Why are liberals atheists? Or, why are atheists liberals? Do liberals think Jesus Christ was a liar?

Question

Or do liberals think Jesus never walked among man? Seems to be a very common link for liberals and democrats not to believe the Word of Christ. Maybe this lack of moral guidance explains why liberals have a difficult time understanding right from wrong-moral from immoral.

Answer 1

Jesus was a liberal as evidenced by the following verses:

1 "feed the hungry"

(not cut food programs, food stamps, wic, and school lunches)
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2. "shelter the homeless"

(not cut housing programs as Republicans did in December with the reverse Robin Hood bill) while ignoring the homeless and making more of them including children
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3. "Heal the sick"
(not have 45 million without health care when the government's own studies (GAO) show universal health care is cheaper than the system we have now).

30,000 americans die each year that would be alive if they had health care hurting their families and children..let's focus on those families and extend prolife views to include the living as well.
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4."Don't judge lest you be judged"

(as Republicans are so fond of doing--now being a case in point along with your other posts)...if a believer you should fear what God will say about your judging on the final judgement
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5."Do not publically broadcast your faith but go in your secret prayer closet"

(using your faith to get votes shows the difference between the faith or Bush vs. Kerry)
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6. "Blessed are the peacemakers"

(using depleted uranium weapons and causing horrific birth deformities like this is unconscienable as is a war for false reasons..could a true Christian really do this to children and their parents/grandparent and cause such extreme suffering?)


http://www.xs4all.nl/~stgvisie/VISIE/extremedeformities.html
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7. "If you favor the rich over the poor, you are commititing a sin"

(one could not say it more clearly than this Bible verse and no-one is more transparent about favoring the rich over the poor than Bush)

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8."The most important of these is love, if you have not love, you have nothing" (he was speaking of faith and hope being secondary to love)

...the 50 billion dollars cuts made in December to food and housing programs, cuts to veterans benefits, child support enforcement programs, etc are not demonstrating love --much hardship and human suffering will result.

It is particularly hypocritical especially when one is doing it solely to turn around three weeks later in order to cut 70 billion in tax cuts to the rich...these are not the principles of Jesus.

Isn't it enough the poor and working poor are the ones who are sacrificing their children to war..must they now finace it too?
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9."If someone asks for your coat, give them your hat too"

This is social justice in action, and reminds us that God loves a cheerful giver. We are to give to those in need, not, for example, throw fatherless children off welfare so their moms can work two jobs and essentially orphan them. Care for the orphans, the bible says frequently. It is the children who we are really giving to with social programs like welfare.

He also shows in the parables of the workers who worked just an hour getting the same pay as those working all day, that caring about people's needs and being generous superceeds the status quo and that He will repay us for our generosity. He uses us to help answers the prayers of others.
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10. Trust God, not man, to protect you"


(this means not using pre-emptive strikes, FEMA, and homeland security, but faith alone for that takes real faith and trust....remember the battle of Jerico)
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11. "Pray for and love your enemies"

(again don't use depleted uranium and contaminate all food and water for 4 1/2 billion years, and caused cancer, gulf-war type syndrome, and horrific birth deformities to skyrocket). Doing something like this only causes a desire for retribution against us as well.
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12. "Thou shall not kill"

some of the deaths caused by the neocons include

*deaths from unnessary war,

*from D.U. weapons and the sicknesses they cause

*for our own troops being poisoned and for their future children (extreme deformities--67% of Gulf War I vets have kids with serious birth defects like missing eyes and limbs from our use of DU weapons..all four of the countries we used them in have had gulf-war type syndromes). Also spouses of troops are dying.

*the deaths of innocent civilians in neighboring countries (15 countries from Iraq so far as DU spreads widely),

*and future generations, (till the end of time)---millions or more of people

*from preventable deaths for lack of health care due to political contributions and kickbacks from insurance companies, etc.being more important to politicians than people's lives

*from the rise in number of aborted babies from lack of programs and a living wage etc which makes it more likely the women will choose an abortion (which are way up under Bush),

*people who kill themselves when they lose their home from economics of the day and from program cuts

*or lose a job due to free trade agreements and outsourcing, etc and become depressed and commit suicide

*or who die because there can't afford medical drugs due to not allowing Canadian drugs to be purchased cheaper

*or die from freezing to death when they become housing from housing programs cuts

*or die from sicknesses from substandard food that Americans especially poor and uneducated one are eating daily due to food companies lobbists

*death that results from harming the enviroment and killing the planet itself and other species

*killing people in the future through ignoring global warming and bypassing alternative feuls (which is involved in wars that kill) for profits

and on and on it goes...it is the taking of another's life which we are not to do

This doesn't include the millions more who suffer greatly as a result of current policies here and around the world.
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13. Though not from the words of Jesus, Ezechiel22: 25-31 says (in my translation)---think of this administration and these words...

