Thread by @Aabhas24

1/n #Hinduphobia or Hate for #Hindus comes with a dark historical pattern.

Indeed the notion draws inspirations from colonialism buttressed by the ideas propelled by aspiration for "Christendom."

The long story cut short in this thread.

Read, RT & share.

2/n The genesis of the matter lies in the notion of racism.

So what exactly is Racism? It is conviction that:

a) all humans are not equal
b) some are "worthier" than others.

And those regarded as "unworthy humans"are not treated on par with "worthy humans".

3/n A reading of subject would tell us that the phenomenon is not of 15th or 16th century but from the period when Bible was being conceived.

It began with humiliation of Jews and seeing them as low lives.

4/n In New Testament, check following:

a)John 8:44
b)Revelation 2:9 and 3:9.

The Jews & their synagogues were seen as associate of Devils.

Even Paul was no less. He contributed highly to the anti-Jew sentiments among early Christians.

5/n Paul said that the gospel superseded the law.

This meant:
a)Christianity superseded Judaism
b)Jews & Judaism stood below Christians and Christianity.

Trust me, these ideas were the birth pain of racism in West.

6/n You talk to anyone living in South Africa and having known the experience of Apartheid, he or she would tell you how Bible played a crucial role.

This book (tough to get now), has details about this phenomenon really well amazon.com/apartheid-Bibl…

7/n But this was actually not limited to South Africa. This discrimination based on color got Bible based support in USA too.

Nina Jablonski has given a clear picture in this book.
amazon.in/Living-Color-B…

8/n The whole west was convinced of white supremacy based on the story of Noah's curse of Canaan, the son of Ham (Genesis 9:18-27).

This has been well illustrated in this book (Page 137-53). Some pages attached
books.google.co.in/books?hl=en&lr…

9/n So the reason for the curse has been presented as:
"Ham, Noah's son, didn't cover his father's nakedness after seeing him lying naked in his tent been high because of Alcohol."

And the curse was (read snippet), Genesis 9:25

10/n So then we have enough references that in early days Bible readers had notion as below:

"Ham's descendants had dark skin as slaves normally had darker skin."

11/n Although, biblical texts don't support this assumption but the Old Testament tells us that Israelites were commanded to subdue and even to exterminate the Canaanites.

12/n And most of the slaves in the Western world came from land of darker skin, this reinforced the assumption for dark-skinned people to be descendants of Ham & Canaan.

Nina Jablonski had actually described it really well.

13/n So a careful reading would let us know that it all began with the end of first century AD.

The period when Christianity broke away from "Second Temple Judaism" (for ref read this book)
books.google.co.in/books?id=LHHxk… )

14/n And this separation gave rise to the conviction that Christianity superseded Judaism. Anyone who has read History of Christianity would get abundant evidence around Christianity's Supersessionism theology buttressing anti-Judaism.

15/n The same Supersessionism also became integral part of Islam that sprouted out of brawl among various schools of thoughts Christianity.

Now I'll give some ideas about below points in this thread before touching the nerves of "Hinduphobia":

16/n
a)History of early Christianity
b)Byzantine period
c)Protestant Reformation and the views of some reformers before the period of Western colonization of the world
d)Christianity ranking of Humans.

17/n Most of the biblical scholars agree that "Jesus" (If he existed) had nothing to do with the origin of Christianity.

He must have been a Jew & he merely had a message of Yahweh. This book by Den Heyer (pg 80-2) has lots of details.
amazon.in/Jesus-Matters-…

18/n Other books that throw light on this matter are:
a)Judaism and the Origins of Christianity by David Flusser (Pg 614-77)
b)Harlow, D.C., 2010, "Early Judaism and early Christianity", by D.C. Harlow in "The Eerdmans dictionary of early Judaism" (Pg 257-78)

19/n c) Jesus and Empire: The Kingdom of God and the New World Disorder by Richard A. Horsley, (Pg 55-78)
d)Historical Jesus: What Can We Know and How Can We Know It? by Anthony Le Donne (Pg 72-93)
e)De veelvormigheid van het vroegste christendom by Gerard P. Luttikhuizen

20/n
f) Jesus: A Brief History by W. Barnes Tatum (pg 14-18)
g)Christian Beginnings: From Nazareth to Nicaea by Geza Vermes (Pg 1-60)

So we get to know that Jesus hoped that Yahweh will once again reign in Palestine making a more equitable society removing foreign exploitation.

21/n As per Karen Armstrong in "Fields of Blood: Religion and the History of Violence",

...it becomes clear that Romans had taken complete control of land that we know as Palestine in 63 BC. And with this harsh tax systems had come upon them.

22/n With the passage of time, hope of Yahweh coming and liberating from foreign oppression started becoming way more stronger.

And then as per Christian traditions, Jesus, from Galilee, emerges in this context who goes on to deliver a message.

23/n Message was that the oppression would end soon.

Now, we are told that, when he cleansed the temple in Jerusalem (30 CE), the Romans couldn't tolerate it as they expected a full fledged rebellions.

24/n And then they say that he was crucified to set the message straight that:

"Any challenge to Roman rule shall see worst of the fate."

Jesus certainly wasn't the first Jew to suffer this fate but his crucifixion brought what none would think.

25/n His followers were shaken but yet lived with the though that Jesus would inaugurate Yahweh's kingdom.

& Few people brought the Jesus movement.

It was a Jewish movement until the Romans suppressed the First Jewish Rebellion in the 7th decade of first century.

26/n When the rebellion began in 66 CE, Roman Soldiers stationed in the fort of Antonia had to run away saving life.

Horsley in his book Jesus and Empire (pg 36) clarifies that the land was free from Imperial Control for a while.

27/n The things were not so easy for the Romans and they needed 4 years to come back in Jerusalem once again. This time they beat the rebels bad & shown way out, land & temple was ransacked.

Those of the Jesus movement had to flee too.

28/n Fleeing from there they settled in Syria & cut off the alliance with the "Pharisaic Reformation Movement" (read John 8:44, Revelation 2:9, 3:9, where Jews are labelled "children of the Devil" & their meetings "synagogues of Satan").

Yavne goes on to become their headquarter

29/n Details related to briefs written in 28/n are mentioned in
"The Childhood of Christianity"
by
Etienne Trocme
books.google.co.in/books/about/Th…

30/n One very interesting aspect is touched upon by Trocme in this book.

He explains that, "Christians had stopped getting into polemics with people born Jewish and showed themselves to be the authentic Jews."