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Well, this was different for Facebook. (Original Post) frogmarch Oct 2015 OP
I've called it "kicking the Republicans out of his church." Warpy Oct 2015 #1
haha, I think he would if he frogmarch Oct 2015 #7
That's Hilarious! Leith Oct 2015 #2
Me too! frogmarch Oct 2015 #8
I'm going to have to remember that one! Ron Obvious Oct 2015 #3
I know a lot of WWJDers, so frogmarch Oct 2015 #9
could those people be the moneychangers? RussBLib Oct 2015 #4
Well, Curmudgeoness Oct 2015 #5
He was indeed. All I've ever done frogmarch Oct 2015 #10
Yep, I think that's just who they are. frogmarch Oct 2015 #6
That story doesn't make much sense. onager Oct 2015 #14
This story always directs me to the "inerrancy" of the Bible Brainstormy Oct 2015 #11
In other words: Resort to violence to back up your beliefs. Binkie The Clown Oct 2015 #12
Lol! beam me up scottie Oct 2015 #13
Well, this was different for Facebook. AlbertCat Oct 2015 #15

Warpy

(110,908 posts)
1. I've called it "kicking the Republicans out of his church."
Sat Oct 17, 2015, 02:57 PM
Oct 2015

Funny, nobody has challenged me on that.

RussBLib

(8,984 posts)
4. could those people be the moneychangers?
Sat Oct 17, 2015, 04:35 PM
Oct 2015

...or whatever they're called in the latest translation? I don't recall Jesus whuppin' ass on anybody else.

frogmarch

(12,145 posts)
10. He was indeed. All I've ever done
Sat Oct 17, 2015, 05:47 PM
Oct 2015

like that was to call a tube of super glue a stupid underpants head for sticking my fingers to a vase I was gluing. But then I'm not Jesus.

frogmarch

(12,145 posts)
6. Yep, I think that's just who they are.
Sat Oct 17, 2015, 05:39 PM
Oct 2015
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleansing_of_the_Temple


The cleansing of the Temple narrative tells of Jesus expelling the money changers from the Temple, and occurs in all four canonical gospels of the New Testament.
...

Jesus is stated to have visited the Temple in Jerusalem, Herod's Temple, where the courtyard is described as being filled with livestock and the tables of the money changers, who changed the standard Greek and Roman money for Jewish and Tyrian money.[1] Jerusalem was packed with Jews who had come for Passover, perhaps numbering 300,000 to 400,000 pilgrims.[5][6]

And making a whip of cords, he drove them all out of the temple, with the sheep and oxen. And he poured out the coins of the money-changers and overturned their tables. And he told those who sold the pigeons, "Take these things away; do not make my Father's house a house of trade."[Jn 2:13–16]

"And Jesus went into the temple of God, and cast out all them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves, And said unto them, It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves."

— Matthew 21:12–13

onager

(9,356 posts)
14. That story doesn't make much sense.
Mon Oct 19, 2015, 09:15 AM
Oct 2015
Jesus is stated to have visited the Temple in Jerusalem, Herod's Temple, where the courtyard is described as being filled with livestock and the tables of the money changers, who changed the standard Greek and Roman money for Jewish and Tyrian money. Jerusalem was packed with Jews who had come for Passover, perhaps numbering 300,000 to 400,000 pilgrims.

"Filled with livestock" because not just any animal could be sacrificed in the Temple. Sacrificial animals had to be ritually purified according to Jewish law. Those were the animals for sale in the Temple courtyard. So it's not like they were running a damn cattle auction or something. ACCORDING TO THEIR OWN WONKY RELIGIOUS LAWS, those animals had to be in the courtyard and offered for sale to all the tourists in town for Passover.

And the money-changers "changed the standard Greek and Roman money" because it could not be used for Temple offerings. That money was decorated with Greek gods, Roman emperors, and other Graven Images. All strictly forbidden inside the Temple. Again, the money HAD to be changed before their cranky god would accept it as a legit offering.

So those animal sellers and money-changers were operating strictly within Jewish law at the time. And providing absolutely vital services to worshippers making sacrifices inside the Temple.

Now this is the same Alleged Jesus who advised people to "render unto Caesar" and follow civil laws. And also said, more than once, that he had come to uphold the Old Testament laws, not to replace them. So the whole thing is just bizarre. Almost as bizarre as that fig tree story.

Brainstormy

(2,380 posts)
11. This story always directs me to the "inerrancy" of the Bible
Sun Oct 18, 2015, 11:31 AM
Oct 2015

John has this event happening in the very beginning of the public life of Jesus, just as he's becoming a preacher. Mark has it happening a week before he dies. Whatever.

Binkie The Clown

(7,911 posts)
12. In other words: Resort to violence to back up your beliefs.
Sun Oct 18, 2015, 11:51 AM
Oct 2015

I think every religion in the world has gotten that message loud and clear already.

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