Lanky_Pomegranate530M to Religious Cringe · 10 months agoWhen all other messaging fails so you appeal to people’s foot fetishimagemessage-square38fedilinkarrow-up1139arrow-down132
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minus-squareCyrus Draegur@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down11·10 months agoi always thought the foot washing thing was creepy and gross i suspect jesus (if indeed there even ever was an actual specific dude matching his description) had a foot fetish
minus-squareStern@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up29·10 months agoThrough a modern lens yeah the footwashing thing seems weird, but 2,000 years ago when sandals were the common footwear its a fair bit different.
minus-squarePoplar?@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up14·10 months agoI always understood washing feet to mean putting yourself into a lower position to teach yourself or show humbleness. Sort of similar to how some Indian cultures people prostrate and touch the feet of elders to show respect.
i always thought the foot washing thing was creepy and gross
i suspect jesus (if indeed there even ever was an actual specific dude matching his description) had a foot fetish
Through a modern lens yeah the footwashing thing seems weird, but 2,000 years ago when sandals were the common footwear its a fair bit different.
I always understood washing feet to mean putting yourself into a lower position to teach yourself or show humbleness.
Sort of similar to how some Indian cultures people prostrate and touch the feet of elders to show respect.