Why conservative Christians would have hated Jesus

[Triana]

Jesus never could have been the pastor of a contemporary evangelical church nor a conservative Roman Catholic bishop. Evangelicals and conservative Roman Catholics thrive on drawing distinctions between their “truth” and other people’s failings. Jesus by contrast, set off an empathy time bomb that obliterates difference.

Jesus’ empathy bomb explodes every time a former evangelical puts love ahead of what the “Bible says.” It goes off every time Pope Francis puts inclusion ahead of dogma. It goes off every time a gay couple are welcomed into a church. Jesus’ time bomb explodes whenever atheists follow Jesus better than most Christians.

Put it this way: Godless non-church-going Denmark mandates four weeks of maternity leave before childbirth and fourteen weeks afterward for mothers. Parents of newborn children are assisted with well-baby nurse-practitioner visits in their homes.

In the “pro-life” and allegedly “family friendly” American Bible belt, conservative political leaders slash programs designed to help women and children while creating a justifying mythology about handouts versus empowerment.

In “God-fearing America” the poor are now the “takers,” no longer the “least of these,” and many conservative evangelicals side with today’s Pharisees, attacking the poor in the name of following the Bible.

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http://www.salon.com/2014/11/03/why_conservative_christians_would_have_hated_jesus_partner/

[treestar]

1. The Puritanical streak

of US fundies never did ally very closely with the words of Jesus.

Jesus could sound strict and harsh at times, but it was at not believing in him that he most gets mad.

Fundies interpret away everything else to mean he doesn't really want you to help the poor or less fortunate!

[cilla4progress]

2. Not to mention

his pacifism. Doesn't fit at ALL with current Republican / right-wing ethos.

[RiverLover]

3. "Jesus was a Liberal. He's ours, baby!!"

This is great~

[bhikkhu]

4. Also, he really looked more like this:

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(assuming, of course, there was a historical jesus)

[Dr. Strange]

5. Wrong! He looked like this:

[LondonReign2]

11. The mere sight of that still makes me laugh uncontrollably

One of Colbert's best segments, ever.

[COLGATE4]

12. That was after failed plastic surgery... nt

[Johonny]

6. I always imagine most people would hate Jesus since the Bible pretty much says

most people hated him when he was alive. When your in the cult the leader sounds great, when your outside the cult you think "Holy crap those people are crazy!"

[Triana]

7. True. It's accepted fact (even by "Christians" I talk to) that if he came back

He'd be crucified again.

[Johonny]

10. well he wasn't a Christian so I imagine we can start right there

there's 2000 years of philosophical and theological ideas that Jesus had no part in so I think it is safe to say Jesus would be very out of place in the modern Christian cult. Jesus would come off as an annoying Jewish Cult figure. How do you think that would go down? How'd it go down when he was alive... not well.

[DetlefK]

8. A socialist hippie from the Middle-East, consorting with outcasts and giving away free healthcare.

[Initech]

9. Didn't Jesus also hate rich people?

And he also spoke out against hypocritical preachers if I remember.