This is nothing new. Jesus was a radical progressive who spoke out against the conservative religious leaders of his day, and ended up getting killed by them. Conservative Christians in general have been rejecting the teachings of Jesus for many years now.
Are they now just saying the quiet parts out loud? How many of the so called “Good Christians”, that you know, can be said to act like they actually are?
I think what’s really interesting about this is that they are explicitly rejecting the beliefs to the preacher’s face. In the past, as the preacher mentioned, they probably would have mumbled/gone along with the directive of turn the other cheek/understood that the teachings were moral, and that they were not living up to the standard.
What’s different now is the statement of “this is weak,” “this doesn’t work for me.” It’s no longer a thought of “oh, Jesus’ teachings are too hard for me to follow, I am not good at turning the other cheek.” Now, it’s a more direct attack on the scripture, “this is weak.”
The implication is that, “the religious teachings need to mirror my core beliefs.” In effect, the church members are demanding that the pastors change the religious teachings to reflect these new beliefs — they want to explicitly contort the religion and make it subservient to the new politics.
Anyone who has spent time truly studying the New Testament would know that Jesus was a proto-Marxist. Jesus was the OG communist when it came to wealth and property distribution. This is backed up by any number of scriptures. Anyone who says otherwise and claims they’re Christians simply pay lip service to the label of Christianity and nothing more.
TooManyJabberwocks says
Get a haircut hippie!
bhl88 says
Of course they will.
soysubstitute says
So now we’re back to when Jesus walked the dusty roads of Palestine, when he was considered by the Roman overlords to be **subversive**.
It sure looks like white evangelical Christians now consider Jesus to be **subversive**.
WebbityWebbs says
Today I learned that evangelicals acknowledge any teachings of Jesus. I figured they just ignored those parts of the Bible.
BipedalHumanoid230 says
They’ve always ignored his teachings lol.
miligato says
“Now”? This is in no way new. Everyone likes to quote the bits that agree with them, and not any others.
seth928 says
If Jesus came back today the evangelicals would absolutely crucify him again.
Arkholt says
This is nothing new. Jesus was a radical progressive who spoke out against the conservative religious leaders of his day, and ended up getting killed by them. Conservative Christians in general have been rejecting the teachings of Jesus for many years now.
artcook32945 says
Are they now just saying the quiet parts out loud? How many of the so called “Good Christians”, that you know, can be said to act like they actually are?
Counter-Fleche says
Evangelicals have all the insight of people who listen to Rage Against the Machine for years without realizing their music is political.
R9D11 says
All hail our savior Supply Side Jesus.
kurlidude says
I think what’s really interesting about this is that they are explicitly rejecting the beliefs to the preacher’s face. In the past, as the preacher mentioned, they probably would have mumbled/gone along with the directive of turn the other cheek/understood that the teachings were moral, and that they were not living up to the standard.
What’s different now is the statement of “this is weak,” “this doesn’t work for me.” It’s no longer a thought of “oh, Jesus’ teachings are too hard for me to follow, I am not good at turning the other cheek.” Now, it’s a more direct attack on the scripture, “this is weak.”
The implication is that, “the religious teachings need to mirror my core beliefs.” In effect, the church members are demanding that the pastors change the religious teachings to reflect these new beliefs — they want to explicitly contort the religion and make it subservient to the new politics.
This is what has changed.
thadowski says
they accepted jesus teachings before?
celtic1888 says
They have basically become a worse version of the Pharisees .Greedy and corrupt while pretending to be pious.
They also aquired the Roman knack for cruelty while ignoring all the good stuff they had
Citizen-Kang says
Anyone who has spent time truly studying the New Testament would know that Jesus was a proto-Marxist. Jesus was the OG communist when it came to wealth and property distribution. This is backed up by any number of scriptures. Anyone who says otherwise and claims they’re Christians simply pay lip service to the label of Christianity and nothing more.