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| ChromaticAngel 05/01/17 1:16:44 PM #175: | Saloonist posted... That is different from the notion of the Messiah as essentially a pacifistic spiritual king. That was a new notion. The Herods making peace with the Romans as collaborators does not mean that they were non-violent. Quite the opposite. The notion of Jesus in the Gospels as a spiritual king who renounces violence does not have any clear parallels in the Mediterranean world before then. You can say that the Gospels can't be trusted or whatever you want. But there is a more consistent image in the Gospels of Jesus as a non-violent rabbi, than there is anywhere of him as a politically radical Zealot seeking violent revolution against the Roman government, and I challenge you to provide evidence to the contrary. The only evidence of him being this peaceful person is the gospels. Much in the same way that multiple North Korean sources have documents and video evidence that Kim Jong-Un scored 29 in Golf. Do you see the problem with this? --- ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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