I love this quote from the historian Paul Harvey. I think it demonstrates the evolution of how Jesus has been viewed in popular culture and politics. Jesus Christ has had quite a decade. Millions watched him brutalized in Passion of the Christ. They shuddered (or celebrated) when Reverend Jeremiah Wright proclaimed that Jesus was a “poor black man who lived in a country and who lived in a culture that was controlled by rich white people.” More recently, Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly mentioned that the duo of Jesus and Santa Claus were “white” men (then later suggesting that the issue was not settled), and the film Son of God gave us the viral hashtag #hotjesus
Posted on: Sun, 27 Apr 2014 18:47:16 +0000
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