The Jews Kill Jesus Trope

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CNN's John Sutter talks about the anti-Semitic trope that Christians have been hammering on for centuries. He says some online idiots trying to be edged lords would say that kind of stuff, but you certainly won't hear that in Pentecostal churches. "I never understood the Jews killed Jesus trope," he said. 'You had to go sell a really Christian, Christian circles anymore'

Shermer and Hardy discuss: Hardy’s religious journey (raised Catholic, now agnostic) • origin of Pentecostalism and its biblical basis Pentecostalism in Korea North and South, and Israel • the structure of the Pentecostal church and how it differs from other churches • Seven Mountain Mandate • how religions grow • pentecostalism and politics • the psychology of the believer • dispensationalism and the Rapture • prophecy • glossolalia • snake handling • eschatology and end-times theology • sin and redemption • prostitution • Jordan Peterson and secular religion.

Elle Hardy is a journalist and foreign correspondent who has reported from the United States, the former USSR and North Korea, among a long list of places. Her work has appeared in GQ, Lonely Planet, Foreign Policy and Business Insider, and on ABC Australia. Her new book is Beyond Belief: How Pentecostal Christianity is Taking Over the World.