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Would Jesus be a Liberal?

Which of these political leans would Jesus be?

  • Liberal

    Votes: 40 44.0%
  • Conservative

    Votes: 12 13.2%
  • Moderate

    Votes: 7 7.7%
  • Potato

    Votes: 32 35.2%

  • Total voters
    91
I doubt it. He lived his entire life surrounded by people of lowly character, he ministered to prostitutes and theives, and he preached forgiveness, not revenge. He would still be the same now as he was then.

Though I expect some folks would have some 'splaining to do about things they're doing in "His" name.
 
Though I expect some folks would have some 'splaining to do about things they're doing in "His" name.

Well, I figure he could be pretty forgiving toward them as well. Anyone who went through his false accusation, arrest, beating, and torturous death, without uttering a word against those who accused, arrested, and killed him, obviously can handle the faults of others extremely well.
 
You might want to study on the times. That hit upon the big controversy among the jews at the time. It was very much a political statement, made in very clear political terms. Some Jews to this day think of Jesus as something of a roman collaborator.

There is only three outcomes I buy from this statement for what it could mean if it was serious.

1. He simply didn't understand money. He saw the coin and considered it the property of the Caesar. However, if he did understand money he would know it is the property of the people that earned the money, and the claims for the money from Caesar were unjust.

2. Considering that Jewish people had their own currency before the Romans took them over he could be saying they should do away with the romans and return all of his coin. In that case maybe it would be a political statement but then that wouldn't be tax policy statement like you desire but a freedom statement.

3. Rejecting currency from the state altogether which seems pretty likely all things considered.

However, it could simply be what he was doing is what he usually did when questions like this came up and just shrugging it off.

On second thought three seems most likely than one, so I retract my last post on the subject.
 
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Potato, with little doubt in my mind.

Projecting Jesus' views into ideological terms fit for modern day society is crazy.

No, he was not a liberal, nor was he a conservative. But he surely wasn't a capitalist either.
 
I doubt it. He lived his entire life surrounded by people of lowly character, he ministered to prostitutes and theives, and he preached forgiveness, not revenge. He would still be the same now as he was then.

His followers since after his death have been genocidally reaping the planet as they see fit...

....could..... maybe... probably bug him.
 
Jesus was what is known as a communist under today's terms. Was this a bad thing? I don't think so for the time period and what was going on politically during that era.
 
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^ Who says he has perfect compassion?

Who defines "perfection"?
 
Fixed...

Living a communal life doesn't necessarily mean advocating a stateless, classless society.

So your saying he was a politician? I mean advocating views against the government and everything, so that would insinuate that he was a rebel also. He did to also advocate for a stateless, classless society.
 
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So your saying he was a politician? I mean advocating and everything.
No, I'm saying he didn't necessarily advocate a society in which everybody shared possessions and responsibilities, which is what communists advocate.
 
No, I'm saying he didn't necessarily advocate a society in which everybody shared possessions and responsibilities, which is what communists advocate.

His philosophy, which was a kingdom built on goodwill and charity that rejected money and material possessions as a source of evil, was essentially early Marxism.
 
His philosophy, which was a kingdom built on goodwill and charity that rejected money and material possessions as a source of evil, was essentially early Marxism.
Marxism is inseparable from the time period in which it was developed, as it offered a critique of capitalism (which wouldn't have been around long enough for Jesus to actually criticize it). My point is that judgements of Jesus' views as specific as these ones should probably be avoided, as they're over-speculative...

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On a side note (just out of curiosity), are you a primitivist?
 
Marxism is inseparable from the time period in which it was developed, as it offered a critique of capitalism (which wouldn't have been around long enough for Jesus to actually criticize it). My point is that judgements of Jesus' views as specific as these ones should probably be avoided, as they're over-speculative...

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On a side note (just out of curiosity), are you a primitivist?

Sorry I disagree and why should these issues be avoided, do you not believe in the man enough were he wouldn't understand why?
 
Sorry I disagree and why should these issues be avoided, do you not believe in the man enough were he wouldn't understand why?
I just don't feel that any definite conclusions about Jesus' exact political views can be drawn from any Biblical source. I definitely would agree that he would have left-wing views, and possibly even anti-propertarian views, but pinning down the specifics is what I would view as over-speculative.
 
I just don't feel that any definite conclusions about Jesus' exact political views can be drawn from any Biblical source. I definitely would agree that he would have left-wing views, and possibly even anti-propertarian views, but pinning down the specifics is what I would view as over-speculative.

So you can speculate, but I can't? Weird. Also you didn't need to post on this subject. :2wave:
 
So you can speculate, but I can't? Weird. Also you didn't need to post on this subject. :2wave:
That's not what I was saying, and I wasn't trying to exclude you or be mean or aggressive.
 
Hahahaha. Jesus a Libertarian? That would make the Buddha a Catholic and Krishna a RHINO.
 
If Jesus Christ were alive today, would he be a liberal, conservative, or something else? Why?

Now do you mean if Jesus were born today, or of Jesus of his time were brought to our time?

If the former, he would be called Among the terrorists.

If the latter he would get himself killed trying to reform the system.

I guess it works to about the same.

A better question, how many of you have read the bible enough to actually have a sense of what his political party association would be??
 
political party association
:lol:

He'd be with the "Impossible to Determine Party."

Are you really suggesting that it's possible to project Jesus' political views into the Democratic|Republican party line?
 
Hahahaha. Jesus a Libertarian? That would make the Buddha a Catholic and Krishna a RHINO.

Because him being a liberal and a control freak that wants all the free things he can get at the expense of others is by far more realistic.
 
Because him being a liberal and a control freak that wants all the free things he can get at the expense of others is by far more realistic.

You talk like this in conversations about Jesus?
 
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