notice: this is a repost of a 3AM essay when everyone else was sleeping...
I know many kossians are non-religious, but please, read on through before denegrading and bashing. Be openminded!
I don't understand why conservatives insist that Jesus wanted certain things in society to be the way they are, and to be so bigoted and casting out in regards to others.
Jesus, for his time, was an ultra-raging liberal.
The Roman empire decided to eradicate him because he was stirring up Judea and inciting revolt in the area with his ideas of social equality, and love and brotherhood.
Forget all the fluff and stories in the bible: the true central tenant is this: He. Was. A. Liberal.
He stood for social equality at a time when there were slaves. He preached brotherhood between rival tribes of Israel and in the region (Pharasies, Samaritains and the like). He spent his time with the poor and needy, healing the sick. Jesus, if he practiced what he had today, would probably not even been seen by many of the very Christian people who proclaim to be his followers today.
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