Why do conservative always qoute Jesus when he was a liberal?
2006-12-20 09:29:31 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Because he was both. He was building a new religious concept on the foundation of an old one. Some of his ideas were very radical and some of them were very traditional.
2006-12-20 21:20:47 · answer #1 · answered by Bad bus driving wolf 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's hard to transfer what Jesus taught in that day to present times, politically speaking.
Example; Because he saved the woman caught in the act of adultery, does that mean he would be against ALL death penalty cases?
And, if you noticed, while he saved her, he didn't back down on saying she was wrong. ("Go & sin no more.") I can imagine liberals screaming, "Who are you telling her what to do with her own body!"
He said you have to pay your taxes, but would he have voted for a politician who advocated fixing things by higher taxes?
He taught obedience to the government, but does that mean he wanted a big government?
He obviously wanted the poor to be taken care of, but does that mean he would have wanted the government to be in charge of it? And 50% of the rich man's income being confiscated to pay for it? That sounds more like Robin Hood than Jesus Christ!
I think it's odd that many liberals want to believe Jesus was a liberal considering so many of them don't believe in Jesus.
2006-12-22 01:55:01 · answer #2 · answered by Smart Kat 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Honesty isn't exactly their strong point.
2006-12-21 19:08:00 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