i stated the abrahamic covenant was racist, and that jesus was participating in a race inspired mission.
If the abrahamic covenant was racist, then why could anyone not of Israel (foreigners, other races) join Israel to become part of that covenant?
If the abrahamic covenant was racist, then why is it written that all peoples on earth will be blessed through him? Gen 12:3
its dishonest to answer a question with a never ending barrage of other stories.
It is not dishonest to show you a different reason why Christ ignored the gentile (not samaritan) woman.
You choose to call bs on Paul (or whoever you believe wrote Romans) because he said that Abraham had faith (even though Paul quoted from the OT), because you said in other places in the OT that Abraham showed no faith. So you also look at other stories to determine the meaning (or bs) of one story and account. So why is it dishonest that I do the same?
you are dishonest by only talking about jesus good words. the value of his ministry is accepting all available details. we cant simply use our modern western mrality to sweep away questionable or uncomfortable teachings.
You are calling me dishonest (even though I am happy to talk about any of Christ's words), but you are the one who said that the bible has "nothing positive to teach". All I did was point out some of the positive things.
The things I have pointed out (all written), just point to a different conclusion than you have drawn. That doesn't make me dishonest.
You ignore all the times Abraham showed that he had great faith, to say that he had no faith. Is that not dishonest by your standards? You are choosing to see the bad, and in doing so, ignoring the good and what that might do to change the conclusions that you draw. You are searching through the good about Christ to latch onto something that you think is bad (racism), but that has another e x planation, and so you could be wrong in your accusation. If I was accusing someone of racism, and another reason presented itself that disproved racism, I would drop it long before I risked accusing an innocent person of a crime they did not commit. Christ is a healer, the man who befriended the downtrodden, and defended them against the 'pharisees'. The man who preached that we serve one another, show forgiveness, and mercy, and love to both friend and enemy, who taught that it matters nothing what is on the outside, but rather it is what is on the inside of us that counts (which hardly sounds like the teaching of a racist) ... and who also said that we will be judged by the same measure we use to judge.
Peace,
tammy