Jesus was a Progressive Liberal, and he may have been gay or bi.
On 12/16/10, Keith In Tampa <keithintampa@gmail.com> wrote:
> For those of you who missed it, I thought that this was a pretty good
> article, and worthy of it's own thread, versus one with a caption that
> insinuates hate, lies and smear:
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> Christ is a Conservative
> http://lubbockonline.com/interact/blog-post/may/2010-09-06/christ-conservative
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> Some on the Left have suggested that Jesus is a Liberal. The basic logic of
> their Progressive assertion is that Socialist wealth redistribution fulfills
> Christ's admonition to take care of the poor.
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> We have been directed by God to "love thy neighbour as thyself!" So why
> have Liberals directed our government to take over this role instead of
> doing it themselves? Jesus did not direct his people to "Ask Rome to do it
> for you!"
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> Christ told us to take care of the poor. Christ did not tell us to have our
> government, its politicians, and its bureaucrats take care of the poor. My
> recollection is that Christ did not think highly of the government, the
> religious leaders, the politicians, the tax collectors, and the bureaucrats
> of his day.
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> Efforts to sanitize and legitimize the evils of Socialism by suggesting that
> Socialism is the answer to Christ's admonition that we take care of the poor
> should greatly offend Christians and people of all faiths.
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> Would Christ approve of the Left trying to keep whole classes of people on
> welfare, poor, uneducated, and without hope? Keeping people enslaved in
> dependency on politicians does not show compassion. It is an evil crime
> against humanity.
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>
> It has been suggested that Christ's directive to the young rich ruler to
> divest his property and follow Christ [as a disciple] somehow shows Christ
> to be a Socialist. My understanding of Christ's disciples is that they left
> their jobs, property, and even their families in order to dedicate
> themselves fully to Christ. Being a disciple was a 24-7 job. If the young
> rich man had property, the property would require his time and thought and
> divert his attention from Christ and His teachings.
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>
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> Allowing our government to confiscate money and property for redistribution
> does not equate with charitable giving. It does not relate even remotely to
> Christ's instructions to the young rich ruler whom He invited to be his
> disciple. Christ directed the young ruler to give his money to the
> poor. Christ
> did not say he should give it to the Roman government for redistribution.
>
> Rome cared little for the poor. Our current government cares little for the
> poor. Our poor are of value to Liberal politicians only when they can vote
> and when they can be used as human shields to advance the consolidation of
> Liberal political power.
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> Members of our Congress and our President should carefully note the
> admonition by Christ regarding the difficulty of a rich man [presumably also
> a rich woman] getting into Heaven. As members of Congress confiscate
> [steal], redistribute, and spend trillions of dollars each year to buy
> votes, they might want to consider divesting themselves of the control of
> much of this money.
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>
>
> It seems lying and the bearing of false witness are also observed in our
> Congress, in our White House, and on the political Left. We have recently
> seen an increase in the activities of several on the Left in our government
> to aid and abet greed, envy, and covetous behavior. This has caused many to
> demand the property of others. Such helps us to better understand why many
> in our government oppose the display of the Ten Commandments.
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> It is the job of our government to protect people from the harm of others.
> The
> rich should not oppress the poor. The poor should not oppress the rich.
> Our
> government should not oppress, use, or abuse either the rich or the poor
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> I do not recall Christ equating paying taxes with giving a donation or
> caring for the poor. I do not recall that tax collectors were looked upon
> as good people in the Bible. The last time I checked, taxes in the United
> States were not voluntary.
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> Our Founding Fathers wisely realized federal government oversight would
> politicize our government and harm those for whom the government would
> pretend to provide. Much of what our government spends money on has nothing
> to do with charity. Welfare has become a means of enslaving people in a
> dependency on politicians rather than helping them to achieve and to
> prosper.
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> All welfare programs should be returned to local communities with the
> oversight of the individual states. This will remove much temptation to do
> evil from Washington, and many souls might be saved.
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> Are we to think Christ is behind the efforts of the Left to ban prayer and
> religion in our schools, our government, and other areas of the public
> square? Are we to think Christ is pushing to have crosses removed from
> public view, "Under God" from our Pledge of Allegiance, and "In God We
> Trust" from our money?
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>
>
> What about global warming and climate change? Is God in control of the
> weather or is man? Would God provide us with massive amounts of fossil
> fuels if He did not intend for us to use these resources? Over the past 130
> years, humans have used less than 5% of all the oil reserves currently known
> to exist. God has given us and enormous amount of natural resources.
