Meditation for December 24th
Jesus Doesn’t Celebrate Christmas
This is a continuation of the Cracked Pot Meditations’ war on Christmas
How did Christianity happen? Jesus never claimed to start a new religion, nor did Paul, who was the one who opened the door for Gentiles to join. Something this momentous couldn’t have just happened, right?
Jesus and his disciples were Jews, and they practiced Moses’ law, which was the law at the time and was superseded only by Roman law.
Even in speaking about religion, Jesus says in Mathew 5:17, “Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil. 18 For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled. 19 Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.”
He is saying that without being a strict follower of Jewish Moses Law, you will not be called to the Kingdom of Heaven. So if you were following Jesus’s teachings, you’d not eat pork, Hunchbacks must not bend near a church even if it hurts, not wear clothing that mixes fabrics, not cook dairy and meat together, and you’d be able to enslave people.
Jesus had no plans to begin a new religion, but to save the one that already existed. Even in his trial in front of the Sanhedrin, who only heard cases by Jews, and if Jesus didn’t think he was a Jew, the Sanhedrin would not have listened to his case. The Romans would have heard it.
Paul, even trying to witness to Gentiles, didn’t believe he was helping to start a new religion. He was Jewish, trying to spread his carpet empire at the worst, or thinking Jesus meant to convert non-Jews at the very best of intentions.
He too sat in front of the Sanhedrin and didn’t claim anything but his Jewishness, and if he had said he was Christian, or whatever he would have called it if he was trying to start a new religion, and not Jewish, they wouldn’t have heard his case, for they only uphold the Torah’s Law.
It wasn’t until after the Council of Nicaea that Christians began to distance themselves from Christianity’s Jewish roots. They started to blame the Jews for the death of their messiah. It was the turning of the back on the Jewishness of the very first Christians that gave way to the Spanish Inquisition, the Protestant Reformation, and lastly the Holocaust, and all the return to anti-semitism that still prevails today.
So if Jesus came back, he wouldn’t be at the mall waiting to get a picture with Santa, nor would he be heading to Christmas Mass (yes, that is saying mass twice). He would be doing what any good Jewish man would do: he’d be getting ready to light a candle in the Menorah for Chanukah – if the Jewish calendar matches up with Christmas.
Prayer
Jesus,
As we get into Christmas,
I need to know something,
Why do your followers insist on putting the whole world in jeopardy over some possibly misinterpreted biblical passages that are now being used as doctrine for the United States’ diplomatic and military decision-making in the Middle East?
The churches that have Everyone is Welcome signs on their front doors are pushing for Zionism,
And while we can’t afford housing, food, or medicine,
We sent billions of dollars in the hope of fulfilling a Christian prophecy.
Seems cool.
But why?
Amen
Craft
One of the cool things about the United States of America is that our religious institutions don’t have to pay taxes. They can push their agendas that they feel best serve their interests in our political systems, but they don’t have to pay a dime. This is my craft; we need to start a new religion. I know, but what would we believe in? Who would we believe in?
Let me put my hat in the ring for new religious cult leader. I have a very charming personality, and while not beautiful, I am easy on the eyes. I have a wild imagination that lets me come up with a whole story. You can send me tax-free contributions that enable us to have a powerful church, and we can start pushing our agendas in competitions with the Christians and AIPAC.
Think about it: Davidism!
Goal
Christianity is a death cult that cares so little about loving thy neighbors and has too much power and is driving our country into the shitter.
All praise me, David!