day no. 17,101: judeo-Christian and other oxymorons

“There is no such entity as the Judeo/Christian religion. As religions go, there is no way to combine the view that Jesus is the Christ with the idea that He was a fraud, or the claim that He rose from the dead with the counterclaim that He did nothing of the kind, or the idea that the New Testament correctly interprets the Old with the view that it is the Talmud that actually does. So as religions, they do not harmonize at the most basic level.” — Douglas Wilson, Mere Christendom

The Synagogue of Satan is not a Christian denomination, it is a Christian heresy. It is derivative. It is predicated upon a denial of Jesus as the Christ of God. As such, and at its most basic level, it is opposed to the Christian faith. The foundations of each are exclusive. They are not building on the same thing. The law and the prophets are not something they share. If Moses pointed to Jesus, and he did quite often implicitly and explicitly, then he cannot also NOT point to Jesus at all. If Isaiah saw Jesus enthroned, and he did, he cannot also be made to say that Jesus is not on the throne. 

Judeo-Christian is the modern equivalent of Tashlan. It is handmade religion. And note that it is only ever an evil entity that attempts to masquerade as the righteous one. Satan pretends to be an angel of light, but Michael never wants to look like a dark lord. Evil parrots good, but good does not speak a word of evil. The real Aslan would never pretend to be a compromise and when he shows up, one of the first thing he does, even if only by his appearing, is destroy the myth of neutrality. The new earth will not have any coexist bumper stickers.

Judeo-Christian is an oxymoron. You cannot say Christ was a fraud and Christ was legit at the same time in the same way. You cannot say He rose from the dead and that He didn't. He is either Lord of all or He is not Lord at all. You cannot split the difference. You cannot be kinda the King anymore than you can be kinda pregnant. You either are or you aren't.

Judeo-Christian is a farrago. It is cyanide in the salt. You can only use it to flavor your food if you're willing to die. It is an incoherent hodgepodge good only for being flushed down the toilet.