Jesus Loves Me
Jesus loves me
But not my wife
Not my nigger friends
Or their nigger lives
But jesus loves me
That's for sure
'Cause the bible tells me so
Read your bible good and well
Don't forget about that apple spell
Don't fall in the wishing well
Wishing for heaven and gettin' hell
Wash behind your ears don't smell
Cover them freckles don't ask don't tell
Kiss your papa but not too long
Hold his hands
Don't do no wrong
Jesus loves me
But not my wife
Not my nigger friends
Or their nigger lives
But jesus loves me
That's for sure
'Cause the bible tells me so
Hush don't cry
Dry them tears
Time'll wash away all them years
Scar or a bruise
Pick and choose
When you're all grown up
You'll have the blues
Life'll give you that wedding ring
Fancy cars and diamond things
You best believe in jesus' way
And never fall asleep forgetting to pray
Jesus loves me
But not my wife
Not my nigger friends
Or their nigger lives
But jesus loves me
That's for sure
'Cause the bible tells me so
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This is the image of Christ that is a result of the raping of his teachings by The Church.
As a character in a hand selected compilation of writers, often called the bible, Jesus Christ was the embodiment of total love and forgiveness. Not necessarily pacifism, he went ballistic when people were disrespecting his pops, but taught the value of having a peace and understanding of the world around you, its people included.
This same image had been created in other cultures before Jesus' time. Speaking strictly in literary terms, the image of Christ, I believe, is an image of worth.
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jesus also never once said to disregard the old testament and all the hateful things that go along with it.
He wouldn't have been the messiah if he did.
Also, it would be an anachronism to expect anyone to speak out against slavery, for example, since slavery was an accepted form of commerce and society. As far as I know, there weren't any abolitionist movements, women's rights movements, or peace movements to spread those ideas. Even the J-man himself, to speak out against what the Koran (old testament) said would have negated his status as savior and would have brought even more negative attention from people other than the pharasies... the Roman government.
The character of jesus preaches love and forgiveness, however it does draw an interesting parallel to quite a bit to earlier books of the bible, namely leviticus.
as a literary figure, meh, I'll take mr. durden over christ any day of the week.
It shouldn't be a pick n choose, it's all or nothing. You can't claim the bible to be an ultimate truth and then pick out some passages that are an exception.
Also, not to mention the number of translations and editions, those should completely nullify the quality of truth applied to the bible.
I think that the new testament should remain completely separate from the rest of the bible as it not only breaks old testament law by being compiled with it, but because it was written hundreds of years later.
Stupid bible.
I told my mom the bible sucks a while back and explained this to her in bits and pieces.