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[–] 47 points 1 year ago (11 children)

Evangelicals are not, but there are progressives within the ranks of christianity. The actual message of the new testament is down right socialist.

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  • [–] 27 points 1 year ago (10 children)

    Jesus died a pacifistic anarchist at the very least

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  • [–] 20 points 1 year ago (8 children)

    Pacifist yes — definitely not an anarchist. He instructed his followers to obey all laws in all situations that didn’t conflict with loving God and loving other people. However, he despised “tradition” and flaunted it constantly.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

    Jesus said he did not come to abolish the old law but to fulfill it. Old law including killing gay people, slavery, and god-approved genocide.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    He doesn't focus on any of those things though, and instead talks about prioritizing anti-poverty and anti-hypocrisy.

    The line that the Gospels are the why and socialism is the how appears to be apt. Liberation Theology is based on this principle. Which is the sect of Catholicism that clearly has heavily influenced both Francis and Leo

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago* (4 children)

    Pacifist

    Did I misread the part when he kicks the shit out of the money changers?

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Yup. He overturned their tables and yelled at them to get out of the temple.

    Of course, that would be classified as terrorism today….

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    In the John version of the story, he "drives" them out of the temple with a whip. It's difficult to reconcile that with a total pacifism.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago

    Pacifism isn’t the same as being a doormat. It doesn’t say he attacked anyone, just chased them out with a whip.

    He is also reported to call his disciples to strap on their swords at one point though, and at least Peter took him literally. So he obviously wasn’t a “pacifism at all costs” kind of person.

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