Let's Face it, Some of Jesus's Teachings are Harmful

Breaking the Taboo on Exposing the Dark Side of the Gospels

There’s a reason I once described the hymn “They’ll Know We are Christians by Our Love” as “eminently mockable.” Most of Christianity’s history and present reality is characterized not by love but by the brutal and oppressive wielding of power and the punishment of those who are othered. This fact is not negated by the existence of liberation theologies…