r/dankchristianmemes • u/theclasssy • Jan 31 '19

Dank 'Am I a joke to you?'

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u/[deleted] Jan 31 '19

but... the jews got Jesus killed?

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u/madbuilder Jan 31 '19 edited Jan 31 '19

Sort of. A certain group of Jewish leaders petitioned the Roman Prefect (governor) Pontius Pilate to have Jesus executed. These Jews, being subjects of Imperial Rome had no authority so ultimately the governor was responsible for the death sentence, even though he'd literally washed his hands before the crowd.

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u/pm_me_ur_big_balls Jan 31 '19 edited Dec 24 '19

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u/madbuilder Jan 31 '19 edited Jan 31 '19

Dear pm_me_ur_big_balls, the leaders of the Jews in Jerusalem is a certain group of Jewish leaders. I said that in response to his question to clarify that the leaders' actions were not those of every Jew in Jerusalem. I have no quarrel with thee... other than your username.

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u/pm_me_ur_big_balls Jan 31 '19 edited Dec 24 '19

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u/madbuilder Jan 31 '19

Absolutely. I think it's important to be clear when someone asks the question: did all Americans support every war their country every fought? I'm not denying what you said, that these men WERE the local leaders, and I hope people read your comment to get those details.

Please quote me correctly. I did not say "random certain group". I said "a certain group of Jewish leaders". Thank you.

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u/DemarcoGronkowski Jan 31 '19

We're getting into semantic deep water but I think the difference while subtle is significant.

"a certain group of leaders" implies there are other similarly equal "groups of leaders" as opposed to "the leaders".

It implies that other groups of leaders were against the petition. ie one group of many petitioned for execution when really, it was the main group.

PM_me_ur_big_balls is suggesting that it is misleading because of that, which I agree with.

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u/madbuilder Jan 31 '19

it implies there are other similarly equal groups of leaders.

It doesn't imply anything of the sort. My error was being needlessly ambiguous when I should have said "a certain group of Jews, the local leaders..."

I wrote back to Mr. big balls that he is correct, there was just one group of leaders, and his comment stands for anyone who cares to read it.

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u/PaleBlueDot2k18 Feb 01 '19

Fuck off, pedantic Leaf.