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Stellar

(5,644 posts)
Fri Jul 29, 2016, 01:31 PM Jul 2016

WATCH: Rev. Barber dares right-wing to go nuts: ‘Jesus was a brown-skinned Palestinian Jew’ at DNC



More: RawStory

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 aren’t going to like at all.

Barber’s 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 didn’t 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 can’t 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 #1
Yeah,I saw that, I think it was on the history channel. nt Stellar Jul 2016 #4
Based on what was written, myth or some truth. gordianot Jul 2016 #6
I'd better make a quick call to Rev.Barber and ask him about that. Stellar Jul 2016 #8
Er, how is it "truth" to make claims stopbush Jul 2016 #2
Who knows...but maybe we could extrapolate color of the people of the town of Bethlehem, Stellar Jul 2016 #3
Well, considering that his "dad" wasn't human, but the "Holy Ghost," stopbush Jul 2016 #5
Okay... Stellar Jul 2016 #7
if he existed he would have been a semite from the Jewish Essene sect. Mosby Jul 2016 #9
Yep, if. stopbush Jul 2016 #10

gordianot

(15,226 posts)
6. Based on what was written, myth or some truth.
Fri Jul 29, 2016, 02:40 PM
Jul 2016

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.
Fri Jul 29, 2016, 02:52 PM
Jul 2016

I'm not a biblicist or whatever Rev Barber said that he was...I'm done with this conversation. Way over my pay grade.

Stellar

(5,644 posts)
3. Who knows...but maybe we could extrapolate color of the people of the town of Bethlehem,
Fri Jul 29, 2016, 02:32 PM
Jul 2016

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,"
Fri Jul 29, 2016, 02:37 PM
Jul 2016

there's no telling what he looked like.

What color is the Holy Ghost, after all?

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