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Jesus Christ was a narcissistic, horrifically violent, slavery supporting, misogynistic, wealth worshipping, Roman occupation collaborating, gaslighting, hissy fit throwing, hell condemning, vile fictional character. Plus he famously went into a public place and attacked people, sheep, cattle, and other barnyard animals with a whip, quite possibly stemming from having been born in a barn. He was also astoundingly lazy.
He actually did very little to help the poor, spent most of his time in the company of the rich, and hurt a great many. For every positive thing he said, there are innumerable examples of him saying, and most importantly, doing the opposite. He was also utterly indifferent to his fellow Jews' mass enslavement, crucifixions, and grinding poverty under the Roman occupation.
His maniacal enthusiasm for condemning people to hell is less about anyone deserving it and more about him throwing a temper tantrum whenever his feelings were hurt. Much of what he says comes across as “You just wait til I come back with my dad and his angels! Boy are you guys gonna be sorry!”The best way to get through the tedium of reading the Gospels is to imagine Jesus as a spoiled four year old who thinks he has divine powers.
His famous parables were told to, for the benefit of, and from the perspective of kings, wealthy “masters,” and most shockingly, slaveowners. This was one of several surprising—a more accurate word would be sickening—things to be discovered when reading the Gospels: his cruel and demeaning attitude to the poor and particularly the enslaved.
In Matthew 18 and The Parable of the Unmerciful Servant, Jesus, aka the Prince of Compassion, enthusiastically allows for torture when a slave can't repay a debt (verse 34): "In anger his master handed him over to the jailers to be tortured, until he should pay back all he owed." In his charming Parable of the Wedding Banquet (Matthew 22), a poor man is violently thrown out for not wearing the correct clothes. Jesus' exact words are (verse 13): “throw him outside, into the darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”
This catchphrase is repeated throughout the Gospels: you can just imagine him asking someone to pass the salt or else they will be thrown “outside, into the darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”
Jesus was the absolute master of blaming the victim. In John 5:14 he heals a man who had been unable to walk for 38 years and then tells him to “Stop sinning or something worse may happen to you.” A woman accused of adultery is told the same thing (John 8:11). In Mark 4 and Matthew 13 he tells his disciples that he speaks in parables so that most people won't understand what he's talking about, and thus won't be forgiven and will be condemned to hell. Because, you know, he can. Classy guy.
Arguably his clearest teachings combine slavish worship of hierarchy and wealth with an utter contempt for the most destitute of society. In his Parable of the Ten Minas a king "of noble birth" has his opponents brought before him to be killed. The cruelty is the point (Luke 19:27): “'But those enemies of mine who did not want me to be king over them—bring them here and kill them in front of me.’”
By the way: a more accurate name for Jesus is actually Oily Josh, since Jesus in Hebrew is “Yeshua” which translates to Joshua in English, and Christ means “the anointed one”.
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He actually did very little to help the poor, spent most of his time in the company of the rich, and hurt a great many. For every positive thing he said, there are innumerable examples of him saying, and most importantly, doing the opposite. He was also utterly indifferent to his fellow Jews' mass enslavement, crucifixions, and grinding poverty under the Roman occupation.
His maniacal enthusiasm for condemning people to hell is less about anyone deserving it and more about him throwing a temper tantrum whenever his feelings were hurt. Much of what he says comes across as “You just wait til I come back with my dad and his angels! Boy are you guys gonna be sorry!”The best way to get through the tedium of reading the Gospels is to imagine Jesus as a spoiled four year old who thinks he has divine powers.
His famous parables were told to, for the benefit of, and from the perspective of kings, wealthy “masters,” and most shockingly, slaveowners. This was one of several surprising—a more accurate word would be sickening—things to be discovered when reading the Gospels: his cruel and demeaning attitude to the poor and particularly the enslaved.
In Matthew 18 and The Parable of the Unmerciful Servant, Jesus, aka the Prince of Compassion, enthusiastically allows for torture when a slave can't repay a debt (verse 34): "In anger his master handed him over to the jailers to be tortured, until he should pay back all he owed." In his charming Parable of the Wedding Banquet (Matthew 22), a poor man is violently thrown out for not wearing the correct clothes. Jesus' exact words are (verse 13): “throw him outside, into the darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”
This catchphrase is repeated throughout the Gospels: you can just imagine him asking someone to pass the salt or else they will be thrown “outside, into the darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”
Jesus was the absolute master of blaming the victim. In John 5:14 he heals a man who had been unable to walk for 38 years and then tells him to “Stop sinning or something worse may happen to you.” A woman accused of adultery is told the same thing (John 8:11). In Mark 4 and Matthew 13 he tells his disciples that he speaks in parables so that most people won't understand what he's talking about, and thus won't be forgiven and will be condemned to hell. Because, you know, he can. Classy guy.
