This is a modernization of The Parable of the Good Samaritan, featuring today’s outgroups. It’s an atheist\/clergy collaboration brought to life by a wonderful artist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The goals for this comic are to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Parable of the Good Samaritan is subversive, because in that time and place Samaritans were a scorned outgroup \u2013 and Jesus made the Samaritan<\/em> the hero of the story. But we have new outgroups today. So this modernization Jesus shows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2026 being good neighbours to the person in need<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n (this is duplicated in the Kickstarter)<\/p>\n\n\n\n In North America and Europe, bigots are attacking today’s outgroups: undocumented migrants (“illegal immigrants”). Trans people. Muslims. And others. <\/p>\n\n\n\n I asked some clergy friends if it would make sense to modernize the parable with today\u2019s<\/strong> outgroups. They agreed and provided kind guidance.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n Non-religious people who value pluralism: a diverse society.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Progressive Christians.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Anyone whose family or friends have been harassed by religious bigots. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Everyone who is tired of bigots lipsticking their hate with faith.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n Yes. Pictures speak louder than words.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Humanizing vulnerable groups in a cute way will make it harder for the hateful to de-humanize them later. <\/p>\n\n\n\n If this was made by Christians only, non-Christian and non-religious people might hesitate about it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n And if it was made by atheists only, Christians might hesitate. <\/p>\n\n\n\n An atheist\/clergy collaboration makes the comic more approachable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n Yes, this will eventually be a free download after a period of exclusivity for Kickstarter supporters. I don\u2019t want people to have to pay for a resource that opposes bigotry or comforts the marginalized.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Readers are still encouraged to support the project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I\u2019d really like to reach the stretch fundraising goal and modernize a second parable, one which features an abusive oligarch. It seems timely for our era. <\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n The girl’s name is Sophie. (In Greek, sophia = knowledge)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sophie was inspired by the Vatican Church’s anime mascot Luce<\/a>, but she is not Luce. Luce is the intellectual property of the Catholic Church. <\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n Because the Jesus of history wasn’t. <\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n The Christian woman is patterned on black civil rights and church leader Prathia Hall. Once, when Martin Luther King Jr. was in attendance, she gave a sermon, repeating the phrase “I have a dream”. She gave him permission to use the phrase in the future. <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n<\/details>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This is a modernization of The Parable of the Good Samaritan, featuring today’s outgroups. It’s an atheist\/clergy collaboration brought to life by a wonderful artist. The goals for this comic are to: The Parable of the Good Samaritan is subversive, because in that time and place Samaritans were a scorned outgroup \u2013 and Jesus made … Continue reading The Project<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-220","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/immigrantparable.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/220","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/immigrantparable.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/immigrantparable.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/immigrantparable.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/immigrantparable.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=220"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/immigrantparable.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/220\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":420,"href":"https:\/\/immigrantparable.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/220\/revisions\/420"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/immigrantparable.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=220"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
\n\n\n\nFAQ <\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Why modernize the Parable of the Good Samaritan?<\/strong><\/summary>\n
Who will want to read this?<\/strong><\/summary>\n
Will this work?<\/strong><\/summary>\n
Will it be free?<\/strong> <\/summary>\n
Who’s the girl?<\/strong><\/summary>\n
Why isn’t Jesus white?<\/strong><\/summary>\n
Who is the Christian-who-helps?<\/strong><\/summary>\n