is the jesus of religion conservative, and the jesus of the new testament liberal?.
your thoughts?.
Looking at the context of Matthew 6:48
The CEB translation gives an interesting alternative to the word perfect, which is used in many English translations/versions. I posted the context of Matthew 5:48 a couple of comments back.
CEB Therefore, just as your heavenly Father is complete in showing love to everyone, so also you must be complete.
is the jesus of religion conservative, and the jesus of the new testament liberal?.
your thoughts?.
I'm not a Christian. I'm not a person who believes The Bible was written by God. I'll get that out of the way. But reading what the Bible does say about Jesus, it's clear he was not harsh over human failings,but was very firm with hypocritical religious leaders and oppressors.
This is from Matthew Chapter 9
The Calling of Matthew
9 As Jesus went on from there, he saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax collector’s booth. “Follow me,” he told him, and Matthew got up and followed him.
10 While Jesus was having dinner at Matthew’s house, many tax collectors and sinners came and ate with him and his disciples. 11 When the Pharisees saw this, they asked his disciples, “Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?”
12 On hearing this, Jesus said, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. 13 But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’[a] For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”
is the jesus of religion conservative, and the jesus of the new testament liberal?.
your thoughts?.
Here is the context for Matthew 5:48, for the record:
43“You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbori and hate your enemy.’ 44But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, 45that you may be children of your Father in heaven. He causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous. 46If you love those who love you, what reward will you get? Are not even the tax collectors doing that? 47And if you greet only your own people, what are you doing more than others? Do not even pagans do that? 48Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.
is the jesus of religion conservative, and the jesus of the new testament liberal?.
your thoughts?.
Jesus is the ultimate sock puppet.
is the jesus of religion conservative, and the jesus of the new testament liberal?.
your thoughts?.
Who said conservatism is defined by the GOP?
is the jesus of religion conservative, and the jesus of the new testament liberal?.
your thoughts?.
Seeing so many Pharisees among Jehovah's Witnesses is probably the biggest factor that helped me leave. I could see how the entire philosophy of the governing body encouraged such harsh, cold thinking in both the leadership and rank and file.
Jesus would compare more to the liberal side of things, in my estimation. He had a very generous, helpful attitude towards the poor and the unfortunate. He spoke of how things would be in an ideal world, but understood that earth was not an ideal world, so it was fruitless and cruel to impose harsh, black and white standards on very imperfect people. He never mentioned homosexuality. He made concessions for many things. He chose his battles and he stood up, when it was important, and made a huge stand. He fed the poor, healed the poor, ministered to the poor, never asking for money or insurance cards. He cleared the temple of greedy hypocrites who sought to make money off other people's limitations and hardships. He spoke out , exposing religious oppression.
I agree with Kris, if Jesus was to come down today, they'd nail him again. How anyone can read the Gospels and then dream he would support the GOP, escapes me.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofzCZiQ9vjA
Wonder what the reaction to this would be: hi, are you hear for the Serial Killers Anonymous meeting?
they have made so many strategical mistakes it's hard to keep track.
some changes within the last decade or so that are contributing to declining numbers of jws:.
1. elimination of book study groups, the most informal, enjoyable and sociable of the jw meetings, contributed to loss of sense of community among jws.. 2. policy of consolidating kingdom halls.
A religious movement based on Doomsday will inevitably run out of time, when the doomsday never comes to fruition. The efforts of the governing body and writing department, to dance around the glaring elephant in the corner, are incredible and grow more ridiculous with time. I never knew when I was till associated, which ended with the 1990's, that the GB claimed Jesus was not mediator for the rank and file. That one piece of caca would have woke me up, bold upright in bed.
i had one lovebombing when she died by the congregation and since then---- nada.
lol.
Oh no. RIP to your mom. Consider yourself blessed though, on the love bombing. Really, do you want them around all the time?
well i just got back from 3 days in hell, and geez was this convention strange or what?
im sure someone's probably made a topic about this already but i can't believe that there weren't any new releases besides the movies.
has that ever happened before?
I have a dear friend, who is still a JW. She figured out I'm not, but she didn't unfriend me on Face Book. I just saw where she tells everyone that she enjoyed all the videos they showed and that people should bring kleenex for all the emotional moments. What emotional moments?
