Regardless of his divinity, were his teachings ethical?
2007-04-30 03:34:02 · 21 answers · asked by Eleventy 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
dude. I loved Jesus, I am no Christian but he was highly offended by the church and rejected the hypocrisy and power weilded by the church, Jesus was a heretic who cursed! he was awesome, he even l;ived among the outcasts of society and encouraged others to shelter strangers and harbor, them(immigrants)
if he were alive today he'd most likely be considered a subversive tree hugging hippie , and if he had a job, I'd imagine it would be for amnesty international fighting those christian minute men border patrol people, or working for an organization such as doctors without borders, which is more probable cause these people go where others wont among the poor and diseased like Jesus.
2007-05-01 11:01:31 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think they were unethical, but you have to be more specific... are you looking at the Christian Jesus or the Gnostic Jesus?
Depending on which, there are two different answers to you question. In Christianity, Jesus was the perfect being, so he was completely ethical.
In Gnosticism, Jesus was a little bit of a different character. his teachings weren't unethical, but they might have toed the line between what is and what isn't.
2007-04-30 03:39:14 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, he condones slavery. He even goes as far as to tell others how to beat disobedient slaves. Some of his teachings are absurd, including teaching people to walk 2 miles if forced to walk one. Why teach people to become doormats? What is ethical about teaching peopel to allow themselves to be used?
He just represented the common morality at the time of the bible's creation.
2007-04-30 03:37:34 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 1⤋
It all depends upon your moral foundation. Based upon the question, it seems like you have another moral compass.
Let me guess, your sense of right & wrong?
The heart is wicked and evil. Men have proven one thing about humanity, you cannot trust a man's heart. It is too unstable, volitale, and hypocritical.
God does not move. He is the Rock that we can build a moral life on. All others are sinking sand.
2007-04-30 04:03:05 · answer #4 · answered by realchurchhistorian 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The most ethical. How tragic that some lack the ability to comprehend or deliberately misinterpret His teachings.
2007-04-30 03:42:14 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
To be a good person? Why not... what's wrong with trying to make people realize that the true path to salvation is being righteous regardless of ethnicity/religion as long as you "do unto other as you would have them do unto you" (which should be goodness) that's all that matter and if you do that God will provide for your needs.
2007-04-30 03:38:33 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Not ethical at all. He was a delusional person who taught all kinds of ridiculous illogical things. Violence, bigotry, hate etc. I don't know what those Xians see in that madman.
2007-04-30 04:18:30 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
He seemed to have been a nice dude. His teachings were a bit simplistic, but that's Ok. It was 2,000 years ago, can't expect the guy to have had all the knowledge.
2007-04-30 03:38:09 · answer #8 · answered by ? 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Mohandas Gandhi thought so.
He is quoted as saying:
“When we shall get together on the teachings laid down by Christ in this Sermon on the Mount, we shall have solved the problems . . . of the whole world.”
2007-04-30 03:40:55 · answer #9 · answered by Uncle Thesis 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes...he teaches us the different in Bad and Good...meaning of a faith living Life with God
2007-04-30 03:39:03 · answer #10 · answered by babo1dm 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