Jesus for President

[Absolut]

Whenever I read or hear that word, I instantaneously think of:

Why am I such a misfit?
I am not just a nit wit!
You can't fire me
I quit!
Seems I don't fit in.​

Oh and Mattie, when did you become "curious?"

 

[NomineDetracto]

not to mention that Jesus isn't a citizen of the United States.

 

[davy]

he wouldn't get elected.

 

[PreTTy PeTe]

Why Not????

I'll get back to you with the answer when i talk to my buddy who is a professor at the university of Toronto........

the professors are kinda smart. well most of them anyway.

 

[RationalLunacy]

he wouldn't get elected.

That's right. The conservatives would bash him because he doesn't say anything bad about gay people.

 

[Sausy]

There is a lot to be said by the more pure,radical Christianity that is put forward by this group...the Church lost its way ever since it was co-opted by Constantine and the Roman Empire and became much more concerned with power and political control and stamping out so-called blasphemous heresies tin place of its own authoritarian agenda.It is a Christianity that looks first to do good and live the faith rather than subjugate,dominate,oppress and exploit.One that actually emphasizes Christ-like qualities and rails against the political institutionalizing of the faith....one I could very well be at home with.


They are far more challenging and interesting than the garden variety well meaning but unsophisticated,uncritical and unthinking evangelical.

 

[Sausy]

I find them very interesting.

They certainly wouldn't get the James Dobson or John Hagee seal of approval for a lot of what they convey in their message.Which means they are on the right track.

 

[nitish]

If Jesus was indeed a real figure that existed at one point, he would certainly have plenty to say about homosexuality. He would want us to convert back to being good and straight. It doesn't take a genius to know that homosexuality is against the message of Jesus, and religion as a whole. I am not looking for an argument, but that's my thought on the subject.

Oh, and jesus (who's against interest rates) would be president of America? I doubt that.

 

[nitish]

It's a common misconception that religion is against homosexuality. It's really ignorant to make these kind of claims without actually studying the text. The people condemning homosexuality were discussing specific behaviors of that culture/era, not homosexuality in its entirety. A lot of people are recognizing this and shifting their views.

Do yourself a favor and read the bible http://skepticsannotatedbible.com/gay/long.htm. If lying with another man is an abomination, what else do you want? Back in the days, people only went by actions. This "gay person" is a new concept. You're only a sodomite when you commit sodomy. This is a shameful discussion on semantics. You and I know better than to pretend there is a difference between sending sodomites to hell and sending gay to hell.

 

[nitish]

Actually, the original Hebrew text distinguished sodomy from the Sodomites. They weren't interchanged until later translations. For that matter, the sin of the Sodomites was inhospitality and indulgance, not homosexuality. Homosexuals in monogomous aren't Sodomites. Even the author of the New Testament epistle of Jude fell victim to this misunderstanding when he identified Sodom's crime as "fornication" (1:7).

I wasn't even referring to that. Look at the link. Homosexuality is condemned in many parts of the bible.

 

[nitish]

Kings 14:24 And there were also sodomites in the land: and they did according to all the abominations of the nations which the LORD cast out before the children of Israel.

Kings 15:12 And he took away the sodomites out of the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.

Deuteronomy 23:17 There shall be no whore of the daughters of Israel, nor a sodomite of the sons of Israel.

Isiah 3:9 The shew of their countenance doth witness against them; and they declare their sin as Sodom, they hide it not. Woe unto their soul! for they have rewarded evil unto themselves.

I like the last one because it's against gay pride, and coming out, lol

 

[nitish]

you have to love this one

Corinthians 6:9 Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind....

queens are not going to heaven, poor them.

 

[nitish]

When Paul (who also grew up with Leviticus) was writing those letter to Corinth, he was describing the sins of a culture that was worshiping Gods of fertility and cheating on their wives with men. "Effeminate" is a stretch because the translations of that word raise a few questions. If anything, he was condemning "down low" behaviors and mentors who were having sex with their young students aka pedophiles who also had wives.

Did you conveniently ignore my post in #23?

 

[sabot3ur]

jesus would be chill as shit.

I am no believer in his divinity, but the idea and story of jesus draw me in. fuck yes I would vote for the man if he rose from the dead as the all loving son of god.