80. Critical Theory
Undeceptions with John Dickson
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The Crucifixion of Jesus Christ
In the 18 hundreds archaeologists working on rome's palatine hill, where most of the emperors once lived, uncovered a piece of grafiti. The crude drawing shows a crucified man with a donkey's head, indicating stupidity. Next to the cross, there's a man with arm raised in adoration of the figure on the cross. Below the image, scribbled in very bad greek, are the words, alexamenos sebete teon. Alex worships his god, whether it's a guard mocking a christian prisoner, or a student or servant mocking a friend. It's clearly deriding the beliefs of christians and depicts alex's lord
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