Kajabago misrepresented Jesus Christ

Apr 11, 2010

READING Kajabago Ka-Rusoke’s New Vision article entitled: “What does Easter mean?” on March 31, I was saddened. Although I appreciated his attempt to explain Jesus Christ’s death and resurrection, I was equally perturbed by his distortion of historical facts.

By Ben Okiror

READING Kajabago Ka-Rusoke’s New Vision article entitled: “What does Easter mean?” on March 31, I was saddened. Although I appreciated his attempt to explain Jesus Christ’s death and resurrection, I was equally perturbed by his distortion of historical facts.

First, in trying to explain the origin of the Passover commemoration by the Jews, Kajabago says it marks the time Jews carried out genocide against their masters, the Egyptians, and succeeded in leaving Egypt.

Clearly, there are two errors here; one, it was not the Jews who were slaves, but rather the Israelites. Not all Israelites are Jews and, not all Jews are Israelites.

Secondly, there was no possibility of slaves committing genocide against Egyptians, who were a super power by then.

Kajabago asserts that because Jesus commemorated the Passover, it means He supported genocide in Egypt.

Obviously, the writer does not know the person he is talking about; He who humbled Himself to the point of dying like a common criminal for all mankind — without exception — could not have supported genocide.

Kajabago concludes that “the life and teaching of Christ appear with a lot of contradictions. On one hand they have a great deal of good and moral ideality. On the other, they have negative aspects and features of life both in nature and society.”

Surely, there is nobody who has been as consistent as Jesus Christ: “He is the same yesterday, today and forever.” He, unlike humans who keep changing, is consistent.

Books of history and the Bible portray Jesus Christ as compassionate, to the extent that even on the cross he forgave one of the robbers who got a staright ticket to heaven. How then can Kajabago say He supports genocide?

The Bible teaches that He died for our sins that we may have life. Kajabago is also entitled to his sins being forgiven, but he needs to repent and accept that Jesus is King.

We, who are privileged to live in the era of abundant information, should be able to engage in factual discourse.

Kajabago is entitled to his views, but when it comes to forcing them on the public, then it is unfortunate. Misrepresenting Jesus Christ, whom Christians in Uganda believe in, hurts the Christian community.

The writer is a journalist




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