Arguably his clearest teachings combine slavish worship of hierarchy and wealth with an utter contempt for the most destitute of society. In his Parable of the Ten Minas a king "of noble birth" has his opponents brought before him to be killed. The cruelty is the point (Luke 19:27): “'But those enemies of mine who did not want me to be king over them—bring them here and kill them in front of me.’”
By the way: a more accurate name for Jesus is actually Oily Josh, since Jesus in Hebrew is “Yeshua” which translates to Joshua in English, and Christ means “the anointed one”.
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Date de parution
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The Case Against Jesus The Most Overrated Figure In History All Rights Reserved. Copyright © 2024 Barabbas Jones v3.0
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Table of Contents
Introduction: The Case Against Jesus
Two: Hell, Or, Boy Are You Guys Gonna Be Sorry!
Three: Jesus, The Early Years: Rape, Cuckoldry, And A Deadbeat Dad
Four: Asshole Jesus, Or, The Cruelty Is The Point
Five: Asshole Jesus, Or, The Cruelty Is The Point, Cont’d
Six: Jesus Said And Did Good Things. Just Ask Him
Seven: Jesus Said And Did Good Things. Just Ask Him Cont’d
Eight: Rich Lives Matter. Yours, Not So Much
Nine: No One Believed He Was A God. But Most Did Believe He Was A Prick
Conclusion: Jesus Christ Was An Asshole In The Fictional Account Known As The Bible
Appendix: Abe, Zack And Jake And The Kingdom Of Heaven
Introduction: The Case Against Jesus
This book presents the case that Jesus Christ was a narcissistic, horrifically violent, slavery supporting, misogynistic, wealth worshipping, Roman occupation collaborating, gaslighting, hissy fit throwing, hell condemning, vile fictional character. This is, of course, a terribly taboo thing to say, and for many people, a terrible thing to say period. Even amongst atheists, there is often a level of di scomfort mocking or even criticizing Jesus. Christianity might be viewed as ludicrous and evil, but Jesus Christ is not. This fits with the broader Christian claim that Jesus was a lamb, the Prince o f Peace, the ultimate embodiment of love. When Christians claim that their god loves you, it is Jesus they are talking about. After all, he said to help the poor, condemned the rich, and never hurt anyone. Except that, as we’ll discover over the following chapters, he did very little to help the poor, spent much of his time in the company of the rich, and hu rt a great many. For every positive thing he said, there are innumerable examples of him saying, and m ost importantly, doing the opposite. Even a casual reading of the Gospels he comes across as a self-centered callous mean, mean, mean humorless prick. The concept of hell alone should be sufficient grou nds for dismissing any notion of goodness associated with Jesus Christ. His enthusiasm for co ndemning people to eternal punishment is less about anyone deserving it and more about him throwing a temper tantrum whenever his feelings were hurt. Much of what he says comes across as “You jus t wait til I come back with my dad and my angels! I’ll be sitting on a really big glorious throne! Boy are you guys gonna be sorry!” The best way to get through the tedium of reading the Gospels is to imagine Jesus as a spoiled four year old who thinks he has divine powers. He might have condemned the rich, but he spent the majority of his time amongst the wealthy and powerful—the 1%. His famous parables were told to, for the benefit of, and from the perspective of kings, wealthy “masters,” and most shockingly, slaveowners. This was one of several surprising—a more accurate word would besickening—things that I discovered when re-reading the Gospels: his cruel and demeaning attitude to the poor and particularly the enslaved. Here’s a taste, which like all bile once it rises in your throat is difficult to choke back down: Luke 12:47 “The servant [slave] who knows the master’s will and does not get ready or does not do what the master wants will be beaten with many blows. 48 But the one who does not know and does things deserving punishment will be beaten with few blows.” Servant here means slave. English language Bible tr anslations—like the best-selling New International Version used throughout this book—have whitewashed, so to speak, the severity of the original Greek worddoulos, meaning slave, to the more palatable ‘servant’. According to theologian Dr John MacArthur: The word isdoulos. In the Greek, that word means “slave,” never means anything but “slave.” It doesn’t mean “servant,” it doesn’t mean “worker,” it doesn’t mean “hired hand,” it doesn’t mean “helper.” There are six or seven Greek words that mean “servant” in some form.Doulosmeans “servant.” A servant is someone hired to do something. The never slave is someone owned. Yet all through the New Testament the word “slave” is masked by the word “servant,” or some form of the word “servant.” MacArthur has been recognized byChristianity Today as one of the world’s most influential pastors. HisM acArthur Study Biblehas sold over one million copies, and he is most famous for his internationally syndicated television (and radio) showGrace to You. The above quote is from an August 26, 2010 address available on theGrace to Youwebsite. There’s no shortage of academic examinations of Jesus’ brutal treatment of slaves in his parables. If you’d like to read a whole book on the subject, check outSlaves in The New TestamentJ. by Albert Harrill, Classics Department professor at Ohio State University.
