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2016 Postmortem
Showing Original Post only (View all)Bernie, Like Jesus, Brings Good News to the Poor [View all]
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ian-mevorach/bernie-like-jesus-brings-_b_9445546.htmlIn the Gospel of Luke, Jesus reads from the scroll of the Prophet Isaiah: The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to bring good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim release to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to let the oppressed go free, to proclaim the year of the Lords favor (Luke 4:18-19, NRSV). Today these words are fulfilled in your hearing, he boldly proclaims (Luke 4:21). The year of the Lords favor which Jesus announces is the Jubilee Year described in the Book of Leviticus. God commands Israel to observe a Jubilee Year, a sabbath of Sabbaths, every 49th year: this is a year in which slaves are freed, debts are forgiven, farm land and animals are allowed to rest, and, most importantly, land is redistributed. This is a year of social, economic, and environmental justice. Jesus message is radical in the true sense, in that it expresses the root values of liberation and equality at the heart of Judaism, values which resonate with the Israelites core identity as a community of slaves liberated by God from the tyranny of Pharaoh.
In an age that has seen the rich grow absurdly, unprecedentedly rich and the poor decline into abject, debilitating poverty, Sanders is the only major presidential candidate willing to sufficiently problematize the ever-widening wealth gap in our nation and world, and to offer revolutionary solutions to restore a level of economic equality consistent with a free society. As president, he would lead efforts to redistribute wealth from the rich to the poor, rebalancing our society and restoring our middle class.
In an age that has seen the rich grow absurdly, unprecedentedly rich and the poor decline into abject, debilitating poverty, Sanders is the only major presidential candidate willing to sufficiently problematize the ever-widening wealth gap in our nation and world, and to offer revolutionary solutions to restore a level of economic equality consistent with a free society. As president, he would lead efforts to redistribute wealth from the rich to the poor, rebalancing our society and restoring our middle class.
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The article is about the poor, and the only candidate who talks about them...
JackRiddler
Apr 2016
#23
No. Bernie is not Jesus. Bernie is Bernie. But of all of our candidates, Bernie most closely
JDPriestly
Apr 2016
#126
Yeah, I pissed off a Sunday School teacher frind of mine telling him that the other day...
tokenlib
Apr 2016
#137
I am responding to the link between Bernie and Jesus made in the OP. Your name-calling my
riversedge
Apr 2016
#49
well, I'm cool with you...I totally get the meanings here. Of cocurse, I am a Bernie
CTyankee
Apr 2016
#91
No, he's not the only candidate working for the poor, he's the only one you like who does.
PeaceNikki
Apr 2016
#93
What about Hillary supporters? Do you think that perhaps they are suffering from Stockholm Syndrome?
lunamagica
Apr 2016
#4
I don't remember Jesus hitting up his disciples and then bragging about the take. nt
ucrdem
Apr 2016
#10
The difference is that Sanders collects from the poor and spends it on his own campaign.
ucrdem
Apr 2016
#35
Neither do I. I do remember the meek shall inherit the earth. That excludes all politicians.
Laser102
Apr 2016
#117
I heard he always overpaid the Roman Revenue Service to help the less fortunate.
greatauntoftriplets
Apr 2016
#21
From what I've seen of some of his campaign heads (Weaver and Devine), it's more like whine.
George II
Apr 2016
#118
I meant light as in "enlightenment," like the movement of the 18th century which was
CTyankee
Apr 2016
#141
LOL. yes, but just think what a grand time all of us Left Behinds can say and do.
riversedge
Apr 2016
#59
If it was the Univ of WI-Madison rally only 4,400showed up. Guess many got an extra
riversedge
Apr 2016
#82
well, Christians are exhorted to imitate Christ and Jews are exhorted to love justice
CTyankee
Apr 2016
#102
I am. I just find it a deeply spiritual impulse. That's all. We all have our different
CTyankee
Apr 2016
#104