PRIESTS AND CRIME

MURDERS AND WORSHIPPERS....

There is an insight in the Bible, least noticed by most Christians. That insight pertains to the deep, but hidden connection between worshippers and murderers.

The earliest hint is in Genesis. Cain invited Abel, his brother, to join him in worship, when he wanted to kill him. Read chapter 4 of Genesis.

Herod, in the New Testament, wants to mask his murderous intention behind the mask of worship in relation to Jesus. (Mtt.2) He tells the Magi to report back to him regarding the location of the Babe, so that he may go 'and worship him'.

We associate priests with worship. Most Christians overlook the glaring fact that the priestly class was behind the murder of Jesus. Like priests of all ages and religions, they got it done by 'the secular authority'.

Perpetrating crimes and improprieties is incompatible with the facade of piety and gentleness priests have to sport in order to deceive the people without their knowing it. But they need to perpetrate crimes to protect and perpetuate their interests. They are not averse to doing it. But, they can't do it themselves. So, what do they do? They get others to do it for them.

In India, it was the duty of the Kshatriyas to fight for the Brahmins in order to protect their interests. Crimes done in this regard were righteous; ven heroic and commendable.

The Hindu priests did not bring the Babri Mazjid down. They got it done by their secular agents: the politicians.

The judicial murder of Jesus was no different to this pattern. It was instigated by the priests of the times. Only they needed to kill Jesus. They got it done by Rome. They forced the hand of Pilate to perpetrate this heinous crime.

The Creed we recite every Sunday misrepresents ths historical fact. (That means that we are made to repeat a lie as part of worship.) It merely states that Jesus died.

No, he didn't die. He was killed.

Who killed him?

The priestly class.

But this fact is excluded from the Creed. The Creed in this detail makes us party to a sanitized lie. It forces us to believe: Jesus came. He died. He rose from the dead.'

If we have any regard for truth, we should say - Jesus came. The priests got him killed. But he rose from the dead; for God is just.

The very same priestly class now preaches the Resurrection of Jesus Christ. That too is typical of priests.

After all, they were innocent of the blood of Jesus in a technical sense. They only instigated the crowd to bay for the Innocent's blood. They did not do it in person or in public.

It is like your hiring a professional killer to get rid of your adversary and then organizing condolence meetings year after year, pontificating on the tragic significance of that murder. So you have a double advantage. You can kill. You can also enhance your public image through the very same murder you have brought about.

Truth to tell, the one class of people who should have no right whatsoever to shed crocodile tears on the Crucifixion of Jesus is the priestly class. You could ask me: The priests who brought about the murder of Jesus were Jewish, not Christian. Ours are Christian priests.

The truth is this: priests are priests. It doesn't matter which religion and region. All priests are the same. Religious differences do not make any difference in outlook or strategies when it comes to class interests.

All priests are professionals. They merely discharge certain functions for a living as appropriate to their professions. Like all other classes, they too have their class interests. They won't let even God stand in the way of their interests. That is the message in the Crucifixion.

To the extent that Jesus helps to boost their interests, they will swear by Jesus. But they will swear at Jesus if he or his teachings hinder their interests.

To take an obvious example. Jesus renounced violence. The Christian priestly class has always invoked and sanctified violence whenever it suited their convenience. The Inquisition was not done to save Christianity. It was done to protect the control of priests. The priestly class of Spain forced the hand of the Spanish king to perpetrate this unforgettable outrage on the Christians who refused to be mindless slaves to the priests then.

Try and make the truth of what Jesus taught, for your liberation and mine, prevail in the life of any church. You will be cast out at once. Priests are not believers. Only lay Christians are believers. This is the truth.

Priests are,a professional class, merely market matters of belief for a living. You cannot sell something and believe in it at the same time. You sell what you have no use for so that others may use it. if you dare not accept that most palpable truth, then you do not deserve to be liberated by the truth.