Follow along with the video below to see how to install our site as a web app on your home screen.
Note: This feature may not be available in some browsers.
Don't forget that Jesus also said "render to Caesar that which is Caesar's".It illustrates that he believed the rich should pay more. Its implicit.What is your point with that quote?I tell you the truth, it is hard for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven. Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven.
I think it illustrates that the rich should give their wealth away - not specifically pay more to the government, but give it.
Jesus was NOT anti taxation.
Don't forget that Jesus also said "render to Caesar that which is Caesar's".It illustrates that he believed the rich should pay more. Its implicit.What is your point with that quote?I tell you the truth, it is hard for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven. Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven.
I think it illustrates that the rich should give their wealth away - not specifically pay more to the government, but give it.
Jesus was NOT anti taxation.
He wasnt a government so your argument is flawed. He encouraged people to pay their taxes. Thats a left wing stance as only billionaires dodge their fair share.A radical who fought for social justice.
He was on the side of the Angels on pretty much everything and his message was as clear as it gets.
Anti War - Blessed are the Peacemakers.
Healing the sick - He didnt turn away people without cover.
A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. He didnt say "apart from fags".
If you want to be perfect, go, sell your possessions and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. - Co-operation not competition, we work together to build a better world.
Let the one among you who is without sin be the first to cast a stone. - Apart from when its trannys who deserve to die !
Give to everyone who begs from you; and of him who takes away your goods do not ask them again. And as you wish that men would do to you, do so to them. - Strong supporter of welfare.
All the commandments: You shall not commit adultery, you shall not kill, you shall not steal, you shall not covet, and so on, are summed up in this single command: You must love your neighbor as yourself. - No T and Cs on this. We are all neighbours and entitled. He doesnt exclude any group.
How have his teachings become twisted into hate by false prophets ?
How has he been appropriated by the Right ?
He did everything through charity, not government.
There seems to be some confusion here.
Socialism is based on his teachings and not the other way round.
Wealth redistribution
Free healthcare
Love thy neighbour
Big tent.
Its all about fairness and social justice.
Jesus gets politicized a lot - each faction wants to claim him. He wasn't a political revolutionary but he was a social one and he advanced a religious message that flew in the face of religious and social dogma at the time.
He told the people to obey the secular authorities. There was no rule of the people by the people, and he did not advocate that. He advocated obedience to God, obedience to authority, tolerance, love, and endurance because their reward would not come in this life but the one after.
But just as the far left can't totally claim him, neither can the far right. He told us to help our fellow people when they were struggling - not leave them on the roadside because we assumed a moral failing was the cause of their poverty. In fact, unlike many on the right - he attached no moral label to poverty.
Jesus gets politicized a lot - each faction wants to claim him. He wasn't a political revolutionary but he was a social one and he advanced a religious message that flew in the face of religious and social dogma at the time.
He told the people to obey the secular authorities. There was no rule of the people by the people, and he did not advocate that. He advocated obedience to God, obedience to authority, tolerance, love, and endurance because their reward would not come in this life but the one after.
But just as the far left can't totally claim him, neither can the far right. He told us to help our fellow people when they were struggling - not leave them on the roadside because we assumed a moral failing was the cause of their poverty. In fact, unlike many on the right - he attached no moral label to poverty.
Jesus gets politicized a lot - each faction wants to claim him. He wasn't a political revolutionary but he was a social one and he advanced a religious message that flew in the face of religious and social dogma at the time.
He told the people to obey the secular authorities. There was no rule of the people by the people, and he did not advocate that. He advocated obedience to God, obedience to authority, tolerance, love, and endurance because their reward would not come in this life but the one after.
But just as the far left can't totally claim him, neither can the far right. He told us to help our fellow people when they were struggling - not leave them on the roadside because we assumed a moral failing was the cause of their poverty. In fact, unlike many on the right - he attached no moral label to poverty.
The far right has never claimed him, because most of us know he did not advocate any political ideology.
And he did not advocate obedience to authority, if authority required you to be disobedient to God. Leftist mushbrains can't grasp that. What he said regarding caring for and loving each other has exactly zero application to socialism, which isn't about caring for and loving one another, but killing and starving one another for the benefit of the "many" (and by that, they mean "the few" at the very top).
Christians and the Christian faith remains the biggest and most feared enemy that socialists face. Which is why you pigs always try to claim that Christ was a socialist.
I havent asked for anything Emily. Its just an observation.A radical who fought for social justice.
He was on the side of the Angels on pretty much everything and his message was as clear as it gets.
Anti War - Blessed are the Peacemakers.
Healing the sick - He didnt turn away people without cover.
A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. He didnt say "apart from fags".
If you want to be perfect, go, sell your possessions and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. - Co-operation not competition, we work together to build a better world.
Let the one among you who is without sin be the first to cast a stone. - Apart from when its trannys who deserve to die !
Give to everyone who begs from you; and of him who takes away your goods do not ask them again. And as you wish that men would do to you, do so to them. - Strong supporter of welfare.
All the commandments: You shall not commit adultery, you shall not kill, you shall not steal, you shall not covet, and so on, are summed up in this single command: You must love your neighbor as yourself. - No T and Cs on this. We are all neighbours and entitled. He doesnt exclude any group.
How have his teachings become twisted into hate by false prophets ?
How has he been appropriated by the Right ?
