Why are most Christians Republicans when Jesus Christ was a "liberal"?

Question

After all, Jesus healed the sick, for FREE, fed the poor, for FREE, and forgave His enemies. These ideals are regarded as wrong by most Republicans.

Answer 1

The people who have hijacked the Republican Party for their own purposes have done a very effective job in rallying Christian voters around a few key issues that they themselves actually care very little about.

If the average Christian voter were to take the time to understand the "Big Picture", they would realize they are supporting much that is contradictory to the true teachings of Jesus.

Answer 2

American society of today is nothing like the society of Jesus' time. Things we view as "conservative" were quite liberal even in our own culture just a century ago.

Republicans are generally more likely to be anti-abortion, pro-family, more conservative relative to our time. That's why more Christians tend to be Republican.

And for the record, I'm a Christian and a Democrat.

Answer 3

You must have no concept of what a Republican believes. We do believe in providing for the poor, but we believe that it is not the government's job to do it. It is for churches and private foundations, charities, and the like. And Jesus was not liberal. In fact, what He did was restore what men had dismantled.

The religious leaders of Jesus' day had perverted and changed what God's Law was really about, and had substituted their rules and made them equal with the Law.

As it is written: "Then he said to them, "You have a fine way of rejecting the commandment of God in order to keep your own tradition! For Moses said, 'Honor your father and your mother,' and 'Whoever curses his father or mother must certainly be put to death.' But you say, 'If anyone tells his father or mother, "Whatever support you might have received from me is Corban,"' (that is, an offering to God) you no longer let him do anything for his father or mother. You are destroying the word of God through your tradition that you have handed down. And you do many other things like that." (Mark 7:9-13)

So, Jesus was actually a conservative, restoring what had been perverted in the name of "progress." Kinda like the liberal churches of today that have abandoned the Bible as the source that informs their faith, and substituted man's reasoning and tradition. The Episcopal church especially of late is but one that has allowed for homosexual clergy and a bishop to be ordained, call God "Mother," and many other ideas that have no basis in Scripture.

Answer 4

i presumed that a reasonable Christian become somebody who become Christian yet held political evaluations that would reasonable. as an occasion, a reasonable Christian as a replace of being professional-life (extra Christian suitable), may well be professional-decision or professional-choiceANDpro-life. I consistently have discovered it nerve-racking while political stances have been conditional on being referred to as a definite faith, considering that which could unquestionably be bastardized/corrupted right into a "accept as true with me, or you're banished from God's favour" that's a terror-based leverage gadget that i do no longer think of wisely reflects Who God Is, or how God works.

Answer 5

American Republicans may feel that they have a monopoly on the gospels but it is a demographic fact that most Christians are not even American. Would you believe that? Most of the world's Christians live in Africa and I believe that this presents an argument for Africa having a monopoly on Christ.

Answer 6

Democrat and Republican are American concepts. Liberal and conservative are relatively modern concepts. There is no way to apply any of them to Jesus. He did not fit comfortably into any group or party or position.

Answer 7

If Jesus was a liberal, I must agree with Harold Macmillan, who said
"As usual the liberals offer a mixture of sound and original ideas. Unfortunately none of the sound ideas is original and none of the original ideas is sound"...

Answer 8

I'd like to see some demographics that back up your stance that most Christians are republican.

Most democrats are Christian, it's the vocal minority of dems that are not.

I also might add that many independents are Christian.

So, where are your stats?

Answer 9

Then why are Democrats more anti-Christian if Jesus was a liberal? You all going to join a church now?

Answer 10

God also had unlimited power a knew who really needed it. Also Jesus was killed, by the jews for all that he did. And if our county dies, it won't be raised back from the dead like He was.