Ephraim Stone

Good for us

Good for them. That’s how Jews practice Judaism.

4). What power, precisely? Because power in 1st century Palestine lay with the Romans, Herodians, and priests, in that order. What power of the Pharisees are you referencing?

3). No, the Gospels make it clear that the Pharisees’ main issue with Jesus was his association with violent child traffickers and thugs, which is a legitimate grievance. As well as his claim to rabbinic authority, another legitimate grievance.

2b). Giving somebody claiming rabbinic authority a chance to prove themselves by asking them a difficult or impossible question about the law is literally how Judaism works. There are examples of it everywhere in Jewish writings. Jesus is not special in this regard.

Okay let’s break this down.

1). Yes. In 30 CE Jerusalem, only the Romans could execute someone. The Sanhedrin had abdicated their power.

2). “Trapping Jesus” here is asking him a question of the Law that seems to have no answer. That’s how Judaism works.

I learned about Van Gogh from Where In the World is Carmen Sandiego.

There’s a whole religion that does not do either of these things. It’s called Judaism.

Might be time to send missionaries to share the gospel with the white evangelical church in America.

Appalled by the attack on a mosque in East Sussex.

An appalling act of Islamophobic hate.

Grateful no lives were lost, but the impact will be profound. We must stand together against hate and division.

Our strength is in unity, and intolerance will not win.

May the protestors in Chicago be safe.
May their care for their fellow human beings inspire a nation in desperate need of humanity.
May this be the worst it gets.

And if it must get worse
(for it will get worse)
May we cultivate strong wills and soft hearts.
And may we keep protesting.

Have you considered that you’re wrong and also a terrible person?

Because what we needed in a discussion about deconstructing harmful language was the input of Paul Harper, the Main Character of the Universe.

Are you both somehow under the ludicrous assumption that Jews worship Jesus Christ as a god?

Are you somehow under the ludicrous assumption that Jews worship Jesus Christ as a god?

🤨

I’m not even mad, it’s so funny.

Life has value
followed by
The world would be better without you, your turn to die.

Behold the meltdown of a Nazi

Follow your leader.

They have no explanation for saying this other than the fact that I am a Jew. That’s literally it.

I have a test for calling out antisemitism.

If a normal, compassionate, yet not particularly educated person can easily recognize the antisemitism, then I don’t need to perform an explanation on demand.

This passes the test.

It’s probably because you are extremely, undeniably, unapologetically antisemitic.

You called him a Pharisee, which is just calling him a Jew.

Just like calling me a fruitcake is just calling me a f*ggot. You aren’t actually calling me a pastry. See how that works?

Which makes for an even more curious question - which came first, Shimshon or Heracles?

In Greek mythology, the Danaans were the descendents of King Danaus, King of Libya, who founded the city of Argos in Mycenae. The tribe of Dan was directly north of Philistia, so the hypothesis is that they were in fact originally Aegean Sea Peoples.

Also, the phrase is “wolf in sheep’s clothing,” and it wasn’t said about the Pharisees, but you are so incomprehensible stupid that you can’t even properly state your own arguments.

I’m Jewish, why would I give a fuck about what Jesus or the New Testament scriptures say?

The whole point of this conversation is that using the Christian Bible to defend your antisemitism just makes you MORE antisemitic.

“These Jews in my mentions just make me want to be even MORE antisemitic” okay Lizzy, so you’re just a Nazi-level of Nazi. Glad that’s cleared up.

Maybe. Even likely! But it’s called the Bronze Age collapse for a reason.

This is an incredibly gracious response, and incredibly hilarious.