>
>
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> Where should we think Christ comes down on abortion? Christ thought
> children were very important. Christ also showed us that the care of the
> mentally and physically disabled, like Terri Schiavo, and the elderly is
> also important.
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> Are we to think Christ believes in Darwinian Evolution? He would not
> support the Darwinian eugenics employed by the Nazis.
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> What about the killing of tens of millions of the poor by using falsified
> "scientific" data to conveniently ban DDT? Did not God tell us in Genesis
> to subdue the Earth and to make it a better place for man and beast?
> Eliminating
> malaria, dengue, polio, small pox, and other dreaded diseases is certain a
> worthy effort in subduing the Earth. DDT was on its way to eliminating
> malaria and dengue, when the Left stopped the efforts.
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> Did God direct us to subdue the Earth or to leave everything as we found it?
> It seems to me God's directive to us is to work hard to make the Earth
> better than we found it. Genesis
> 1:26-28<http://bible1.crosswalk.com/OnlineStudyBible/bible.cgi?passage=ge+1:28&version=kjv&context=1&showtools=1>is
> worth reading.
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> I do not think Christ would be happy with those who allow millions of acres
> of our beautiful forests to burn each year because some on the Far Left
> think humans should not be allowed to manage and care for our nation's
> property. What of the tens of millions of animals that are killed and
> injured each year in forest fires?
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> Christ did not
> evict<http://bible.crosswalk.com/OnlineStudyBible/bible.cgi?passage=joh+2:15&version=kjv&context=1&showtools=1>the
> moneychangers from the Temple because he was a Socialist who opposed
> Capitalist moneychangers. The Temple problem was not the economic activity
> or the merchandise. The problem was that the economic activity was taking
> place in the Temple itself, a sacred place not intended to be a marketplace.
> As Christ said, "Take these things hence; make not my Father's house an
> house of merchandise." The priests of the Temple were probably not happy
> with this as they presumably received a sizeable portion of the money
> earned.
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>
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> The leaders of the Temple hated Christ because He threatened their power and
> wealth. The current hatred of Conservatives and Christ by Socialists is
> because Conservatives challenge the power and money of the Left.
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> There is no indication that Christ loved, prayed for, or blessed Satan.
> Satan is not my neighbor. Satan should not be your neighbor.
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> Satan is in another category beyond enemy. I believe some people of Evil
> are also in that same category. These people would include terrorists who
> purposely kill innocent civilians. Persons such as Stalin, Hitler, Saddam
> Hussein, and others who enthusiastically kill and torture others would also
> be in this group. Our job is not to judge the hearts of such persons but to
> kill and incarcerate them and let God sort out the final judgment issues
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> The obligation of our government is to protect us. It is not up to our
> government to reward and support one politically correct class at the
> expense of the politically incorrect people who work hard and achieve much.
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> Poverty hurts everyone, especially the poor. As such, is not the willful
> destruction of our prosperity by our Socialist government at best a crime
> against humanity and at worst an evil and treasonous act? I do not think
> Christ would approve of the current efforts of our government to willfully
> destroy jobs, close down companies, and massively increase poverty both at
> home and abroad.
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> The Left Continues to Link Christ to Liberal Issues.
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> Barack Obama has tried to
> characterize<http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=57975>Christ's
> Sermon on the Mount as an endorsement of homosexuality and same-sex
> unions. However, there is no mention of homosexuality in the Sermon on the
> Mount.
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> Some have suggested that since the food that resulted from Christ's blessing
> of the five barley loaves and two fish was given without cost, this somehow
> shows that Christ was a Socialist.
>
> One can miss the fact that the miracle of feeding the five thousand was the
> primary message of this Scripture. One can also miss the fact that one or
> more people worked to produce and provide the five barley loaves and the two
> fish. The boy freely gave the loaves and the fish to Christ. A Roman tax
> collector did not take the loaves and fish. Roman politicians and
> bureaucrats did not give the loaves and fish to Christ for redistribution.
> It
> was entirely a Free Market happening.
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> This was an example of people producing goods that were freely donated. No
> Roman politicians benefited from the transaction.
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> Conservatives cleaned up the area after the meal and documented their
> cleanup efforts in Scripture. Liberals would most likely have left a mess
> on the ground.
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> The Ten Commandments are unquestionably Conservative. The simple proof is
> the continued Liberal attack on the Ten Commandments and the Judeo-Christian
> foundations of our nation.
>
> "Lazy hands bring poverty, but hard-working hands bring riches." Proverbs
> 10:4
>
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Tommy
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