Comment on The parable of the "Good Samaritan" is an ancient example of Israeli racism / bigotry
Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 10 months 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 10 months 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.