/lit/ - Literature

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>implying harard redditaro was that different from the people he was fighting

vikings were assimilated by then desu

>read the bible
>realise that the cultural idea of Jesus isn't really supported in the text

I'm not some kind of epic deus vult larper who only knows the passages about Christ bringing a sword and flipping the table but Jesus was a profoundly troubled, edgy, and sarcastic man, while also being very generous and kind.

For example in the gospel of mark before Jesus walks on water he watches his disciples struggle to row against the fierce storm and when he walks across intends to avoid them entirely and pass to the other side.

When he curses the fig tree in a rage

in Mark when his disciples fall asleep he tells them to sleep the endless sleep.

In John 11 Jesus learns that Lazarus is sick but waits two days for him to die before setting out, in verse 33 the greek is enebrimesato to pneumati kai etaraxen eauton which is usually translated in many different ways to avoid the truth, this means "to snort with rage". Translators are clearly biased in how they translated this verse. an accurate transaltion would be something like "he snorted angrily and was troubled in spirit".

In John 18 when the soldiers come to arrest him and ask him who he is he boldly proclaims that he is god so that they stagger backwards and fall to the ground

In John 2 when he turns water into wine he snaps at mary.

Also Peter is a dumbass and an asshole, if you know the greek you see in John 21 he still doesn't get it and mixes up agape and phileo, he denies Jesus and literally curses (Mark 14:66) Jesus (again often dishonestly translated by many translators). He's literally Jesus's worst disciple after Judas

basically a lot of what people think about Jesus is just "tradition" (whether it be holy or not) and he's a much more interesting and dynamic figure in the text, not some random hippie. He was very scared and stressed out from knowing his fate.