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Related: About this forumWATCH: Rev. Barber dares right-wing to go nuts: ‘Jesus was a brown-skinned Palestinian Jew’ at DNC
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The legendary civil rights activist behind the Moral Monday, Rev. William Barber just laid down some hard truth at the Democratic National Convention that right-wing evangelicals arent going to like at all.
Barbers speech brought down some hard truth about equality, working together and building a better world. One such truth was that Jesus was a brown-skinned Palestinian Jew.
When it came to Trump, Barber didnt say him by name, but the message was clear.
In this season, when some want to harden and stop the heart of our democracy, we are being called like our foremothers and fathers to be the moral defibrillators of our time. We must shock this nation with the power of love. We must shock this nation with the power of mercy. We must shock this nation and fight for justice for all. We cant give up on the heart of our democracy. Not now, not ever.
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WATCH: Rev. Barber dares right-wing to go nuts: ‘Jesus was a brown-skinned Palestinian Jew’ at DNC (Original Post)
Stellar
Jul 2016
OP
Based on forensic evidence Jesus blended in with the crowd at the Garden of Gethsemane.
gordianot
Jul 2016
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gordianot
(15,226 posts)1. Based on forensic evidence Jesus blended in with the crowd at the Garden of Gethsemane.
Popular Mechanics did a recreation
see link. http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/health/a234/1282186/
Stellar
(5,644 posts)4. Yeah,I saw that, I think it was on the history channel. nt
gordianot
(15,226 posts)6. Based on what was written, myth or some truth.
The man referred to in those accounts was not from a Germanic tribe.
Stellar
(5,644 posts)8. I'd better make a quick call to Rev.Barber and ask him about that.
I'm not a biblicist or whatever Rev Barber said that he was...I'm done with this conversation. Way over my pay grade.
stopbush
(24,376 posts)2. Er, how is it "truth" to make claims
About a fictional charecter like Jesus?
Stellar
(5,644 posts)3. Who knows...but maybe we could extrapolate color of the people of the town of Bethlehem,
or whatever the nationality of his parent...you think?
But it was kind of inspirational.
stopbush
(24,376 posts)5. Well, considering that his "dad" wasn't human, but the "Holy Ghost,"
there's no telling what he looked like.
What color is the Holy Ghost, after all?
but I still found the video interesting.
Mosby
(16,160 posts)9. if he existed he would have been a semite from the Jewish Essene sect.