And was he judgemental toward others?
2007-09-23 17:00:14 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
They crucified Him. They didn't give Him the death penalty for good citizenship.
He attacked the establishment and their livelihood, when He attacked the money changers and Pharisees.
2007-09-23 17:12:09 · answer #1 · answered by capekicks 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Whose rules? He was killed as a political prisoner and not because the Jews or the Romans thought he was a god. Obviously someone felt he broke the rules or he would not have been arrested. He was progressive (I wouldn't use radical) because he was looking for governmental changes that would be more helpful and forgiving to the people, especially the poor.
2007-09-24 00:12:00 · answer #2 · answered by yakngirl 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes Jesus broke rules to show the Pharisees the error of their ways. He would have to be considered a radical as He not only quoted from the scriptures in the temple He added to them while He was at it.
2007-09-24 00:07:12 · answer #3 · answered by Nora Explora 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
He was radical - he regularly broke the rules of the faith in which he was raised and spoke out against those in power in that faith. He did so to teach the difference between man made rules and God's rules and what was really important.
But he was considered a radical
2007-09-24 00:06:15 · answer #4 · answered by treehse65 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
He broke a lot of what were perceived as rules. He was a radical. He didn't follow the rules the religious leaders of the day expected people to follow. And for good reason -- they had strayed from God's rules and were making up their own.
2007-09-24 00:05:18 · answer #5 · answered by Craig R 6 · 5⤊ 0⤋
He was completely radical. Counter-cultural. Shockingly different. He told people to pray for their enemies, forgive others 7x70 a day! stay married and turn the other cheek. These were completely new thoughts no one else had said. He also claimed to be the Son of God and then proved it through miracles.
2007-09-24 00:44:49 · answer #6 · answered by betternher 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The religious leaders of the day were on Jesus constantly, for doing things they felt were breaking the "laws". He healed a man on the sabbath, and they pitched a fit! He gave honor to women, when women of the day were treated as chattel. He ate with tax collectors, when these people were hated. He even accused the men who thought they were so righteous, the pharisees, of being "whitewashed sepulchres, full of dead men's bones". Jesus embraced those that were low and broken in spirit and scolded those who were full of themselves and thought themselves superior.
He was bringing a message, that God desires mercy, not sacrifice. That is why to this day, He still turns lives around, just by the power of His name.
2007-09-24 00:05:41 · answer #7 · answered by Esther 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
I'd say he was pretty radical since he turned the Jewish faith upside down and led people against the Roman Empire. If he were a conservative, then he'd have been just another random rabbi that no one remembers.
2007-09-24 00:06:37 · answer #8 · answered by egn18s 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Not a single one, however he showed the flaws of the religious practices of the time and the religious leaders wanted to kill him for pointing out their flaws and iniquities. Yes to challenge their authority was I suppose a radical thing to do no matter if it was the right thing.
2007-09-24 00:08:21 · answer #9 · answered by saintrose 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
to say that he didn't need a temple to stand between him and his father was very radical at the time ,ultimately resulting in his execution at the hands of the romans basically for disturbing the peace. at the same time he alienated himself from the priests of the temple by threatening the temple tax which was to be paid in shekels only available at the temple itself and at whatever cost they determined at the time
2007-09-25 00:16:31 · answer #10 · answered by joe c 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