History class gone bad

[Gyrene]

Today was the first day of Survey of Medieval History II. The teacher starts class by discussing the prominent religions of the period, and promptly calls Jesus, aka Joshua, a bastard. His words exactly "Jesus is a bastard, and so some people of the Medieval era chose not to follow the Christian religion." This starts the largest flamefest in the history of the world. ATOT would be afraid of the comments being slung back and forth. Utter chaos erupted at that comment, the class immediately took sides, and I was afraid fists were going to start flying. I'm off in a corner just laughing at the ensuing chaos, even the professor is partaking in the flaming. This goes on for about 10 minutes, and when I see it isn't going to die down, I start to leave, only to be hit in the back of the head by a history book and called a Jesus Freak. Ah, what a lovely first day of class.

 

[Ikonomi]

Oh boy, that kind of class is what college is all about! Screw learning!

 

[Dissipate]

Your teacher should have known better. He sounds like an anti-religion zealot to me.

 

[z0mb13]

WTF??? what college do u go to??

 

[Orsorum]

What school are you attending?

 

[TheAudit]

Great class, sounds like an easy A!

 

[Gyrene]

Originally posted by: Orsorum
What school are you attending?

I'm at Tennessee Tech, a TN state school, while I finish earning my money to attend Purdue this coming fall. I hate it with a passion.

 

[dquan97]

That's a pretty messed up teacher...

 

[Amorphus]

Jesus = Joshua?

Maybe he means Yeshua.

 

[AvesPKS]

Isn't Tennessee bible belt?

 

[Czar]

hahah, so how does it feel being the smartest person in the room 🙂

 

[Gyrene]

Originally posted by: AvesPKS
Isn't Tennessee bible belt?

Yea, and that's why there are die hard zealots on both side of the spectrum.

 

[Gyrene]

Originally posted by: Czar
hahah, so how does it feel being the smartest person in the room 🙂

I'm in Tennessee so doesn't make me feel that smart. 😉

 

[Kerouactivist]

hehe Jesus is a bastard....

I've got something new to yell at parties.

 

[bandana163]

Was there a fight?

 

[Demon-Xanth]

Some people need to look up the definition of "bastard". It's a child born out of wedlock, so Jesus really was a bastard.

 

[Anubis]

Originally posted by: Demon-Xanth
Some people need to look up the definition of "bastard". It's a child born out of wedlock, so Jesus really was a bastard.

smartest person in this thread

cheers :beer:

 

[Chiboy]

LOL! Man I wish I was going to that school. College here is so boring. Hell I'm in IT Class right now.

 

[FrustratedUser]

Hahahaa! This is awesome.

 

[mundane]

Originally posted by: Demon-Xanth
Some people need to look up the definition of "bastard". It's a child born out of wedlock, so Jesus really was a bastard.

I thought he was conceived out of wedlock. But Mary and Joseph later married, before the birth ... it has been a decade since I heard the story, though.

 

[Flyermax2k3]

Originally posted by: Amorphus
Jesus = Joshua?

Maybe he means Yeshua.

Joshua is a transliteration of Yeshua 🙂 Yeshua is his true name, however. Yeshua of course being the Hebrew name for "Salvation" which is what the Christ child was named. Therefore his name was Yeshua 🙂

 

[Gyrene]

Originally posted by: Demon-Xanth
Some people need to look up the definition of "bastard". It's a child born out of wedlock, so Jesus really was a bastard.

While that may be true, the teacher said it in a derogatory manner. Although, even if he didn't, the whole class probably would have erupted any way.