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Mariana

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3. This is how Jesus treated someone of a different ethnicity

Tue Jun 11, 2019, 01:07 PM

Jun 2019

who came to him for help.

A Canaanite woman from that vicinity came to him, crying out, "Lord, Son of David, have mercy on me! My daughter is demon-possessed and suffering terribly." Jesus did not answer a word. So his disciples came to him and urged him, "Send her away, for she keeps crying out after us." He answered, "I was sent only to the lost sheep of Israel." The woman came and knelt before him. "Lord, help me!" she said. He replied, "It is not right to take the children's bread and toss it to the dogs." "Yes it is, Lord," she said. "Even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their master's table." Then Jesus said to her, "Woman, you have great faith! Your request is granted." And her daughter was healed at that moment. Matthew 15 : 22-28 (NIV)

So, first Jesus rudely ignored her, then he compared her to a dog begging for scraps, then he finally helped her, but only after she groveled and debased herself enough to suit him, and agreed with his characterization of her as an unworthy animal.

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Southern Baptist president says racial insensitivity shows disregard for the gospel [View all] guillaumeb Jun 2019 OP

Let those that have ears to hear hear that message Docreed2003 Jun 2019 #1

And the ability to process what they hear. eom guillaumeb Jun 2019 #2

This is how Jesus treated someone of a different ethnicity Mariana Jun 2019 #3

He says this to a black church instead of a white church because... Act_of_Reparation Jun 2019 #4

Even if you only read the excerpt, guillaumeb Jun 2019 #6

HOLY SHIT. Act_of_Reparation Jun 2019 #12

Pretty edgy to take a stand against white supremacy Major Nikon Jun 2019 #10

"Is bad" has been the normative take on racism since at least the 1960s. Act_of_Reparation Jun 2019 #17

Too soon to declare.?.?.?. Major Nikon Jun 2019 #20

It's never too soon with these characters. Act_of_Reparation Jun 2019 #21

"Christians lost touch with the gospel." What a steaming pantload of historical revisionism. trotsky Jun 2019 #5

They have always fpund something that they could interpret guillaumeb Jun 2019 #7

No different than you. trotsky Jun 2019 #8

Actually it is a bit different Major Nikon Jun 2019 #19

He also uses the gospel to preach against the right to abortion Major Nikon Jun 2019 #9

Careful now, you'll be accused of demanding perfection. trotsky Jun 2019 #14

Sure, it's not like he demanded political purity of Hitchens, right? Major Nikon Jun 2019 #15

Hitchens, Dawkins, the Satanic Temple, Peter Singer, etc. trotsky Jun 2019 #16

... Major Nikon Jun 2019 #18

SBC is a hard right pile of shit. Voltaire2 Jun 2019 #11

Just when you think you'd seen it all Major Nikon Jun 2019 #13

The Southern Baptist Church formed in 1845 because they supported slavery Rob H. Jun 2019 #22

But he is not using the Bible to justify slavery. eom guillaumeb Jun 2019 #23

Yeah they've moved on to homophobia Voltaire2 Jun 2019 #24