Who are better Christians liberals or conservatives and would Jesus be a liberal or conservative?

Question

Examples of Liberal Christians MLK, Rosa Parks and Mother Theresa
Conservative examples, Pat Robertson, Jerry Falwell, George Bush.

Answer 1

Gee, let's see. Would Jesus give tax breaks to the rich and ignore the poor? Would he approve of a war based on a lie? Would he approve of pollution? Would he have helped the Katrina victims? Hmmmmm, tough one.

Answer 2

I sure hope he'd be liberal conservative because I think Mother Theresa is better then George Bush, especially if you're talking about good ol' W.

Making it your lifes work to help people seems more of a Jesus thing. :)

Answer 3

True Christians would be neither one because you read in the Bible that they wanted to make Jesus the king of the Jews, and he said no and he retreated into hiding.

Not only that, but Jesus, Himself, said "My followers are no part of this world. If they were part of this world then the world would be be fond of what is its own, but since you are no part of this world, on this account the world hates you." He also said "If They persecuted me, they will persecute you also." He told them "If the world hates you, they hated me first." He always told his followers to seek God not man.

Therefore, Jesus would never belong to a political party. His allegiance was not to any government on earth. His allegiance was to God's Kingdom; not to any political party. All this can be read in any Bible. Nowhere in the Bible will you ever find that Jesus was a ruler of anything on earth, and he would not give allegiance to the emperor of Rome or to the Jewish Sanhedrin. He could have done either one of those things and not have had to die on the torture stake, but He kept His integrity to His Father at all costs, up to and including his death by torture.

Answer 4

As a person from a faith at least vaguely related to Mother Theresa's faith -- no she wasn't a conservative. At the very least, when answering the poor woman, be courteous enough as to use the same definitions that other people use for the core discussion.

Answer 5

Conservatives. Jesus says:

Rev 3:19 Those whom I love, I reprove and discipline, so be zealous and repent.

We are to be both loving and correcting like Jesus told us to. Liberals are luke warm Christians and I recommend anyone to read this passage in its context to figure that out.

Answer 6

Christian Conservatives and I hate to bust your liberal bubble, but Mother Theresa was a Conservative.

Answer 7

I find there is neither liberal nor conservative scholarship, but rather only incompetent and competent scholarship, only impure and pure religion

Most, if not all of those you mentioned fall into the incompetent sort of scholarship and the impure sort of religion, by the mixing law and grace, old and new things we're told not to mix, lest it result in bursting, spilling, and perishing of new wine. Not to mention law and grace only mix to make an oxyMORON, or one proselyte called twofold: "more the child of hell" than former hypocrites, fools, vipers, and blind guides who sat in Moses' seat: Law (Mt 23).

Liberals vs Conservatives in United States remind me of scape-goats vs dumb-sheep on left vs right sides of Mt 22:36-40 and Rom 8:2 "law" "law", both sides being unaware the second (law) is like the first (law), the first being sin and death; Nor that the Son of Man (is not the Son of God) has one thing in store for them all: destruction, as it was in the days of Noe: Lk 17... awful lawful.

So, when talking good or better, we're not talking law law, but rather law or grace; grace being "some better thing God hath provided for us": Heb 11: conclusion, of them/us, in a "better testament" having a "better hope" of all living, none perishing, from the using of ordinances. Hence "the end" we're told to endure unto to be saved(only) by grace(only) has no mention of law: sin & death to anyone:

The "grace" of our Lord Jesus Christ with you all. Amen.

Answer 8

I don't think Jesus would be interested in politics. He didn't hang out with the Pharisees who were the religious leaders and government officials at the time. He spent time with sinners and tax collectors, and what interested Him was saving the heart of man.

Answer 9

Conservative, since adhering to the words long written down and not adding to or taking from them would be a conservative standpoint, not liberal(change)

Answer 10

I don't think Christ would ever feel the need to be affiliated with any political group. I think if Christ were here today He Would Be The One And ONLY Government.