I found the following three papers from the 2017 an nual meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature to be especially enlightening: “(Re)imagining the Slaves in the Gospels” by Dr. Ronald Charles, Department of Religion at the University of Toronto; “The Historical Jesus and the Problem of the Kingdom of God and Slavery” by Mitzi J. Smit h, the J. Davison Philips Professor of New Testament at Columbia Theological Seminary, and the appropriately titled “God ‘Will Cut Him in Pieces’: Interpreting Slavery and Eschatological Violence in the Parables of Jesus” by Dr. Anders Martinsen, from the College of Applied Sciences at Oslo and Akershus University in Norway. Similar to how slavery enthusiasts claimed that slavery was beneficial for black people—that would be roughly half of the United States from its 1776 founding until at least the end of the Civil War in 1865—Christians will twist themselves into a frenzied pretzel over slavery in the Bible. Doesn’t matter. What matters is how Jesus acted towards slaves. And he actedhorribly. In Matthew 18 and the The Parable of the Unmerciful Servant, Jesus aka the Prince of Compassion enthusiastically allows for torture when a slave can’t repay a debt: Matthew 18:34 “In anger his master handed him over to the jailers to be tortured, until he should pay back all he owed.” Throughout the following chapters we will examine numerous parables of Jesus where slaves are mercilessly punished for minor transgressions; ofte n they are completely innocent.Jesus’ indifference to his fellow Jews’ mass enslavement, crucifixions, and grinding poverty under the Roman occupation is more specifically examined in chapters 4 and 5. They contain so much fun-filled content that they are appropriately titled “ Asshole Jesus: Part One” and “Asshole Jesus: Continued”. My choice was either that or Psychopath Jesus; Asshole Jesus just has a nicer ring to it. But back to his good ol’ run-of-the-mill pedestrian cruelty: In his charming Parable of the Wedding Banquet (Matthew 22), a poor man is ordered to be tied up and thrown out into the darkness for not wearing the correct clothes: Matthew 22:11 “But when the king came in to see the guests, he noticed a man there who was not wearing wedding clothes. 12 He asked, ‘How did you get in here without wedding clothes, friend?’ The man was speechless. 13 “Then the king told the attendants, ‘Tie him hand and foot, and throw him outside, into the darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’ This catchphrase is repeated throughout the Gospels: you can just imagine him asking someone to pass the salt or else they will be thrown “outside, into the darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.” Jesus was the absolute master of blaming the victim, and it wasn’t just poor people who weren’t wearing the correct clothes to a wedding. In John 5 :14 he heals a man who had been unable to walk for 38 years and then tells him to “Stop sinning or something worse may happen to you.” A woman accused of adultery is told the same thing (John 8: 11). In Mark 4 and Matthew 13 he tells his disciples that he speaks in parables so that most people won’t understand what he’s talking about, and thus won’t be forgiven and will be condemned to hell. Because, you know, he can. Classy guy. Plus he famously went into a public place and attacked people, sheep, cattle, and other barnyard animals with a whip, quite possibly stemming from him having been born in a barn. Just sayin’. Arguably his clearest teachings combine victim blam ing with (literal) slavish worship of hierarchy, wealth, and an utter contempt for the mo st destitute of society. Just like in America! Masters (his word, not mine)—whether they be rich l andowners, kings, slaveowners, or all of the above—are to be venerated and are absolutely not to be questioned. In his Parable of the Ten Minas (Luke 19) a king “of noble birth” has his opponents brought before him to be killed. The cruelty is the point: Luke 19:27 “‘But those enemies of mine who did not want me to be king over them— bring them here and kill them in front of me.’” Speaking of cruelty,the Roman occupation that Jesus and his fellow Jews endured was one where thousands were enslaved if they were lucky, crucified, outright slaughtered, or thrown into the arena if they weren’t. The following is from theJerusalem Post newspaper on June 21, 2017 “The First 100 Years of Roman Occupation” by Fabio Moretti, ba sed on the writings of Jewish historian Josephus, who wrote the epic historiesJewish War(AD 75)and Jewish Antiquities(AD 94). [Roman] General Pompey besieged Jerusalem in 63 BCE . In the coming decades
