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Thread #47112   Message #701303
Posted By: Steve Latimer
30-Apr-02 - 02:23 PM
Thread Name: BS: Was Jesus a white American?
Subject: RE: BS: Was Jesus a white American?
Well, I have to say that I do see this shirt as depicting Jesus as American, or at least belonging to the U.S.

I am laughing about this stuff, but at the same time I'm offended. I was raised in the Catholic Church and while I don't consider myself a practicing Catholic, I think my upbringing certainly played a big roll in defining who I am. I believe that Jesus' teachings were for all of us, and not just Blonde haired All American or Red haired good Irish-Canadian boys (of which I happen to be one). The amount of violence that has occurred for centuries throughout the world that has been started by the Jesus good, everything else evil, or even worse, my Jesus is good, yours is wrong (Mick, I think you can relate to that) sickens me. I belive that Jesus would be greatly offended by being associated with a U.S., Canadian or any other flag for that matter as I think his teachings had no borders.

Sorry for the rant, but that's how I see this one.