I’m surprised everyone has missed it up until now; the likeness is so obvious. Mandela spent his youth blowing things up, Jesus created things out of wood; Mandela had three wives, Jesus had none; Mandela was an inveterate womaniser, Jesus was chaste; Mandela was a self-proclaimed communist, Jesus wasn’t – except in the eyes of the Anglican Church of Canada; Mandela lived until 95 and died in his bed, Jesus died in agony on a cross; Mandela was a sinful man just like the rest of us, Jesus was the sinless Son of God. I could go on, but you get the idea.
From here:
Sooner or later, it had to come. Over the weekend, the BBC presenter Evan Davis suggested that the late Nelson Mandela should be ranked alongside Jesus Christ in the pantheon of virtue.
Like all media the BBC will say anything that meets their agenda. Truth is definitely a secondary issue if it is even considered. Nelson Mandela did contribute to society but he, like all of us, was a sinner and none of us can begin to claim any likeness to our Lord.
Frank has the right of it. Mandela would have scoffed at such a comparison. He was not an idiot.
This is clearly the BBC’s failing, not Mandela’s.
I agree that Mandela was just another pawn in the game. I wonder who he was working for?