiah to appear.
A lot of this division is based around the idea that when Jesus appeared, he wasn't the avenging force of divine payback that the Jews wanted or expected. They expected this all powerful dude to show up with a giant chariot, produce massive armies, and pretty much lay waste to their enemies while forging a giant Hebrew empire. To a Christian his apperance as a habinger of peace is exactly the point, to a Jews that means that it wasn't him. This is a simplistic version of things so don't jump on me for it.
The whole "Jews Kilt Jesus" thing is based around the idea that seeing him as a dangerous pretender, the semitic community either rallied to have him killed as a pretender to the throne and were the ones who crucified him, OR were involved directly in the betrayal of Judas who was merely the front man for a conspiricy.
Now, if your not a religious person or don't follow this kind of thing it's kind of pointless to you. If you are a religious scholor, it's one of those things where a case CAN be made for it, but there isn't any real proof (like a lot of things). The problem is that the theory is used largely to inspire anti-semitic sentiment and justify violence. After all if your a hardcore christian and a group of people were responsible for the death of your savior... well you can put it together.
I'm one of those people who while a Christian doesn't see the whole thing as that big a deal. If you look up "Jews Killed Jesus" there are a number of explanations on the subject. It can mean a few differant things depending on the speaker, but the bottom line is always that the Jews (who do not accept Jesus becoming Christians) played a role in his death due to not being happy with the savior that was sent, a "prince of peace" can be disappointing when your looking for high octane divine vengeance.
People might correct me, but that should be more or less correct. I hope it deals with the confusion for when you hear it again. More of an informative thing than anything.
