Did Jesus Really Change Western Morality? Bart Ehrman

Of who was Jesus anyway? Which is really the question here, because he's always presented as s somebody rather different than how you've presented him as an apocalyptic preacher. Jesus was not focused on personal happiness in this life. His ethics ran counter to the quest for a happy and comfortable not life, nor did he urge ethical behavior to promote the welfare for society for the long haul. He didn't think there was going to be a long haul.

Like other apocalypticists, Jesus expected the end of the age to come very soon. People needed to repent in preparation for the imminent day of judgment. That runs counter to how Christians today mostly think about who Jesus was and what his message was. And then abortion, there's next to nothing about abortion in the Bible either. No, there's nothing about.

about abortion in the Bible. This is the interesting thing. The people who are so pro, you know, and so anti-immigration are also anti-abortion. If they think the Bible supports their view, there are only two passages in the entire Bible that refer to an abortion. Both of them indicate that the fetus is not to be given human rights.

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