Jesus of Nazareth, Republican?

[Joanne98]

Hey, you “Christian” Republicans out there!

Jesus was a liberal.

That’s right.

Jesus said to sell all you have and give it to the poor, and he said that it was easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven.

Doesn’t that sound just like a liberal?

He said, “Blessed are the poor, for theirs is the kingdom of God.” (That’s in the gospel of Luke.)

And he said, “If a man asks for your shirt, give him your coat also.” (That’s in Matthew.)

And he said, “Blessed are the peacemakers,” and “those who take up the sword will perish with the sword.”

I swear it’s all in gospels (and the gospels tell us not to swear on anything, including the Bible, and yet all you conservatives FREAKED when Obama didn’t put his hand on a Bible during his second swearing-in ceremony).

Oh, and Jesus never married, but hung around with 12 guys who abandoned their families for his “higher cause.”

Did you catch that, all you “Christians” who call yourselves Republicans?

Jesus’s apostles DITCHED THEIR WIVES AND KIDS, as well as their RESPONSIBILITIES TO THEIR PARENTS. Jesus told them, “Let the dead bury their own dead.”

Okay, I admit that this last quote of Jesus is callous and sounds like a Republican, but most everything else that Jesus said sounds like Al Franken!

I really can’t imagine any Republican politician talking about the poor, the rich, peace, the family, or obligations to parents in ways that Jesus would have approved, can you?

In fact, Jesus sounds a little bit more like Barack Obama and Martin Luther King than Rush Limbaugh or Tom DeLay.

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http://santitafarella.wordpress.com/2009/02/26/jesus-of-nazareth-republican/

[baldguy]

1. FUCK YOU! JESUS WAS A RED-BLOODED AMERICAN HE-RO!

[falcon97]

2. LOL! RamboJesus

on the right kicks ass! Going off to pray the rosary now, just in case.

[zeemike]

3. All of that is true except the part about the disciples

Ditching their families.
While Jesus had 12 disciples he had hundreds of followers and I suspect many of them were the families of the disciples.
And you must remember that the disciples held all things in common...they were communists long before it was cool.
So their families were not just left to fend for themselves but were living communally.

[monmouth]

4. Ahhhh, good times....n/t

[Uncle Joe]

5. And in his one and only violent act, that I'm aware of,

he threw the money-changers (businesspeople) of the day out of the Temple; which also served as the government of the day.

I believe of all the acts and teachings of Jesus, that was the straw breaking the camel's back which got him crucified.

Today you rarely if ever hear the corporate churches; claiming to follow Christ promote that lesson.

[MaineCoast]

6. Social Reformer and Activist

I believe Jesus was a social reformer and activist.

[The Hope Mobile]

7. Absolutely! and Welcome to DU!!

[zeemike]

8. And you know what they do to reformers and activist

And welcome to DU