It's not about not having a clue. It's about being hateful fucks, and trying to come up with some sort of justification for why being generous, loving and kind is unChristian because she makes them look bad and they know it.
Old Testament vengeful God for people they don't like, New Testament forgiving Jesus for themselves and people they like.
Very much like the law enforcement and courts they want.
Huh, I'd never thought of it as antisemitic (not arguing with you, just seeing something in a new light). The Christians I grew up around seemed to have so wholly appropriated the Old Testament that I never realized it had any connection to Judaism until I was nearly an adult.
I certainly never saw "fire and brimstone" as coming from anywhere but Christianity; that's their big innovation. But I wasn't actually raised Christian, just exposed to a lot of it, so there's a lot I don't know.
I was raised Christian and the distinction was just part of what I learned. IIRC it wasn't *explicitly* antisemitic as presented, but obviously that doesn't mean antisemitism wasn't built into it.
Thank you for pointing it out. 🙏🏼 I'll flag it appropriately in my head.
Yeah, the Hebrew Bible is what we just call the Bible. We Jews have a very complex relationship with and understanding of Gd so having someone distill our scripture as “angry, vengeful Gd” is an antisemitic trope that has gotten Jews killed historically.
