If Jesus Christ Was Here Today Preaching The Same Message As Rand Paul, He Would Also Be Polling At 3%...
By pawnstorm12 on
...Why???
BECAUSE THE REPUBLICANS DON'T WANT TO HEAR A MESSAGE OF PEACE!
It's just that simple.
Just had to say that because it has occurred to me a lot lately.
NOTE: I'm not comparing Rand to Jesus. I'm pointing out that no matter WHO would put forth a message of peace and non-intervention, the GOP would want nothing to do with them.
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Meanwhile.........
Atilla the Hun would be killing it on stage, both literally and figuratively, with his radical policy proposal of letting "the enemy" pay for the war by setting up tributary states wherever the US mechanized horde has been and funding current campaigns with looting and pillaging.
"Give us Barabbas!"
Barabbas was a criminal who was in prison when Jesus was brought to trial. Pilate offered the people a chance to free one prisoner of their choice, thinking they'd choose Jesus--but they asked for Barabbas' release instead.
Not just a criminal
but one who incited riots and rebellion of the Jews against the Roman Empire. He was the king the Jews wanted to save them by leading them into battle against the occupier.
Jesus came to forgive their sins for good. Not to make war against the state in the now but to ensure his people's preservation for eternity. The Jews wanted vengeance not a messiah.
Which republican candidate
is most like Barabbas?
Polling the electorate?
more like polling the jury.
I still remember
Ron quoting the Golden Rule, and all the boos and hisses that followed.
Jesus?
Jesus wouldn't be running.
I agree
Jesus himself pointed out that a prophet has no honor in his own country.
Times havnt changed
Jesus was crucified after all.
So, we should only trust people
with holes in their wrists and ankles... or look at whom the pariah media is trying to nail.
Lots of people crucified in Jesus time
didnt mean they all didnt deserve it. My point is that no matter what time Jesus lived in most would not like his message. Oh sure they like that he heals people, and that he gives them free food, but once he starts telling you to love your enimies, and starts pointing out how you are a hypocrit or goes into your temple and starts flipping over tables because you are breaking the law and profiting from it, they will crucify him. Then theres that whole thing about Jesus being the only way to heaven. Talk about going after a mans pride. You have to go through Jesus to get to heaven, you cant do it yourself. can you believe Jesus would say that?
Love.
Love. That the only thing he ever said. I think man, in earnest and with those with agenda, made the rest of that shit up.
wow this
is this second rand / jesus comparison i've seen in as many days. as trump would put put 'i dont know.. something weird is happening'
yeaa not the comparison
i would jump to. its a lil odd and way off imo.
I'm not comparinr Rand to Jeses in any way. My point is that...
...the "religious" and "Christian" inhabited GOP are war-mongering Arab-hating Neo-Cons who love to hear Ted Cruz say he would carpet bomb the mid-east.
So I was illustrating that these do called "Christians" in the GOP are anything but that and no matter who had a message of peace they don't want to hear it.
im a christian and i hear it :)
and while i agree with your sentiment the gop christians are kinda blind to their own supposed faith. in the end there just people, and ofc iddiots. wouldnt matter what faith they were bc they are nationalism propaganda sponges.
Regardless of if Jesus was preaching Rand Paul's message
Truth is never popular. If you look in history how many followers had Noah? What about Jeremiah? Isaiah? John the Baptist? So like in the south, when a huge percentage claim to be Christian, the question is, are they really following the claims of Jesus? Is it biblical what they are doing and saying? Something to think about...
Exactly my point.
South Carolina booed Dr. Paul in the debates when Ron quoted Christ by suggesting maybe we should use the Golden Rule a little more in our foreign policy.
But the weapons-makers and military industrial complex in SC sure as hell don't want to hear THAT message.
Confusion
That's the problem. Jesus was not preaching the same message as Rand Paul. He wasn't running for political office. Jesus also had the advantage of performing many eyewitnessed miracles. Peace was just a part of Jesus's message, so this comparison is a stretch. I'm sure that if Rand performed one eyewitnessed miracle, there would be video of it. It would go viral & the other candidates would simply not be able to compete. I would be very careful comparing Rand to Jesus. Rand to others, yes. To the Son of God, no.
Doublethink
George Orwell coined this word in his dystopic novel "1984".
Doublethink: deliberate, perverse, or unconscious acceptance or promulgation of conflicting facts, principles, etc
Personally I have observed that this is a natural tendency of the human mind. It can be and has been exploited by rulers to serve their own purposes but it is also the source of hypocrisy and paradox. No doubt this is why Orwell drew attention to it.
I disagree...
If it were Jesus, here on earth at this particular time, he would be polling at approximately 1%. Not 3%, you were just a tad too optimistic.
Oh, lest we forget the heartless (literally) satan, Dick Cheney. He would be polling at least 20%, I would think. Swing low, swing low, great c-h-a-r-i-o-t. Comin' for to carry you home - Dick!
Peace and goodwill toward man, for what it's worth.
Can't disagree with you on that.
I was saying 3% because that is approx where Rand is polling.
But it may be optimistic for sure.
Hallelujah...
... and it was the leaders of the "church of His day" who was His fiercest enemies... the more things change the more they stay the same... Mt. 23 applies as much to the clergy of today as it did 2,000 years ago... if anyone ever hears a sermon preached based on Mt. 23, let me know... don't hold your breath... today's clergy are as thick as thieves with the GOP's Politburo... and devoid of power... once you sell your soul to a 501(c), you've lost the plot... writing this from home... about ten years ago, I would have been in church, but when they booed Ron Paul and labeled him an anti-Semite, I knew it's time to bail from this 501(c) farce... give your tithes to Rand Paul... he is doing God's work...
I agree.
Remember when a republican (so called Christians) audience booed Ron for say the US should follow the golden rule for foreign policy? The so called Christian nation sure bombs lots of people.
... and...
... war is not pro life... the hypocrites are having a "March for Life" on Jan 16... I want to stand on the sidewalk with a sign: WAR IS NOT PRO-LIFE, HYPOCRITES!
Many in those marches
are Catholics and thus Democrat voters. There are also a whole lot of teens and college aged who have never advocated a war policy. And finally many of these are one issue voters who have no opinion beyond killing babies.
Though it would be interesting to see what response you would get from people at that March holding that sign.
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This! 100%!
Yup
Classic cognitive dissonance
I remember that, but I
I remember that, but I considered them as a bunch of hopped-up, ignorant statists booing, more than as Christians booing.
I doubt it. That is the bible belt and center of the military-
-industrial complex.
They make lots of blood money on wars, interventions and arms races.
But they sure are good "Christians."
By the way - look at the warmongers they elect to the U.S. Senate and House in South Carolina....'nuff said.