"they kill innocent people for profit "(see above for examples and no blood for oil)

"they make widows out of women" (war, and see list above)

"they plot their secret plans like lion going after their prey"

and it concludes with "they claim God speaks to them when He hasn't said a word to them" and that "they will be HARSHLY punished for hurting the poor.

How appropriate to today's leaders...
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Yes, Jesus and God love the poor and so do liberals.

It is love in action that speaks and it is that love that Jesus refers to when he will say at the final judgement, "I was hungry and you fed me, naked and you clothed me, in prison and you visited me, "etc when He says "whatsoever you do to the least of my breathren, you do unto me".

When He says to the others "I was hungry and you didn't feed me" etc. and depart from me "I never knew you" it will be to those without love in their hearts for love is the key that makes the difference...God sees inside and he called the outwardly perfect pharasees on their fiflty, hard hearts inside, and loved the sinners instead. He says what he thinks of the rich (it is harder...eye of a needle..") and the political right is the party of the rich.
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14. "Look to the beam in your own eyes"

(ie--stop judging others for their sins as only God know their heart, all the circumstances, environment,and their natural temperament and brain chemistry that influences one decision.

Since only God knows all the variables, only He is fit to judge).
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These are only a few of the verses that show Jesus does not think like you and was indeed a liberal. He also elevated the status of women in his days.

It is a sterotype to say that all liberals are godless. I personally am a born again, evangelical Christian who is very far left precisely because of my Christian values and study of the word of God and following of principles of love that stem from a conscience and good heart and a belief to do unto others.

Jesus warned that many would be led astray by false preachers in these end times; unfortunately, these Christians that are being led astray in mass numbers are blind to the fact that they are part of what Jesus prophesized.

They are listening to false prophets who substitute their own conservastive ideology for the words of Jesus and twist his words to suit their viewpoints pulling millions down the path of destruction....who are unaware of their own self-righteousness, lack of caring for others,, and blindness.

Just like in His days, religious people were blind to the truth..and hated Jesus for pointing it out so too, do you hate those who point out your willful self beliefs superceeding Jesus' words or your blind following of false prophets.

Jesus pointing out to the pharasees that though they thought they were moral and upright for following all the jewish laws and 10 commandments strictly, they did so without love in their hearts and with self-righteousness. It is our love for God and our fellow man that God wants most from us.

Jesus eschewed the company of the religious and preferred that of prostitutes, tax collectors, adulterers and other sinners. Likely he would be hanging out with the gays and poor and homeless and women having abortions if he walked the earth today and people like you would be criticizing hiom for loving the lowly and sinners.

He hates hypocrites and so many Christians are hypocrits but blind to thier hypocrisy --modern day pharasees who risk being rebuked if they don't wake up.

I do not hate Christians, being one; however, I do feel sorry that so many like sheep are led astray because they are following the words of outspoken religious rights pasters and leaders rather than the words of their true shephard, Jesus.



I hope you will thoughtfully consider the words I have written so you will not be ashamed on judgment day for your lack of love for the least of these.

Answer 2

Some liberals are atheists, some are Jews, some are Christians, some are Buddhists, etc.

The common denominator for liberalism appears to be taking a critical, skeptical approach to all things. They don't take things at face value, and don't reflexively or automatically believe everything they read or hear, including religious texts. It's that whole thinking for yourself thing.

This in fact what separates Reform Judaism from Orthodox Judaism. Orthodox Jews believe the Torah is the written word of God, pure and simple, the way some fundamentalist Christians believe the King James Bible (even though it's in English, and was therefore obviously translated at least once) is the literal word of God. Reform Jews belive the Torah is divinely inspired, but that the Torah contains allusions and metaphors that need to be thought about, interpreted, made relevant to the individual.

A bit of a tangent, but I'm trying to illustrate a point. Not all liberals are atheists, but their approach to religion may be a bit different from conservatives, who tend to be a bit more dogmatic, inflexible and literal.

Are all atheists liberals? I'm sure not 100%, but I can't think of any atheists I know who are politically conservative, oh, with the exception of some Air Force Academy graduates. What goes on at that place?

Who called Jesus a Liberal? Oh my goodness, no, Jesus hated liberals - that rabbi was a Radical, more of a Che Guevara or an Abbie Hoffman than a Bill Clinton. Liberals are too establishment - the "let's change it from the inside" approach. Jesus was more of a "burn, baby, burn" kinda guy. He didn't want to modify the existing social order - he wanted to tear it down and start over with something better, starting with all Romans outta Palestine.

