[[Liberal]]s, knowing that an anti-Gentile spin on the [[Bible]] deters conversion to [[Christianity]], have perpetrated the following falsehoods:
[[Liberal]]s, knowing that an anti-Gentile spin on the [[Bible]] deters conversion to [[Christianity]], have perpetrated the following falsehoods:
*[[liberal denial]] that [[Mark]], the author of the boldest and first [[the Gospels|Gospel]], was a Gentile;
*[[liberal denial]] that [[Mark]], the author of the boldest and first [[the Gospels|Gospel]], was a Gentile;
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*exaggeration of any [[uncertainty]] about whether [[salvation]] extended to the Gentiles, which in fact there was never any doubt about that;
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*exaggeration of any [[uncertainty]] about whether [[salvation]] extended to the Gentiles, when in fact [[Jesus]] was clear that [[faith]] and his work were for all:
*mistranslating a light-hearted geographic reference by [[Jesus]] to a [[Greek]] woman's daughter as a "puppy" into a harsly misleading verse falsely pretending that Jesus referred to all Gentiles as "dogs";
*mistranslating a light-hearted geographic reference by [[Jesus]] to a [[Greek]] woman's daughter as a "puppy" into a harsly misleading verse falsely pretending that Jesus referred to all Gentiles as "dogs";
*[[liberal]] insistence, without evidence, that [[Mary Magdalene]] -- who was the first to see the risen [[Lord]] -- was not a [[Gentile]] when she probably was one.
*[[liberal]] insistence, without evidence, that [[Mary Magdalene]] -- who was the first to see the risen [[Lord]] -- was not a [[Gentile]] when she probably was one.