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Jesus Christ, as portrayed in some New Testament passages, is "narrow- minded" and "vindictive." The Gospel writers "twisted" the facts concerning Jesus' resurrection, which was never meant to be taken literally. The virgin birth of Christ is an unthinkable notion, and there is not much value in the doctrine of the Trinity, or in the belief that Jesus Christ was sent to save fallen humanity from sin. St. Paul, the missionary of Christianity to the Gentiles, was a repressed and "self-loathing" homosexual. As for the Old Testament, it contains a "vicious tribal code of ethics" attributed to a "sadistic...
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Rembrandt's biblical etchings treat Old and New Testament subjects; these scenes display many of Rembrandt's hallmarks. The Near Eastern motif appears in the clothes and objects of his pictures. Rembrandt also portrays the poorer members of society in a highly sympathetic light, depicting shepherds and peasants as particularly pious disciples of Christ...
...Subramaniam's own generation, the most accomplished and Westernized to date, is the ironic, not entirely unhappy victim of those reforms. Brahmans are losing out in India's equivalent of affirmative action, while other castes, including the lowest of the low, are at least partial winners. As testament to that transformation, Namdeo Dhasal, a militant dalit (untouchable) leader and poet, tells Naipaul, "There was a time when we were treated like animals. Now we live like human beings...
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