… celebrate the figurative resurrection …
FTFY
No, actual. No body was ever produced. And a real resurrection would explain the disciples’ change from scattered and terrified to emboldened preachers willing to suffer death. For example see Peter, who denied Christ three times after he was crucified, but whose later sermon to a large crowd saw 3000 converts.
Jesus was:
- anti-government
- against organized religion
- liberal
- a socialist
- an ally of the poor
- an ally of sex workers
- an ally of criminals
- a man of color
- a member of the working class
Present-day America would shoot him on sight.
Instead of POC, I think the closest equivalent to a modern circumstance would probably be part of a repressed majority, like apartheid South Africa or British India.
He was obviously a POC, but it wouldn’t have the same social implications it does today. He did live in a Roman province where locals had inferior rights to Roman citizens. I think it’s a more historically accurate (but probably less useful) parallel for this post.
Not sure about the anti-government, he even told his followers to pay taxes to Caesar as the money belongs to him, when they doubted about it “Give to Caesar what belongs to Caesar, and to God what belongs to God”
This is explicitly described as avoiding entrapment. I don’t see it as reasonable to take any political or theological teaching from this. Especially since Jesus left the Pharisees to make the connection and avoided telling anybody to pay taxes.
Paying the Imperial Tax to Caesar (NIV)
15 Then the Pharisees went out and laid plans to trap him in his words. 16 They sent their disciples to him along with the Herodians. “Teacher,” they said, “we know that you are a man of integrity and that you teach the way of God in accordance with the truth. You aren’t swayed by others, because you pay no attention to who they are. 17 Tell us then, what is your opinion? Is it right to pay the imperial tax[a] to Caesar or not?”
18 But Jesus, knowing their evil intent, said, “You hypocrites, why are you trying to trap me? 19 Show me the coin used for paying the tax.” They brought him a denarius, 20 and he asked them, “Whose image is this? And whose inscription?”
21 “Caesar’s,” they replied.
Then he said to them, “So give back to Caesar what is Caesar’s, and to God what is God’s.”
22 When they heard this, they were amazed. So they left him and went away.
Jesus told that woman to stop sinning. He was not in favor of sex work, just agaisnt stupid (and unjust) punishment organized only for damaging His public figure.
He was an ally of the outcasts, for they are his people just as much as anyone else.
Man of color gets difficult as today’s inhabitants of regions aren’t necessarily the same ethnicity as past inhabitants.
I think they would be conflicted as he was also a Jew from Israel.
But he wouldn’t approve of genocide! That makes him an antisemite!!!
There would be zero conflict as long as he chose to genocide palestinians. Cruelty is all it takes to be welcomed by team conservatism.
Lol, not just British
American Right-wingers: “Pfft amateurs”
I’m bringing the lube and preparation H for the poor bunny laying the eggs.
