Comment on The parable of the "Good Samaritan" is an ancient example of Israeli racism / bigotry
Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
No, you’re exactly right. The whole point of the story was to find goodness in the most unlikely places. “If one of those horrid Samaritans could help a Jew in need, then certainly you can find it in your heart to do the same.”
If the opposite but equivalent existed: The phrase would be “the generous Jew”, and it would be in regards to an old tale about a poor Samaritan beggar who gets a new start on life thanks to an unlikely gift from a Jewish banker. And the moral of the story would be that if the greedy Jew could help a beggar, so can you.
Of course, that’s a racist stereotype that I do not personally believe or support, but again, that’s the whole point of the original story.
frosty99c@midwest.social 4 weeks ago
Right. It’s basically Jesus (or whoever the story teller is from the other perspective) saying, “I know you all are racist. Stop it. Anyone can be a good person. Do better.”
A guess a slightly less charitable interpretation could be: ‘even this evil person can do good once in a while, why aren’t you?’ but aligning with a lot of the other parables I feel like it’s more than likely to be the first one.