In even more words, are God and Jesus nice or mean?
2007-03-31 18:22:03 · 37 answers · asked by Billy D 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Other - Politics & Government
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 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!
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?
I can't imagine Jesus being anything but disgusted by mid to late- term abortions, but the Bible is not specific on the subject. The issue of "when life begins" would have to be answered, first.
2007-04-05 18:07:20 · answer #1 · answered by Smart Kat 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The answer to this depends on the mind set of the answerer. If you follow/believe the Judeo/Christian belief set, then God, and Jesus as an aspect of God, is all things, and all things are but facets of God. On the face of it, this would imply that God is both. Just as Satan is purported to be the inverse face of God, and part of the "Master plan", Republicans and Democrats are considered, by most, to be inverses of each other. God, the concept, contains both sides within himself.
If you don't follow the Judeo/Christian beliefs, then God doesn't exist and Jesus was just a man. In this case, they are neither Republican or Democrat, as neither articulated, political agenda existed when Jesus was alive.
I'm agnostic and conservative (to the extreme), so in general I think Dumocrats are socialistic, loudmouthed sheep and Repugnicans are arrogant, overbearing tyrants. To me they are both "mean". If God does exist, I doubt that either political mindset would garner any approval from Him.
2007-03-31 19:04:44 · answer #2 · answered by rdrnnr1972 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I somehow don't think God has politics, politics are just part of the human condition for better or worse. If he had politics why did he go the lame, destitute, leppers and prostitutes and not the clergy? And when churches get too political they tend to bring problems on themselves and wrap themselves too much into things not important to the church. If we have to define him by political terms. He is Conservative in the sense; he must stand for something! Yet he is Liberal enough not to interfere with free will and forgive us after we have a downfall and we are sincere in regret. That is as far as I will take this debate.
2007-04-08 17:38:48 · answer #3 · answered by Jorge D 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
How can god and jesus belong in a group created by humans? That's like asking if humans are viruses or bacteria, god and jesus are divine, flawless, essentially perfect, you can't classify the ideal of creation with something created by a very flawed being with a very small understanding. In other words, god and jesus are, perfection, republicans and democrats are classifications for the flawed thinking of humans. But if they MUST be party, they would be totally green party!
2007-03-31 18:35:31 · answer #4 · answered by Paul 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
this is rly not a ridiculous question.
I believe the reasonable way to approach this question is to first ask why we have Democrats or Republicans. Politics, why do we have them? Well, the reason why we have politics is because we, as individuals cannot create an impact. Thus, we gather our ideas and act as one in order to increase our chance of making a change in the direction we wish to progress.
We cannot solve great problems as individuals.
In other words, we have politics in order to obtain power as a group. this can be observed in a voting for a bill. In many cases all democrats vote for one side of the bill and the republicans for the other. As a group they have more power in say of the bill than as individuals.
Now, if we apply this to our question, God is neither Democrat or Republican. This is because, according to Christian beliefs, He is all-powerful. He as an individual, has no need to gather with others politically in order to have his Will done. He has no need for politics.
I hope i answered ur question.
2007-04-07 17:34:16 · answer #5 · answered by TheDoctor 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God is understood by different people in different ways. No one knows exactly what God is. Jesus the Christ, if viewed from a Biblical standpoint, would be a Democrat. He said,
"If a man asked for your coat, give him your cloak, also. If he ask you to go with him a mile, go with him twain." Not very many people are nice enough to do that.
2007-04-07 12:11:50 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
As Jesus said, "Give unto Caesar what is Caesar's." I think it's pretty clear that Jesus is apolitical.
I disagree with 50% of the spirit of your question. I think Dems and Reps are pretty even on the slime scale. Both have pretty much duped about 95% of the population into following party politics.
2007-03-31 18:32:00 · answer #7 · answered by Jesus Jones 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
no, neither Democrat or Republican. God, Jesus, Christ, the Holy Spirit is a very loving God.
2007-03-31 18:26:50 · answer #8 · answered by OPTIMIST 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
God/Jesus Christ is a liberal with just a tad of a mean streak.
2007-04-07 02:12:12 · answer #9 · answered by ha_mer 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Neither. God and Jesus along with the Holy Spirit constitute a "Benevolent Dictatorship". Obey His laws or accept Christ as your saviour, or die.
2007-03-31 18:36:33 · answer #10 · answered by gilfinn 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