Dear Tommy Tainant if I hadn't answered this before
There is a DIFFERENCE between Jesus teaching
being enforced by FREE WILL through religious exercise, the church, the charities and individual FREE CHOICE
vs.
being mandated through govt which is in violation of
Constitutional laws against govt establishing religion.
People can believe in free health care by volunteering to help others through donations and charitable programs and teaching hospitals.
And that is completely separate from mandating this through govt and forced taxation.
Last I checked, Tommy Tainant, the liberals who preach "separation of church and state" did NOT want references to Christianity, crosses, God Jesus, creation, prayer or Bibles pushed through schools.
Individuals have rights to practice this but not public schools that are funded by taxpayers.
So which way do you want it?
If you want Jesus principles mandated through govt,
then you'd have to put up with religious beliefs in no sex outside of marriage, no abortions, no homosexuality etc.
Make up your mind.
Just be careful what you ask for; when you get the govt you deserve, you may not like it!
non sequitur.Please someone, I'm begging you..name a big socialist who praised Christ and declared socialism to be modeled on the precepts of Christianity.
Where do you get that anti Rome crap ??Jesus was ANTI ROME-----sorry folks ---your sunday school teachers lied
Jesus gets politicized a lot - each faction wants to claim him. He wasn't a political revolutionary but he was a social one and he advanced a religious message that flew in the face of religious and social dogma at the time.
He told the people to obey the secular authorities. There was no rule of the people by the people, and he did not advocate that. He advocated obedience to God, obedience to authority, tolerance, love, and endurance because their reward would not come in this life but the one after.
But just as the far left can't totally claim him, neither can the far right. He told us to help our fellow people when they were struggling - not leave them on the roadside because we assumed a moral failing was the cause of their poverty. In fact, unlike many on the right - he attached no moral label to poverty.
The far right has never claimed him, because most of us know he did not advocate any political ideology.
And he did not advocate obedience to authority, if authority required you to be disobedient to God. Leftist mushbrains can't grasp that. What he said regarding caring for and loving each other has exactly zero application to socialism, which isn't about caring for and loving one another, but killing and starving one another for the benefit of the "many" (and by that, they mean "the few" at the very top).
Christians and the Christian faith remains the biggest and most feared enemy that socialists face. Which is why you pigs always try to claim that Christ was a socialist.
compared to the Romans----Jesus was VERY MUCH a socialist. "SOCIALISM" fails when it become TOTALITARIAN----as in Nazism, Baathism, Communism
The far right is going to argue with you that Jesus was not a government official.There seems to be some confusion here.
Socialism is based on his teachings and not the other way round.
Wealth redistribution
Free healthcare
Love thy neighbour
Big tent.
Its all about fairness and social justice.
non sequitur.Please someone, I'm begging you..name a big socialist who praised Christ and declared socialism to be modeled on the precepts of Christianity.
false authority.
invalid analogy.
The far right is going to argue with you that Jesus was not a government official.There seems to be some confusion here.
Socialism is based on his teachings and not the other way round.
Wealth redistribution
Free healthcare
Love thy neighbour
Big tent.
Its all about fairness and social justice.
Jesus gets politicized a lot - each faction wants to claim him. He wasn't a political revolutionary but he was a social one and he advanced a religious message that flew in the face of religious and social dogma at the time.
He told the people to obey the secular authorities. There was no rule of the people by the people, and he did not advocate that. He advocated obedience to God, obedience to authority, tolerance, love, and endurance because their reward would not come in this life but the one after.
But just as the far left can't totally claim him, neither can the far right. He told us to help our fellow people when they were struggling - not leave them on the roadside because we assumed a moral failing was the cause of their poverty. In fact, unlike many on the right - he attached no moral label to poverty.
I read the New Testament----I do not recall Jesus telling people to obey SECULAR AUTHORITY-----au contraire
After Adolf conquered France the Germans all thought he WAS their Messiah.Nazis (also progressives and socialists) also harbored dreams of changing the definition of Christianity to Nazism, and replacing Christ with Hitler: " Nazis, such as Hans Kerrl, who served as Hitler's Minister for Church Affairs, believed Christianity could be Nazified into "Positive Christianity", by renouncing its Jewish origins, the Old Testament and Apostle's Creed, and holding Hitler as a new "Messiah". Religion in Nazi Germany - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Of course it was ridiculous. Hitler was not a Messiah, Christ was not a Socialist, and no, He did not and still doesn't advocate for Socialism, the idea if repugnant and laughable at the same time.
Socialists are in fact quite cognizant of the threat of the church, because socialism and Christianity cannot abide together:
"Throughout the history of the Soviet Union (1922–1991), Soviet authorities suppressed and persecuted various forms of Christianity to different extents depending on the particular era. Soviet policy advocated Marxist–Leninist atheism, which consistently advocated the control, suppression, and the elimination of religious beliefs during its implementation in the Soviet Union.[1]
"The state was committed to the destruction of religion,[2][3] and destroyed churches, mosques and temples, ridiculed, harassed, incarcerated and executed religious leaders, flooded the schools and media with atheistic teachings, and generally promoted atheism as the truth that society should accept.[4][5] The total number of Christian victims of Soviet state atheist policies, has been estimated to range between 12-20 million.[6][7][8]"
Persecution of Christians in the Soviet Union - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
