It's kind of exhausting that people keep bringing up the mere existence of non-white, non-Western Christianity in response to the assertion that antisemitism is core to Christianity.
Like, I'm not sure why you'd think they're immune when the New Testament is in their canon.
Like, I'm not sure why you'd think they're immune when the New Testament is in their canon.
It really seems like another manifestation of the idea--dear even to a lot of people who aren't Christian--that "true" Christianity is purely innocent & good & benevolent.
(In this variant, "true" Christianity is apparently the Christianity of non-white, non-Western people.)
(In this variant, "true" Christianity is apparently the Christianity of non-white, non-Western people.)
Like, no, when I say that antisemitism has been core to Christianity since it broke off from Judaism, when I say that antisemitism is core to its canon texts, I'm talking about Christianity full stop, not just whichever form is convenient for you to No True Scotsman about.
The problems are there in the foundational texts. They're not a recent development, they're not a form of corruption stemming from a relationship with power.
They're there in the blueprints.
They're there in the blueprints.
It's a big world, and Christianity is the biggest religion in it, so maybe there's a variant out there somewhere that survived all the various purges of "heresies" and doesn't use the New Testament and doesn't tell the same stories about the crucifixion...
...and therefore doesn't have antisemitism problems.
But again, the problems start with the text of the NT itself, so as long as that's your sacred text, unless you're willing to eschew big chunks of the gospels, you've got foundational antisemitism.
But again, the problems start with the text of the NT itself, so as long as that's your sacred text, unless you're willing to eschew big chunks of the gospels, you've got foundational antisemitism.
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