Jesus didn’t die because of your sins. Jesus died because he was a poor brown revolutionary who was a threat to the Roman Empire.

Because there seems to be confusion already: state violence is a sin that many of us benefit from, of course. What I’m saying is that I refuse to cede any divine reason Jesus died. He died because he was a victim of state violence, full stop.

When it comes to the cross, I yield to womanist Delores Williams who cannot find the cross salvific. It is simply a place where a victim dies and God suffers with him.

I’ve tweeted about it before, but my only atonement theory is a rejection of atonement theories. All I can say about the cross is God suffered alongside Jesus and fuck state violence. https://twitter.com/masonmennenga/status/1225865668354027520?s=21 https://twitter.com/masonmennenga/status/1225865668354027520