Friday, October 23, 2015

Jesus, empathy, and literalism

"Every time Jesus mentioned the equivalent of a church tradition, the Torah, he qualified it with something like this: “The scriptures say thus and so, but I say…” Jesus undermined the scriptures and religious tradition in favor of empathy. Every time Jesus undermined the scriptures (Jewish “church tradition”) it was to err on the side of co-suffering love. " 
http://www.salon.com/2014/11/03/why_conservative_christians_would_have_hated_jesus_partner/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=socialflow