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Nose
In Garden Grove, California, the Rev. Robert Schuller has set up a little
kingdom which he calls "The Crystal Cathedral", located off
Chapman Avenue west of the UCI Medical Center. On the grounds of his
kingdom there is a statue depicting the admittedly false story found in
the Gospel of John, of Jesus and "The Woman Caught In Adultery"
(John 8: 1-11). The statue has Jesus, the woman, and three accusers.
Jesus and the woman (Editors Note: she's quite a hot babe for a
statue, actually), being "good Jews" in the story, have
small European noses, whereas the "evil Jews" have Texas size
noses big enough to delight the stereotypes of almost any bigoted
anti-Semite Nazi organization out there. The racist message being sent
by the statue seems to be that "good Jews" will have small
European noses, whereas "evil Jews" will have enormous
shade-casting honkers.
Racism in Christianity is nothing new. The Gospel of John constantly
puts down "the Jews" as being just one step above pond scum.
The Apostle Paul stereotypes everyone born on the island of Crete as
being gluttonous liars. Medieval Christians routinely burned alive and
persecuted Jews. And in our own country the Mormons for many years tried
to turn Native Americans into "a white and delightsome
people", blaming their racial features on a curse by Biblegod. Only
recently, in fact, have the Mormons allowed blacks into their priesthood
"because God said so" but everyone knows the real reason: The
Utah Jazz.
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Overview
This is an overview of the statues. In the background is, as all can
recognize, the famous "Crystal Cathedral". On the far left is
the woman (standing) and Jesus (kneeling). On the right, standing, are
the three "evil Jews". |
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Good Jew #1
Jesus, with a very handsome European type nose that any actor in
Hollywood would pay good money to own. |
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Good Jew #2
The Woman, also with a cute little European nose, doing a poor
job of covering her nakedness with a towel. |
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Evil
Jews #1 + #2
Both have noses big enough, in the words of Jesus, "for the birds
to build nests upon", but that nose in the rear- Holy Shit,
batman! An unwary pedestrian could poke his eye out with that weapon!
OSHA should require a red flag on the end of that! |
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Evil
Jew #3
Notice the maniacal look in his evil eyes, and that LARGE snout sticking
way out there. |
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"What shall we
do with... the Jews? ...Set fire to their synagogues or schools
and bury and cover with dirt whatever will not burn, so that no man will
ever again see a stone or cinder of them."
Martin Luther, "Letter
To The Jews" 1531 AD
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My
question is simple: why, in this our modern age, in a wealthy liberal
church, is blatant Christian racism tolerated, even proudly put on public display
for all to see? What is Robert Schuller trying to teach us???
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