Was Marcion antisemitic?
rebdobr
May 31
1 min read
Marcion did not mock the Hebrew Scriptures or accuse Jewish people of deceit; he accepted that the Jewish scriptures were for Jews and validated that the Jewish people were the chosen followers of their specific tribal lord. Instead of weaponizing scripture to attack the Jewish community, Marcion simply viewed Judaism as entirely separate and independent from the spiritual message of Christ.
As a consortium of Christian thought, this ministry is highly influenced by Marcion and consider him the true Church father.
Thus:
We are against antisemitism here, 💯 % we see that the adaptation of Marcion's Bible to be used by Jewish believers became let's say, inundated, resulting in a confusing text which can be mistaken to be antisemitic.
To me, Jesus seems like a major upgrade from the God portrayed in much of the Hebrew Bible. His emphasis on love, forgiveness, compassion, and universal salvation appears very different from many of the themes found in the earlier scriptures.
Because of that, I think it is reasonable to see Christianity as something genuinely new rather than simply a continuation of Judaism. The fact that Jesus was born Jewish does not necessarily mean the two religions are the same. In my view, they developed into distinct faiths with very different understandings of God and humanity.
the Hebrew writ is worthy is mockery as "religious" fiction