Just like, in general, I would really appreciate if Christian allies to Jews would understand that if you’re going to be self-deprecating using religious texts, you really need to use the New Testament, or at least leave the Tanakh out of it. Because you’re not just commenting on yourselves by doing that. You are *at best* ALSO commenting on Jews, but in all actuality, you are commenting more on Jews than yourselves. Yes, a handful of the descendents of the ancient Israelites would eventually become the early church, but literally up until that point they were Hebrews a.k.a. Jews. It’s no longer self-deprecating humor once you involve another group, and so it’s going to inherently hit different. This is especially true when your group has violently oppressed that other group for upwards of 2000 years.
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#jewish tag#jewish#jewish issues#antisemitism#xtian antisemitism#bad allyship#this#judaism#good commentary#stop calling tanakh only the 'old testament'#start calling the tanakh the tanakh#please stop expecting me to always refer to the tanakh as the old testament because i will refuse#*goyim do not derail#(Please)#xtian hegemony#christian hegemony#christianity