“So yeah the son of God was on earth, but you just missed him. He was crucified about 50 years ago. Your dad might’ve met him.”
And then Mount Vesuvius fucking explodes
Edit: I meant Roman, I wrote this late at night.
“So yeah the son of God was on earth, but you just missed him. He was crucified about 50 years ago. Your dad might’ve met him.”
And then Mount Vesuvius fucking explodes
Edit: I meant Roman, I wrote this late at night.
One of the greatest revelation from Michael Hudson’s research with the Harvard Peabody Museum archeology team is that Jesus was the leader of a debt cancellation movement in the ancient Near East who died revolting against the creditor-led oligarchic regimes.
The Greek word (ὀφειλήματα/opheilēma) had been variously translated in different versions of the Bible as “(financial) debts” or “sins”, with scholars arguing whether they meant moral failure/sins (more formally παράπτωμα/paraptōma) or financial debts owed to creditors. The problem came when Constantine made Christianity the official religion of the Roman Empire, a religion centered around the Jubilee.
From the blurb of …and forgive them their debts: Lending, Foreclosure and Redemption From Bronze Age Finance to the Jubilee Year (Tyranny of Debt) (2018):
I would like to know more
got a source here https://michael-hudson.com/2017/01/the-land-belongs-to-god/
I’m so interested in this stuff. I found it fascinating reading Graeber’s Debt when he talks about how a lot of words relating to sin, transgression, etc. have very old etymologies linking them directly to the concept of debt.
not sure if you wanted it but: got a source here https://michael-hudson.com/2017/01/the-land-belongs-to-god/
Is there a documentary or good video I can watch about this?
got a source here https://michael-hudson.com/2017/01/the-land-belongs-to-god/