Liberation for All People

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One of my concerns is that
Christians want to

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have a monopoly on Jesus.

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And I think we need to liberate
Jesus from Christianity

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so that all people of goodwill
can relate to who Jesus is

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and discover the ... the dynamic
revolutionary potential

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of the teachings of this

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carpenter- prophet from Palestine.

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I think it's absolutely crucial.

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I often talk to Christians about

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Muslims discovering who Jesus is,

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and and the Beatitudes and how
that can relate to their lives.

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But and they say all they
have to become Christians

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to relate to Jesus.
Well, that's nonsense.

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We... Jesus called his disciples
to be with him

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and he …
he imposed no theological

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requirements on them at all.

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But he created a space for
them to reflect critically

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on their engagement with the
world and allowed them to debate

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who he was in relation
to their struggle.

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Jesus had a much more open

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and tolerant and expansive
way of engaging the world

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than most Christians to do.

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And most Christians have tried
to kind of constrain Jesus,

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capture Jesus,
and then even market Jesus.

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And I think we need to free
Jesus from Christianity,

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so that anybody can relate
to Jesus, and find for themselves

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the relevance
of the radical teachings

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of the Masih or the Messiah