[Jesus sits on a rock, speaking]
A new command I give you:
Love one another

[an angry character talks back to Jesus]
What if they’re something bad like gay, trans, brown, or communist though?

[Jesus is facepalming on his rock]
I don’t want to be a messiah anymore

https://thebad.website/comic/gospel_of_love

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      actually, many scholars today believe jesus most likely was purple, as a result of the water in his body being transmuted into wine. this is why in modern catholic tradition, wine is used to represent the blood of christ.

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      Of course, canon Jesus reply would be “but we’re brown ourselves though?”

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        I honestly don’t know what colour of skin people of the levant would have at that time.

        The canon version is people complaining about the Samaritans.

        Maybe we are due an updated parable: The Good Transwoman

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          I honestly don’t know what colour of skin people of the levant would have at that time.

          A very mixed bag, given that it was a major crossroads of the ancient world.

          Maybe we are due an updated parable: The Good Transwoman

          And when I was pregnant, you aborted my fetus

          And when I was undocumented, you paid me fairly for my labor and didn’t try to gouge me on rent

          And when I was addicted, you gave me methadone and a place to sober up.

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          i see you were paying attention at the church i play music at. we have (well, had. my contract just ended) a damn good pastor