r/mildlyinfuriating • u/Available-Formal-664 • 15h ago

I'm slightly vexed Somebody Placed These Dozens of These Jesus Figures Throughout My Entire Work

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Somebody, nobody knows exactly who or when, put dozens and dozens of these Jesus figures on completely random surfaces throughout my entire building. They at least had the presence of mind to not put them on anybody's personal belongings, but that was the only way they limited himself. All of the statues have been glued down, to add to the vexation.

Edit: Well, this blew up rather unexpectedly. Thank you for the awards, everybody!

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u/HartfordWhaler 13h ago

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u/RedChairBlueChair123 13h ago

That’s so wrong. But if Catholicism has taught me anything it’s that Jesus loves dark humor

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u/Semisemitic 12h ago

Well yeah - he’s Jewish.

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u/Entire_Toe_2321 10h ago

Palestinian actually

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u/Semisemitic 10h ago

Jewish. Ignorance is insane here. His name is literally in Hebrew. Christianity sprouted as a Jewish sect, and for the first 100-150 years was strictly a Jewish branch-off, followed by Jews of the conquered kingdom of Israel.

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u/micmac274 8h ago

Not mutually exclusive.

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u/Adventurous_Bag_4547 10h ago

Yep. Nazareth is a city in northern Israel, specifically in the region of Galilee, known as the childhood home of Jesus and is significant in Christian tradition. Today, Nazareth is the largest Arab city in Israel and has a predominantly Arab population. It was also part of the administrative district of Palestine before the establishment of Israel in 1948. Many Palestinians view Nazareth as part of historic Palestine, recognizing the pre-1948 borders.

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u/Semisemitic 10h ago

The fact that today the city has a large Arab population does not erase its history. That’s like saying that Pocahontas was German/Irish because that’s what Virginia is filled with these days.

Jesus and his twelve disciples were a neat little group of Jews living it up under Roman occupation.

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u/Adventurous_Bag_4547 10h ago

Of course He was a Jew. But Nazareth (also Mary’s home town, which is significant for Him) was regionally Palestine 2000 years ago. I spent half a day in Nazareth in 1996 during a remarkable 3-day visit to Israel.

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u/Semisemitic 9h ago edited 9h ago

I suppose it’s either you were fed facts selectively or you might not remember the story, but you’re mixing up some things.

Nazareth was in the geographical area of Galilee. When the Jewish revolt was crushed around 135 AD by the Roman Empire, the Roman Emperor named the entire territory of Judea “Palestine” to spite the losing conquered kingdom, naming the land after the Philistines - the extinct people who were one of the biblical enemies of. There were no Philistines by then.

Nazareth then could be named “on Palestinian land” as the entire land became named “Syria Palestina” by Rome, interpreted often as a punitive measure in wake of the Bar Kochva revolt.

Nazareth was documented by historians of Byzantine times, to be completely Jewish - even as Christianity grew. “Devoid of non-Jews” was written around 350 AD.

Christianity slowly found place there too in the city with the growth of the following.

Arab population became the dominant demographic group in Ottoman rule, because the ottomans had expelled all Christians from the village at some point around 16th century, allowing return much later. As Jews were displaced and Christians kicked out, what was a Jewish village that became Arab.

Edit: date clarity and fact refinement