Tonight at Walmart I saw a little boy ask a little girl if he could hug her because he liked her sweater. The girl (these kids looked to be about 5, MAYBE 6) said no, so the boy said “okay. I like your sweater. Bye.” And then ran back to his parents.
He said to his Dad “I didn’t hug her because she said no, but I told her I liked her sweater!” And his dad said “Cool buddy!” And they went on with their shopping trip.
If a small child understands the ‘complex’ concept of consent, and the meaning of the word ‘no’, then so should everyone else.
(western) jews know about christianity bc we’re surrounded by it. it’s pervasive in our lives, whether we want it to be or not (we don’t.) we know how it works because, for many of us, we were led to believe that many aspects of christianity were actually universal, or at least part of a common “judeo-christian” (or even “abrahamic”) system that works in the same way for everyone.
we know all about sin, and about jesus, and about god-as-anthropomorphized-dude-in-sky, and many of us didn’t know that those AREN’T actually part of judaism for a long time, since they are SO entwined in “secular” culture.
so yes, most of us are fully qualified to talk about the differences between christianity and judaism, since one is our religion and the other is forced on us in every conceivable way.
this does NOT mean that christians have the same ability to talk about judaism, since the majority of you don’t know a single fucking thing about it that’s actually true, because why would you?
this is ok to rb but every xtian that adds something stupid owes me $18
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