Jesus Was Way Cool: Difference between revisions

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* ''[[Jesus Christ Vampire Hunter]]'' has the titular character [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|hunting vampires]], [[Kung Fu Jesus|doing Kung Fu]], dancing, singing, and preaching tolerance for sexual minorities.

* Tommy [[~~Useful Notes/~~Gnosticism|Gnosis]] from ''[[Hedwig and The Angry Inch]]''

* Tommy [[Gnosticism|Gnosis]] from ''[[Hedwig and The Angry Inch]]''

{{quote| "You know what He was saving us from was his [[God Is Evil|fucking father]]!"}}

** Of course, it's hard not to think [[Oedipus Rex|his own issues]] may have played a part...

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*** Not just that--from a Jewish perspective, claiming to be a prophet with the message that laws should be changed is heresy worthy of the death penalty, to say nothing of claiming to be the son of God. Just because they don't always say it loudly doesn't mean Jews don't have issues with Jesus.

** There's a difference between not believing that Jesus was *right* and not *liking* him. Obviously, most Jewish people don't believe that Jesus was actually a divine figure, but very few of us think that he was anything but a very good person.

* In [[~~Useful Notes/Gnosticism|~~Gnosticism]] Jesus is usually depicted as an emissary of the Good God, whatever their interpretation of Jehova. However, most Gnostics did not believe in salvation in the modern sense.

* In [[Gnosticism]] Jesus is usually depicted as an emissary of the Good God, whatever their interpretation of Jehova. However, most Gnostics did not believe in salvation in the modern sense.

** Averted with the Mandaeans, who believe that Jesus was a false prophet, and that John the Baptist was the true messiah.

* Some think he's actually a pretty cool Trickster God.