No disrespect, but an awful lot of people figured out “don’t be a bigot” and “take responsibility for yourself” without all of the religion. I think you’re smart enough to just be a decent human without all of the dogma. If you need “Jesus”, ok. I think you can do well without it.
They specifically call out that Christianity isn’t what they’re talking about, but finding Jesus. No different than taking inspiration for being a better person from any other character from a story, be they Captain America or Captain Picard. I think we can all take inspiration from the Jesus who upon finding a capitalism happening in what’s supposed to be a place of respite flipped the tables and whipped them the hell out of there.
We finally agree that Jesus was a capitalist. Rush Limbaugh once quoted the scripture, “Jesus trickles down to the needy.” Let’s take a moment the consider how powerful that is.
Sure. I did just fine on my own without. I only came around to Jesus after I started reading what he said outside the context of religious dogma. Lots of people figured out lots of things, some people compiled a great number of those things into a poignant and easily digestible package. I think Jesus was one of those people.
Another thing he figured out was “Your relationship with the divine is between you and the divine, you don’t need priests to tell you how to pray, and doing it out in public so people see how pious you are is cringe”. Jesus was about being a good person without the dogma. I doubt he’d be thrilled at the dogmatic institution erected around him.
No disrespect, but an awful lot of people figured out “don’t be a bigot” and “take responsibility for yourself” without all of the religion. I think you’re smart enough to just be a decent human without all of the dogma. If you need “Jesus”, ok. I think you can do well without it.
They specifically call out that Christianity isn’t what they’re talking about, but finding Jesus. No different than taking inspiration for being a better person from any other character from a story, be they Captain America or Captain Picard. I think we can all take inspiration from the Jesus who upon finding a capitalism happening in what’s supposed to be a place of respite flipped the tables and whipped them the hell out of there.
We finally agree that Jesus was a capitalist. Rush Limbaugh once quoted the scripture, “Jesus trickles down to the needy.” Let’s take a moment the consider how powerful that is.
Sure. I did just fine on my own without. I only came around to Jesus after I started reading what he said outside the context of religious dogma. Lots of people figured out lots of things, some people compiled a great number of those things into a poignant and easily digestible package. I think Jesus was one of those people.
Another thing he figured out was “Your relationship with the divine is between you and the divine, you don’t need priests to tell you how to pray, and doing it out in public so people see how pious you are is cringe”. Jesus was about being a good person without the dogma. I doubt he’d be thrilled at the dogmatic institution erected around him.
I’m just glad you’re trying to be a good person.