Reinterpreting the Gospels in a revolutionary light

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I spent several years gathering material for this presentation and it took a month to compile it together. I make the case that it wasn't the Pharisees who put Jesus to death.

I didn't know where else to post this, s/Christianity barely has any discussion and I doubt I'd get away with sharing it over mainstream social media.

[Edit: Swapped the dropbox link out for a mega link.]

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[–]DragonerneJesus is white 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

dropbox? You can't put it somewhere people don't get doxxed?

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I'm afraid I'm not very tech savvy when it comes to alternate options. I heard about dropbox's vulnerabilities, ads, etc. and noticed it stores a ton of cookies. But I don't know where else to look. How about Megasync?

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

There, I swapped it out. I'm also considering Box.com

[–]VulptexVoluntaryist 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

It was both Jews and Romans.

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

If Jesus was even remotely Jewish, then that is their affair. They even took the punishment of Jewish insurrection leaders into their own hands.

If the narrative is to be believed, several Roman centurions were sympathetic to his message and earned his respect. If the myth that his father was a Roman centurion holds true, then he had the right to invoke his citizenship as Paul allegedly did.

[–]VulptexVoluntaryist 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

There's zero evidence that Joseph was a centurion. He is thought to have been some kind of craftsman, and undoubtedly Jewish.

Also, Roman citizens could not be put to death or even imprisoned, let alone crucified. Those punishments were only for the "lessers", the subhumans in the eyes of the empire.

[–]EuropeanAwakening14 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Lol. Yes, Roman citizens could be put to death and imprisoned. Being thrown from the Tarpeian Rock was a common punishment for Romans.

[–]VulptexVoluntaryist 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I believe the most that could be done to citizens was deportation. However, most people were not citizens. Only those of high social status or wealth were granted citizenship, along with their children.

[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Only those of high social status or wealth were granted citizenship, along with their children.

Initially, but not during Rome's decline. https://old.reddit.com/r/RoughRomanMemes/comments/p1szoo/mohammad_is_a_chad/h8idujm/ And what about those who acquired citizenship by means of auxiliary service?

Exceptions were made for Alexandrians, who were the only Egyptians who could become citizens. Only separatist races (Egyptians, Jews) were looked upon by Romans with increasing suspicion. Exceptions were also made for blacks who distinguished themselves, such as Septimius Severus.