Answer 3

Jesus Christ was a liberal Jew,and many Democrats believe the religion,as silly as it is.

As an Atheist myself,I would say you are a typical lying immoral bible nut who sounds like a complete crazy scatterbrains.

There was NO intelligence in the world until the rise of Skepticism.
If it werent for said "liberals",we'ed be stuck in the Dark Ages burning heretics at the stake.Some morals!

"It is not the love Christians have for men but rather the impotency of their love that keeps the Christians of today from burning us"-Friedrich Nietzche.

Answer 4

I assume when you say "liberals" you mean Democrats so I'm going to go with that. Someone, probably a Republican, has made you believe that. Maybe some people who vote Democrat are atheists but maybe some who tend to vote Republican are too. But it's not true to say all liberals (or Democrats) are atheists. Liberals don't hate freedom. Democrats seem to be the only ones that try and save our freedoms as inscribed in our Constitution. Republicans want to re-write it when it benefits them. You are grossly misinformed as are alot of people who tend to vote Republican. All the Democrats I know do believe in God and Jesus Christ and have moral values. I'm sorry you are so misinformed. No one is perfect. Even Republicans.

Answer 5

Jesus was a Liberial!
Jesus was the ultimate liberal progressive revolutionary of all history. The conservative religious and social structure that He defied hated and crucified Him. They examined His life and did not like what they saw. He aligned Himself with the poor and the oppressed. He challenged the religious orthodoxy of His day. He advocated pacifism and loving our enemies. He liberated women and minorities from oppression. He healed on the Sabbath and forgave adulterers and prostitutes. He associated with drunks and other social outcasts. He rebuked the religious right of His day because they embraced the letter of the law instead of the Spirit. He loved sinners and called them to Himself. Jesus was the original Liberal. He was a progressive, and He was judged and hated for it. It was the self-righteous religionists that He rebuked and He called them hypocrites.

The primary issues of Christian Liberalism were birthed when Jesus spoke the profoundly prophetic words found in Matthew 25: 31-46. These scriptures reveal God’s heart for the poor, the sick and other neglected people through out history. Christians should read this text and judge for themselves which of the two groups mentioned there more accurately reflect the political parties of today. His Liberalism lives on today and the issues have not changed much.

Answer 6

Jesus was profoundly liberal. Inclusive of women in a taliban type society, most likely he had gay tendecies because there was no woman mentioned aside from his mother who was important to him but at least twelve men were ..btw at the last supper he was eating with his head on one of the other guys ...check it out! Most scholars think he lived. But his divinity was undecided for some time thus the questions St. Paul was having to answer in his books.

Your view of religion is ulta-myopic. The Catholic church is opposed to the death penalty (jesus died as a result of a death penalty) which is liberal. But Catholics are opposed to even using birth control ...ULTRA CONSERVATIVE.

There are atheist conservatives as well ....in fact quite a few ..check out Cato Institute. Its just that most atheist are big on civil liberties. Where as Christians love telling folks how to run their lives. If needed by enforcing it through the government.

Christians feel that god is so weak that goverment must prop him/her/it UP. Creation Science (talk about oxymorons) is one of those flaccid limp weak ideas that Christians want to ram down everyone's throat. Even lots of Christians dont buy that crap Catholic Church in particular.

Morals are situational. Otherwise how can God be on everone's side. Right now I think God is on Bin Laden side, he is also on Bush's side, I am pretty sure he is on the side of ever religious nut that thinks there is a god. God is amazing huh!!

Answer 7

who's morals are you talking about? yours? the republican party's? can you show me the passage in the bible where jesus says it's ok to invade another country without provocation? or the part where god said to his people, make sure to protect the oil fields at all costs?
maybe you should read the part about 'turn the other cheek' and forgiving your attacker 70 times 7 times. your morals come from the republican political machine. not the bible. don't use that good book to cloak your misguided morals.

Answer 8

i think liberals just don't sheepishly accept the bible at face value. i think most liberals believe jesus live walked the earth taught many great life lessons, but died as a mere mortal not some divine entity that needs to be pacified with prayer and good deeds.

Answer 9

No, we think Jesus Christ was a Liberal.. I think most Atheists(I'm not) believe that Jesus was a real person. I think they believe that a lot of the bible was true.. But they don't believe in GOD and certain parts.

Answer 10

because liberals want an anything gos society. no judgment on perverted behavior. the list goes on. they don't know the meaning of morality

more than that, they just disagree with all the teachings of jesus, and most of all the golden rule.

Answer 11

I'm a Christian, and because of that I am a Liberal as well, just like Jesus, but not like you.