proudliberal

Many passages in the bible describe jesus to be a liberal and many passages seem to describe jesus as a fascist dictator.

Could it be there may be wriiten in the gospels two men named jesus or jesus had a split personality.

Mr. B

I may be wrong, but from my understanding of the Bible, Jesus was not promoting liberal policies. Asking people to feed the hungry, clothe the naked, etc. is not a liberal attitude. A liberal attitude is forcing people to do those things, by taxation, rather than voluntarily.

Again, there may be other doctrines propounded by Jesus that could be considered liberal or even collectivist, but I don't recall what they would be.

karen

I don't think so. Modern sects have different brands of Jesus. So, I think it's reasonable to conclude the differences in his biblical personality stem from that. Mark "started" it, Matthew and Luke gave their spin and John went in a different direction from all of them.

Karen

general_koffi

He does force people to do what he says. Hell card... :devil:

Mr. B

That's an interesting take. However, I understand the Christian doctrine to be that one has the free will to choose whether to do right or not. I doubt whether Jesus (assuming that there was such a guy) would consider a person to be following the Christian model if he were, for example, giving to the poor only insofar as he does it through the forced mechanism of taxes.

proudliberal

Well if they were volunteering they would not have to tax,would they?

Jesus was spreading liberal policies because the conservative philosophy is "so what let them starve.If they cant afford to eat thats not my problem."

Mr. B

I'm no conservative, but I know that that last paragraph is horseshit.

So, when conservatives give to charities helping the poor, they do it for what reason?

proudliberal

Tax deductions and write offs.They care less about the poor.If they even give in the first place.

Why did the coal mining company get over 200 safety violations?Tax writeoffs and the cost of doing business.They cared less about the miners until they are dead and the families are suing.

Julian

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