when did he say give tax breaks to the rich and screw the poor? esp when he hung out with tax collectors and the poor among other ' undesirables'; in fact 'it is easier for a camel to go thru the eye of a needle than a rich man to enter the kingdom of Heaven'
did he say 'love one another' or 'love one another but not those---"?
are 'those who live by the sword shall die by the sword' ,'judge not lest ye be judged' and casting stones conservative practices and beliefs?
I will admit that there are some that do apply to a 'conservative' philosophy: 'every man must bear his own burden'. but, on the whole, i dont a correlation between what Jesus really taught and what conservatives say
2007-01-04 03:38:35 · 12 answers · asked by I.M. 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Other - Politics & Government
(and yes, i do admire Jesus)
2007-01-04 03:40:31 · update #1
Well, I'm not so sure that the philosophy of Jesus Christ has any certain political leanings, to me it seems more like simply knowing the difference between right and wrong. Bear in mind that I am no Biblical scholar, but I don't remember JC ever talking about "tax cuts for the rich and the Hell with the poor". Nevertheless, he did say that there are always going to be poor people, and that we should should bear our own burdens, but at the same time he believed that the love of money is root of all evil. Still, I'm not so sure its as political as it is just doing the right thing. Now I'm not one of these hardcore, bible thumping Christians, but it seems to me that Jesus would've been a little more right wing than he would a left wing guy. Personally, I don't think either side is right, but what the hell do I know?
-J.
2007-01-04 03:46:44 · answer #1 · answered by Jason 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Any politician, Dem or Repub or Bantu who uses God as his source of legitiamcy is just as bad a Pat Robertson and the rest of Satan's warriors. But in fact you have to be pretty dumb to think that conservatives have the power of God behind them or that anyone believes that anyhow.
2007-01-04 03:57:44 · answer #2 · answered by Tom W 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Good point..some times I think Conservatives hijacked Christianity the way fundamentalist Muslims hijacked Islam...!
2007-01-04 03:45:32 · answer #3 · answered by dadacoolone 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-29 23:43:46 · answer #4 · answered by englin 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Amen
2007-01-04 03:43:59 · answer #5 · answered by OhNo! 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
jesus should be kept out of politics
but he would have been a liberal.
Love everyone and peace
NOT discriminate, oppress, and bomb
He hung around poor people and homeless.
NOT screwing over the poor so he and his friends could have more money.
Actually, i think jesus wouldnt be very fond of republicans. they are a very greedy hateful bunch
2007-01-04 04:05:42 · answer #6 · answered by anonymous w 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
He is not a conservative and I more than 'admire' Him, I worship Him.
However, those things that you wrongly accuse conservatives of doing pale in comparison to the slaughter of innocents. Something I know Jesus is against.
So, save your pandering and take care to use the Name of our Lord in your Liberal propaganda.
2007-01-04 03:57:03 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
I agree with your sentiment. Jesus was not a republican. Or a democrat for that matter.
2007-01-04 03:47:00 · answer #8 · answered by harrisnish 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Jesus is a-political. "Give unto Caesar that which is Caesar's"
2007-01-04 03:46:19 · answer #9 · answered by Jon M 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You're right: he didn't have a job, and lived off other people. He could have been a Lib.
2007-01-04 03:58:25 · answer #10 · answered by big j 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