In the early 70s, there was a movement to embrace Christianity by the liberal left. There was a Christian commune featured in Easy Rider, and the movie-musical Jesus Christ Superstar was made during this era. Bob Dylan had a gospel album (Slow Train Coming,) as did Eric Clapton (One in Every Crowd.) Now - from this non-Christian's perspective - it seems like Christianity is an anathema to the far-left.
Are there still long-haired tie-died hippie Jesus-Freaks out there?
2007-09-18 07:35:47 · 27 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
The LSD got scarce
2007-09-18 07:39:52 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 4⤋
The Religious Right turned a lot of left-leaning people off to God. They thought, "If God is all about helping the rich and breaking the poor, and allowing racism and destroying the environment, then you can have Him!"
Fortunately, a "Religious Left", like Sojourners (sojo.com), is rising up to state that Jesus isn't a Republican, nor a Democrat. As for hippies, I can't say. I'm a 60s child that can appreciate a lot of hippiedom, and I've been a born-again Christian--but never a right-winged Republican--since 1979. And yes, I own a lavender tie-died T-shirt!
2007-09-18 07:49:38 · answer #2 · answered by MNL_1221 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I was never a Jesus Freak, but I knew and toked up with a lot of them.
I think the rift happened gradually. Every time a long-hair got beaten up by rednecks or cops it seemed God or Jesus somehow found a way into the dialogue. Something about that coincidence gradually seeped into the consciousness of the long-hair population.
Long afterward, those who were left probably saw a connection between Reagan's War on Drugs and Christianity.
Not much about it all to make anyone on that end of things want anything to do with Christianity.
2007-09-18 07:54:19 · answer #3 · answered by Jack P 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The hippie movement of the 1970's faded out years ago, but there are still lots of politically left-leaning folks who love Jesus and go to church. Lots of practicing Catholics are Democrats because the Catholic church opposes the war in Iraq and many of Bush's other decisions.
2007-09-18 08:08:17 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
That must have been around the time when churches started to get more corporate. I would think the hippies really understood and agreed with the message of Jesus, but if they tried to take it further than that and go to church, they would have realized that Jesus' message has been watered down and distorted by most churches to where it's barely recognizable. It's a turn-off in 2007, too, man.
2007-09-18 07:43:13 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
When did Christians abandoned being hippies?
once out of the catacombs,yuppie legalized?
Most (on the 50-60's revival/renaissence)were,in it,as another fashion trend they were told "to be in",as soon as they were told -again-that it was "out",they faded to Glam,etc.
They were never really "in",they still try to keep up with every new "in".They were never really Out,of being in the Hamsters' spinwheel of the "eternal" Youth Market created.
2007-09-18 07:43:47 · answer #6 · answered by amleth 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Dylan isn't really part of the far left. Where was he in 68-69? Oh yeah, writing country music. He wasn't around. There's a ton of christian themes in his album released last year too.
2007-09-21 13:23:25 · answer #7 · answered by Sherpa 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They discovered eastern spirituality in the 60's and 70's. That allowed them to totally abandon their Christian upbringing. Eastern spirituality also focuses more on the spiritual experience and personal growth whereas Christianity focuses on belief and salvation. This allowed the hippies to dwell in their drug culture. Hippies mostly grew out of this phase but are stereotyped as if they were still in it because Christian conservatives want to demonize their secular progressive politics.
2007-09-18 07:44:49 · answer #8 · answered by Earl Grey 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Look at the republican party, those hippies are grown up conservatives now. I think that sucks too. It is like they forgot the crap of the 70's and joined the establishment.
Some of us are still liberal democrats and even some atheists, I presume, but this country is predominately christian.
2007-09-18 07:48:42 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I guess when Christianity became a mega church, tele-evangelist, protesting at gay people's funerals, supporting wars and guns and the "Establishment", kind of organization.
The hippies were probably more attracted to the anti-establishment, social liberal side of Jesus. When Christianity started to become the political tool to define "normal" white American Republicans, it kinda lost its spunk and the hippies went New Age instead.
2007-09-18 07:44:59 · answer #10 · answered by Tyler T 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
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2016-10-09 10:08:00 · answer #11 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