A QUOTE FROM AUNT DOROTHY
"I believe it to be a great mistake to present Christianity as something charming and popular with no offense in it....We cannot blink at the fact that gentle Jesus meek and mild was so stiff in his opinions and so inflammatory in his language that he was thrown out of church, stoned, hunted from place to place, and finally gibbeted as a firebrand and a public danger. Whatever his peace was, it was not the peace of an amiable indifference." --Dorothy Sayers
I have always been interested in Jesus attitude towards the Pharisees and Sadducees. From what I have read outside of the bible they seem to have had a raw deal. I am not at home at the moment but I have a few quotes from some history books that paint them in quite a different light than what appears in the Gospels. I wonder if his attacks were aimed at a particular group within the group.
Posted by
Chris |
5/25/2006 12:35:00 pm
Why do you think Jesus doesn't raise words against the Romans who had been dominating his people with cruelty for years? Surely that would have been the greatest injustice of the day.
Posted by
Chris |
5/25/2006 12:43:00 pm