For CTB to remake Jesus into his leftist ideal is ill-advised and wrong-headed at the least...and blasphemous at worst.
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Discussion in 'Political Debate & Discussion' started by Dragoon68, Apr 6, 2010.
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Crabtownboy Well-Known MemberSite Supporter
You opinion is your opinion. Show me scripture to back you Jesus being conservative.
Attempting to make Jesus a right-wing capitalist is heresy .. and that is what many in this country try to do and defend. -
Bro. Curtis <img src =/curtis.gif>Site Supporter
The parable of the talents.
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Start reading with Genius 1:1 where Jesus, the Word, created the world and continue throughout the total record of God's written revelation to us until you come to Revelations 22:21. In it you will find many examples were He did, in fact, permit or direct war, require judgment among men, establish various institutions to provide for our needs according to His plan, and set out the examples and guidelines which we are to follow in our walk on this earth.
He did not contradict Himself in any of it but He said a whole lot more that the few verses Crabtownboy just quoted. His teachings during His incarnation as man apply but so does the entirety of the rest of His written record each according to the situation and the age. Mercy, judgment, discipline, pardon, etc. are all elements of His plan. All scripture must be understood relative to all other scripture. It is much too easy to pull out one verse and built an entire case around it while disregarding the rest of the story.
I don't like to categorize our Lord by what are essentially our definitions of various political persuasions for He is far above all that. It brings fear to my mind because of who He is compared to me. Never the less, I must say the God is by His nature very conservative - the ultimate conservative - in one sense of the word because He is the same today as He was and will be for eternity past and future and He, in the person of the Father, has no tolerance for sinfulness to the extent that He, in the person of the Son, had to die and be resurrected to atone for it all. He does not need to "change" to accomplish His sovereign will. -
Crabtownboy Well-Known MemberSite Supporter
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Jesus was not a liberal. Jesus was not a conservative. Jesus cared nothing for politics and showed this again and again. To place a political label on Jesus is demeaning at the least and blasphemous at the worst. Please stop, this is the Son of God we are talking about, the same one who said His kingdom was not of this world. The same one who left when the people were going to take Him by force and make Him a king. Quit trying to equate him to humanistic polical ideals.
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Crabtownboy Well-Known MemberSite SupporterRAdam said: ↑Jesus was not a liberal. Jesus was not a conservative. Jesus cared nothing for politics and showed this again and again. To place a political label on Jesus is demeaning at the least and blasphemous at the worst. Please stop, this is the Son of God we are talking about, the same one who said His kingdom was not of this world. The same one who left when the people were going to take Him by force and make Him a king. Quit trying to equate him to humanistic polical ideals.Click to expand...
Love your neighbor as yourself.
Those who live by the sword die by the sword.
Blessed are the peacemakers .............
Let him without sin cast the first stone.
Remember his words in Matthew how he would know who were his at the judgement. Jesus was always pushing people beyond their confort zones.
All these were radical statements for his culture as well as for many in our own culture. None of us have caught up with where Jesus was or is in his thinking.
We, you, me, all of us have to use human terms in our discussions of Jesus. Human words are all we have. It is too bad we are so limited in this way.
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Bro. Curtis <img src =/curtis.gif>Site SupporterCrabtownboy said: ↑Show me where Jesus approved of war. Please supply his words doing this.Click to expand...
ROFL, that is the most liberal interpretation of that parable I have ever seen.Click to expand...
Then show us it's "proper" beakdown. Show me where I'm wrong.
Also, I gotta say, 2. He defended the women taken in adultry. A consertative at that time would have helped stone her. is about the most ignorant, biased, and hateful things I have ever read. If this is your true mentality, then we are idiots for even engaging you. -
Crabtownboy Well-Known MemberSite SupporterBro. Curtis said: ↑You must be denying what he said. He himself will bring the war.Click to expand...
Then show us it's "proper" beakdown. Show me where I'm wrong.
Also, I gotta say, 2. He defended the women taken in adultry. A consertative at that time would have helped stone her. is about the most ignorant, biased, and hateful things I have ever read. If this is your true mentality, then we are idiots for even engaging you.Click to expand... -
Give it up CTB. Curits and his ilk worship conservatism and and corporate America. It does not matter how many proofs you offer that in His day, Jesus would have been considered a liberal, they will not stand for it.
People who are honest know that you are speaking the truth, but these liberal-haters cannot admit it or they would have to do some serious thinking about how they view Jesus, and again, this is something they will doubtful ever do. -
Crabtownboy Well-Known MemberSite SupporterRobert Snow said: ↑Give it up CTB. Curits and his ilk worship conservatism and and corporate America. It does not matter how many proofs you offer that in His day, Jesus would have been considered a liberal, they will not stand for it.
People who are honest know that you are speaking the truth, but these liberal-haters cannot admit it or they would have to do some serious thinking about how they view Jesus, and again, this is something they will doubtful ever do.Click to expand... -
Robert Snow said: ↑Give it up CTB. Curits and his ilk worship conservatism and and corporate America. It does not matter how many proofs you offer that in His day, Jesus would have been considered a liberal, they will not stand for it.
People who are honest know that you are speaking the truth, but these liberal-haters cannot admit it or they would have to do some serious thinking about how they view Jesus, and again, this is something they will doubtful ever do.Click to expand...
Next you'll be trying to convince us Jesus was a hippie carrying around antiwar placards advocating peace and love to all!
Jesus is the Lord God Almighty! His message while on this earth was powerful but did not take away anything the rest of His written revelation to man that we can read in the entirety of the Holy Bible.
He is the same Lord he directed that Israel go and take Midian leaving none alive except the virgins who were to be taken captive. He is the same Lord who established the institution of civil government and empowered it to carry and use the sword of justice among men. He is the same Lord who by His great Providence established and sustains this nation in which we enjoy great liberty and exercise justice. He is the same Lord who laid out the rules for Kings and slaves alike. He is the same Lord under whose judgment we experience physical death. He is the same Lord who will return for judgment of all the world and will cast all unbelievers into an entirety in Hell. -
Bro. Curtis <img src =/curtis.gif>Site SupporterRobert Snow said: ↑Give it up CTB. Curits and his ilk worship conservatism and and corporate America. It does not matter how many proofs you offer that in His day, Jesus would have been considered a liberal, they will not stand for it.Click to expand...
People who are honest know that you are speaking the truth, but these liberal-haters cannot admit it or they would have to do some serious thinking about how they view Jesus, and again, this is something they will doubtful ever do.Click to expand... -
Crabtownboy Well-Known MemberSite SupporterBro. Curtis said: ↑My challenge is good for you, too, dragonfly. Show me where my intepretation is wrong. And show me my worship of corporate America. And go ahead and deny to me Christ promised war when he returned.Click to expand...
I have thought long and hard about who Christ was. He was no liberal.Click to expand...
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Crabtownboy said: ↑It is your statement. Back it up with proof ... in context.
Show us proof, not just opinion.
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Although I was saved in a right-wing church, it didn't take long to see that there main emphasis was antithetical to what Jesus taught.
Just look here, bring up Jesus being the Prince of Peace, and immediately someone points to the slaughter that took place in the Old Testament. That speaks volumes! -
Bro. Curtis <img src =/curtis.gif>Site SupporterCrabtownboy said: ↑It is your statement. Back it up with proof ... in context.
Show us proof, not just opinion.Click to expand...
Anyhoo, you lefties are the ones twisting facts, putting people into presupposed boxes, thinking thru the prism of your bias, anda lot of other stuff I'm sure I could think of, but hey, I think I'll go gather some of my hateful conservative buddies, and look for an adulteress to stone.
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Is it a liberal position or a conservative position that there is one, and only one, way to God?
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Crabtownboy said: ↑It is your statement. Back it up with proof ... in context.Click to expand...
You get put in your place on so many threads here, I lose count. You respond by either derailing the thread, ignoring the discussion, leaving the discussion, or assigning homework.
Crabtownboy said: ↑Show us proof, not just opinion.Click to expand... -
Not only was Jesus a liberal in His day, but if He was alive in person on earth today, he would be considered a liberal by most right-wing Baptists.
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Bro. Curtis <img src =/curtis.gif>Site Supporter
Really What would be his position on abortion ? Gay marriage ? Welfare ?
Still waiting for what the parable of the talents really means. Still waiting for my correction.
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