I feel like people should make more left-wing christianity propaganda.
Like maybe a shirt with that quote about “a camel being able to pass through a needle before a rich guy goes to heaven.” Then like a picture of a camel looking at a needle and then underneath some rich bro in a fancy car burning in hell. I’m talking shitty boomer/christian/“AI” cartoon style.
There is hella material in the gospels for this kind of propaganda. The sermon on the mount could make a whole series. Sadly I never see it.
I feel like people should make more left-wing christianity propaganda.
As an atheist I’m considering it. Jesus doesn’t need to be real to have a thing or two to say about the practice of religion, morals, or even ethics. There’s a lot of bad takes in the bible, but some good parables too. Also, there’s a fair amount in the new testament that has nothing to do with god for that matter. If it meets people where their heads are, speaking their language is worth considering.
Even better: he’s anti-colonialism too. Israel in his time was an occupied territory, and was executed by that invading force: The Romans. I have a hard time imagining anyone mid-crucifixion thinking “eh, these guys ain’t so bad.”
There’s no other translation for that word, but there apparently is a theory that maybe the original Greek was wrong and they meant to say “rope” which is spelled very similarly to “camel” in ancient Greek: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eye_of_a_needle#Christianity
That would be a very convenient theory if you were a rich man who wanted to hoard your wealth, but otherwise I don’t see any reason to assume the original Greek word was wrong.
I feel like people should make more left-wing christianity propaganda.
Like maybe a shirt with that quote about “a camel being able to pass through a needle before a rich guy goes to heaven.” Then like a picture of a camel looking at a needle and then underneath some rich bro in a fancy car burning in hell. I’m talking shitty boomer/christian/“AI” cartoon style.
There is hella material in the gospels for this kind of propaganda. The sermon on the mount could make a whole series. Sadly I never see it.
As an atheist I’m considering it. Jesus doesn’t need to be real to have a thing or two to say about the practice of religion, morals, or even ethics. There’s a lot of bad takes in the bible, but some good parables too. Also, there’s a fair amount in the new testament that has nothing to do with god for that matter. If it meets people where their heads are, speaking their language is worth considering.
I remember a meme I saw once that said something like
Jesus was an anarchist
His followers are statist bootlickers
I may not be rembering correctly but it was funny
Even better: he’s anti-colonialism too. Israel in his time was an occupied territory, and was executed by that invading force: The Romans. I have a hard time imagining anyone mid-crucifixion thinking “eh, these guys ain’t so bad.”
are there still people that think it’s camel?
I don’t see any translations that use anything other than camel.
The original Greek says “camel” (in Greek).
There’s no other translation for that word, but there apparently is a theory that maybe the original Greek was wrong and they meant to say “rope” which is spelled very similarly to “camel” in ancient Greek: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eye_of_a_needle#Christianity
That would be a very convenient theory if you were a rich man who wanted to hoard your wealth, but otherwise I don’t see any reason to assume the original Greek word was wrong.
Lots of people are still using the KJV, so yes.