This is inaccurate. This was an accidental shooting, not a lynching. She was wrong to shoot him, but it was not a premeditated act, nor was it a lynching, which is why it got the minimal sentence of 10 years.As we usually do with Bible stories we cast ourselves in the role of Jesus but really white people in the U.S. are the Romans in this story. We are the crucifiers not the crucified, the defenders of brutal empire who perhaps feel a little guilty at the scene of yet another lynching taking place in our name.
Jesus dying for our sins is as much a part of the historical record as any other part of Jesus' life. You cannot separate the two. Jesus in the Bible IS the Jesus of history.All of you chomping at the bit to inform me that Jesus's crucifixion/lynching was "not political" because he was "dying for our sins" need to hold off until you read some of my upcoming posts about the racist roots of Anselmian substitutionary atonement theory. All of you who likewise want to blame "the Jews" need a lesson in the history of Christian anti-Semitism. All of you who similarly want to say "we are all equally guilty as sinners regardless of race" need to read a history book. Have I covered all the loopholes? If not I will get back to them. Today we are talking history.
Wrong. Jesus was never persecuted by the Romans for preaching the Gospel. There is nothing in the historical/biblical record that supports that claim.So Jesus has been persecuted by Romans all of his life for preaching good news for the impoverished and oppressed people of Rome now hangs on one of thousands of crosses (which Dr. James Cone rightly identified as lynching trees) designed to support Roman supremacy.
She is simply wrong. Jesus DID forgive those who crucified, hence the prayer He made to the Father. He forgave them and asked the Father to do so, as well. He didn't write them off as ignorant. They didn't understand the part they were playing in redemption and they did not know and understand the significance of His crucifixion.Notice that in every one of the passion narratives he has very little to say to his oppressors. At this point he is done talking to them. Notice also that Jesus does not forgive them. He asks God to do so. Notice furthermore that he essentially writes them off as ignorant "for they know not what they do."
She should not call herself a "theologian." She is nothing of the sort. I wonder if she even believes in the deity of Jesus.