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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums'Jesus was white. Did he have white privilege? Tweet by EricMetaxas, Evangelical 'thinker'
The rest of the tweet makes clear he's ridiculing the United Methodist denomination's plan to develop a teaching program about white privilege for their members.
A few years ago Metaxas attempted to co-opt Bonhoeffer for his etreme RW christianist world-view
Found info about tweet on the blog friendlyatheist at patheos
uponit7771
(90,371 posts)brush
(53,978 posts)as describe in the Bible. In other words, a POC.
uponit7771
(90,371 posts)brush
(53,978 posts)populated by Semitic people.
uponit7771
(90,371 posts)... identify themselves as middle easterners who live in west Asia.
https://www.quora.com/Do-%E2%80%9CMiddle-Eastern%E2%80%9D-people-personally-identify-with-the-label-Middle-Eastern
Middle eastern is a geo-political term from the west since the countries including in the term are constantly changing etc.
Jesus was born in the geographic continent of Asia
brush
(53,978 posts)is on the African continent. And do the people in those several countries call themselves Asian or Semitic or Palestinian of Egyptian or whatever? Asian is most likely the last word heard to describe them.
Not arguing that part of the levant is on the Asian continent, just that part is on the African continent.
uponit7771
(90,371 posts)... in the west first think ethnicity when we hear Asian vs geographical and the people who live in west Asia/NE Africa are called middle eastern politically here in the west.
In early 1900s the area was called the near east
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2016/05/19/the-modern-middle-east-is-actually-only-100-years-old/
brush
(53,978 posts)those on the African continent don't call themselves Asian.
onetexan
(13,080 posts)These 8 are South Asian countries:
https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/the-population-and-economy-of-the-south-asian-countries.html
India
Pakistan
Bangladesh
Sri Lanka
Nepal
Afghanistan
Bhutan
Maldives
Jesus was Middle Eastern, but bottom line He is a Person of Color, not white as the evangelicals think or try to conveniently ignore.
uponit7771
(90,371 posts)onetexan
(13,080 posts)where did you see that? The ME is a region. Look it up on the map.
uponit7771
(90,371 posts)... geo political that people that living west Asia don't ascribe to.
unblock
(52,496 posts)leaving aside the question of his skin color....
Thekaspervote
(32,821 posts)LakeArenal
(28,885 posts)But they have invented Christianity much later for white people.
Jesus was a Jew. Jewish mother. Jewish father. Raised as a Jew. Lived all his life with the Jewish people. He did things to help his people, the Jewish People. He had no possible context where he associated with white people with blue eyes let alone thinking white people have any special privileges.
harumph
(1,922 posts)at least some light complected people who were associated with the Romans - or in some
other contexts (traders., travelers, etc.). None of which would have had any impact on his
beliefs as a first century Jew. It's easy to assume that ethnic groups of that time were
very isolated - but that is not supported by historical evidence.
rurallib
(62,482 posts)since God was his father? Religion confuses me any more.
One thing I do know is that Trump worships Trump.
LakeArenal
(28,885 posts)Taught him carpentry. Raised him as his son.
Religiously, there is no such thing as divinity.
area51
(11,943 posts)Midnight Writer
(21,855 posts)Autumn
(45,120 posts)the words Evangelical and 'thinker' be used in the same sentence.
Texaswitchy
(2,962 posts)He was not Christian.
He was a dark skin Jew.
Right wing types live in a fantasy world of a blond blue eye Jesus.
Like the picture in Sunday school.
uponit7771
(90,371 posts)DavidDvorkin
(19,510 posts)ogsball
(356 posts)The Methodists are aware of their racist history and the leadership tries to do what it can to raise awareness. Search on Bishop Will Willoman for context. The church will continue to be criticised as it struggles with sexual identity issues over the next couple of years. My church has be instructed to study and teach the books White Frigility and How to be Anti Racist this fall.
Jesus' race has nothing to do with this except that most American churches wouldn't welcome him in based on his 'otherness' and our own sense of privilege.