Supersessionism

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Supersessionism, or replacement theology, is the idea that one religion was true but that it stopped being true after another religion showed up to supersede it. For example, Christianity believes that Judaism was true once but that because the Jews rejected Jesus they stopped being the Chosen People and that the New Testament and a faith-based religion replaced Jewish Law. Islam also believes that God gave the Torah alike to the Israelites at Mount Sinai but that the Quran ultimately replaced it.

Antisemitism

Nowadays, supersessionism is widely deemed antisemitic as it laid the groundwork for the two millennia of violent Christian antisemitism and genocidal persecution of Jews that culminated in the Holocaust and killed at least six million Jews (67% of pre-war European Jews). Supersessionism is no longer backed by mainstream churches, including the Vatican,^[1] which have switched the focus to Christian–Jewish reconciliation.^[2]

Some Christians endorse the dual-covenant theology which holds that the Old Covenant between Jews and God are eternal, exempting Jews from the alleged need of Christian conversion for receiving salvation.^[3] However, the strongest opponents of the dual-covenant theology are the radical traditionalist Catholics (rad trads) who hold sway over Catholics worldwide, making supersessionism a difficult issue to discuss.^[1]

Many rad trads are Holocaust deniers,^[4] who have a substantial presence on Reddit's Christian subreddits, such as the r/Catholicism (231K members), r/Christianity (478K members) and r/AskAChristian (19K members), while Reddit has been repeatedly criticized for rampant racism.^[5]

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 "Traditionalist Catholicism". Anti-Defamation League. Retrieved October 23, 2024. The Vatican has also rejected the idea of supersessionism. [...] but traditionalist Catholics continue to support this doctrine and believe that there is no salvation outside of the Catholic church [. ...] Traditionalist Catholic circles have continued to incorporate explicit antisemitism. [...] One of its bishops, Richard Williamson, is a well-known Holocaust denier.
↑ Timothy P. Jackson (2021). "The Evils of Supersessionism". Mordecai Would Not Bow Down: Anti-Semitism, the Holocaust, and Christian Supersessionism. Retrieved October 23, 2024.
↑ "Falwell: Jews can get to heaven". The Jerusalem Post. March 1, 2006. Retrieved October 23, 2024.
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- "Pope to cancel excommunication of rebel bishops | The Pope is expected to cancel the excommunication of four breakaway bishops including a Briton who has said the Nazis did not use gas chambers". The Telegraph. London. 22 January 2009. Archived from the original on 20 November 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2019.
- "Catholic Bishop Williamson Unrepentant in Holocaust Denial". ABC News. February 1, 2020. Retrieved October 23, 2024.
- "Seminary sacks 'Holocaust bishop' | An ultra-traditionalist British bishop who denies the Holocaust has been removed from his post as the head of a Roman Catholic seminary in Argentina". BBC. 9 February 2009. Archived from the original on 3 October 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2019.
- Willan, Philip (25 January 2009). "Pope readmits Holocaust-denying priest to the church | Vatican lifts excommunication on renegade British bishop who declared: 'There were no gas chambers'". The Independent. London. Archived from the original on 24 November 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2019.
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- "Reddit Shuts Down Some Racist, Anti-Semitic Web Forums". Southern Poverty Law Center. October 27, 2015. Retrieved October 23, 2024.
- "'Racism is fine on our site,' says Reddit's chief executive". Sky News. April 12, 2018. Retrieved October 23, 2024.
- "Combating racism on social media: 5 key insights on bystander intervention". Brookings. December 1, 2021. Retrieved October 23, 2024.

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[ADL-1] 1.0 ^1.1 "Traditionalist Catholicism". Anti-Defamation League. Retrieved October 23, 2024. The Vatican has also rejected the idea of supersessionism. [...] but traditionalist Catholics continue to support this doctrine and believe that there is no salvation outside of the Catholic church [. ...] Traditionalist Catholic circles have continued to incorporate explicit antisemitism. [...] One of its bishops, Richard Williamson, is a well-known Holocaust denier.

[2] Timothy P. Jackson (2021). "The Evils of Supersessionism". Mordecai Would Not Bow Down: Anti-Semitism, the Holocaust, and Christian Supersessionism. Retrieved October 23, 2024.

[3] "Falwell: Jews can get to heaven". The Jerusalem Post. March 1, 2006. Retrieved October 23, 2024.

[4] 
"Pope to cancel excommunication of rebel bishops | The Pope is expected to cancel the excommunication of four breakaway bishops including a Briton who has said the Nazis did not use gas chambers". The Telegraph. London. 22 January 2009. Archived from the original on 20 November 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2019.

"Catholic Bishop Williamson Unrepentant in Holocaust Denial". ABC News. February 1, 2020. Retrieved October 23, 2024.

"Seminary sacks 'Holocaust bishop' | An ultra-traditionalist British bishop who denies the Holocaust has been removed from his post as the head of a Roman Catholic seminary in Argentina". BBC. 9 February 2009. Archived from the original on 3 October 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2019.

Willan, Philip (25 January 2009). "Pope readmits Holocaust-denying priest to the church | Vatican lifts excommunication on renegade British bishop who declared: 'There were no gas chambers'". The Independent. London. Archived from the original on 24 November 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2019.

[5] "Pope to cancel excommunication of rebel bishops | The Pope is expected to cancel the excommunication of four breakaway bishops including a Briton who has said the Nazis did not use gas chambers". The Telegraph. London. 22 January 2009. Archived from the original on 20 November 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2019.

[6] "Catholic Bishop Williamson Unrepentant in Holocaust Denial". ABC News. February 1, 2020. Retrieved October 23, 2024.

[7] "Seminary sacks 'Holocaust bishop' | An ultra-traditionalist British bishop who denies the Holocaust has been removed from his post as the head of a Roman Catholic seminary in Argentina". BBC. 9 February 2009. Archived from the original on 3 October 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2019.

[8] Willan, Philip (25 January 2009). "Pope readmits Holocaust-denying priest to the church | Vatican lifts excommunication on renegade British bishop who declared: 'There were no gas chambers'". The Independent. London. Archived from the original on 24 November 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2019.

[5] 
"Reddit Shuts Down Some Racist, Anti-Semitic Web Forums". Southern Poverty Law Center. October 27, 2015. Retrieved October 23, 2024.

"'Racism is fine on our site,' says Reddit's chief executive". Sky News. April 12, 2018. Retrieved October 23, 2024.

"Combating racism on social media: 5 key insights on bystander intervention". Brookings. December 1, 2021. Retrieved October 23, 2024.

[10] "Reddit Shuts Down Some Racist, Anti-Semitic Web Forums". Southern Poverty Law Center. October 27, 2015. Retrieved October 23, 2024.

[11] "'Racism is fine on our site,' says Reddit's chief executive". Sky News. April 12, 2018. Retrieved October 23, 2024.

[12] "Combating racism on social media: 5 key insights on bystander intervention". Brookings. December 1, 2021. Retrieved October 23, 2024.

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