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What Would Jesus Have Done?
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He recommended helping the weak, the meek, the ones who lay injured by the roadside. He commended a Samaritan who helped someone even though the Samaritan was of a tribe disliked by the Jews. He defended a man who collected wood on the sabbath. He said that rich people would find it hard to go to heaven. He said we should turn the other cheek when attacked.
He did not condemn refugees. He did not recommend that we should smite the enemies of the Lord. He did not despise the poor and dispossessed. He did not condemn prostitutes.
He did condemn those who would have stoned sinners.
If he was real, he sounds a rather decent chap, not much like many so-called christians.
He did not condemn refugees. He did not recommend that we should smite the enemies of the Lord. He did not despise the poor and dispossessed. He did not condemn prostitutes.
He did condemn those who would have stoned sinners.
If he was real, he sounds a rather decent chap, not much like many so-called christians.
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He probably would think he died on the cross in vain.
17:18 Thu 03rd Dec 2020
I like your sentiments, drmorgan (“Many of the Christians I know are the kindest, most decent people you would want to meet.”)
Sadly, some of the nastiest b****ds in living memory have claimed to be Christians. Thatcher, Pinochet, in fact most of the world’s strutters and dictators probably called themselves Christians.
Not that they’re all in that league, but I’d bet most MPs go to church!
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Sadly, some of the nastiest b****ds in living memory have claimed to be Christians. Thatcher, Pinochet, in fact most of the world’s strutters and dictators probably called themselves Christians.
Not that they’re all in that league, but I’d bet most MPs go to church!
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no one really knows what he was like, let alone really said
chinese whispers, blessed are the meek, could have been cheese makers? may have also been gay...hung out with lots of men.
basically all supposition, would not believe a book written by so many so long ago, lot's of nasty stuff in that book as well, obviously
written by zealots.
chinese whispers, blessed are the meek, could have been cheese makers? may have also been gay...hung out with lots of men.
basically all supposition, would not believe a book written by so many so long ago, lot's of nasty stuff in that book as well, obviously
written by zealots.
fendr, I was addressing christians, really, and I didn't want to be dismissive about the whole of christianity; obviously someone inspired the whole thing and the fact that it might have been 'altered' by later interpreters (e.g. S/Paul) doesn't mean that what is reported of JC is necessarily rubbish. BTW I think 'Zealots' were not friends of JC; they thought they should be sticking up for themselves with a bit of cold steel.
Jesus wasn’t a bad bloke but his reputation as faultless is manufactured by religion - and he wasn’t faultless because he was human. He could become angry and vengeful, he wasn’t always accommodating to foreigners, he didn’t encourage family life, he wasn’t particularly caring towards his mother, he lived on charity, his family thought he was bonkers, and his wealthy friends, I believe, were instrumental in saving him from certain death on the cross. With the hocus pocus stripped from the story and potential clues followed, an intriguing possibility raises its head. Who was he? In my opinion he was exactly who the occupying Romans said he was - the King of the Jews - which was why they condemned him to death on a charge of insurrection. He was dangerous to them.
So what would Jesus have done? Probably not what you've been taught he might have done.
So what would Jesus have done? Probably not what you've been taught he might have done.
ps, //I think 'Zealots' were not friends of JC; they thought they should be sticking up for themselves with a bit of cold steel. //
Jesus wasn't averse to a bit of cold steel. He told his disciples to sell their cloaks to buy swords. I think he was very much a friend of the Zealots for the reason suggested in my previous post.
Jesus wasn't averse to a bit of cold steel. He told his disciples to sell their cloaks to buy swords. I think he was very much a friend of the Zealots for the reason suggested in my previous post.
