If I’m both of the ones on the left does that make me a centrist
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Imagine reading the sermon on the mount, the magnificat, etc and thinking that was authoritarian conservative
blessed are the poor, meek, hungry
This is fascism, to me
I’m more thinking of Matthew 18:21-35, Matthew 20:20-28, and Matthew 24:36-51 which preach a kind of low-key liberalism and condemnation of hypocrisy, but otherwise endorse authoritarian hierarchy as normal and good.
The Old Testament was reactionary af. No denying that. But Jesus was a :LIB:
Y’all are just going to have to come to terms with that.
The Romanized testaments that survive to the modern era are designed to present a liberal version of theology, then.
The goal of the Catholic Church and subsequent Protestant movements was to reform the Ancient World into one accepting of aristocratic governments. And the modern Bible exists as a tool to reinforced social norms consistent with that way of life. You can put certain spins or emphases on particular verses or parables in order to extract alternative messages, but at the end of the day this book has been curated to reinforce a liberal reformist self-deterministic social philosophy. And that’s exactly what church organizations have pursued for the last five centuries, at the very least.
coming to terms with a 2,000 year old document which preaches mutual aid, caring for the poor, and judgment of those who persecute christians as a type of political system that will not exist for thousands of years
quoting an apocalyptic discourse describing the destruction of jerusalem and its temple, resulting in the deaths of thousands of jews and spread of christianity to gentiles as evidence of liberalism
ok buddy
a 2,000 year old document which preaches mutual aid, caring for the poor, and judgment of those who persecute christians
A 2,000 year old document which preached personal responsibility, denounced hypocrisy, and predicted a powerful authoritarian will set things right at some point long after you’re dead.
The Second Coming is just a Theocrat’s spin on Here’s How Bernie Can Still Win.
