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In reply to the discussion: I have come to the conclusion that republicans [View all]calimary
(90,017 posts)They side with the proverbial money-changers. They prefer the only people Jesus ever got mad at and against whom He got His dander up. The only temper fit described in the Bible as something Jesus did - was that. Oh yeah, and at one point He also got pissed off at a fig tree. But as far as people were concerned - that was the ONLY account.
This needs to be said, read, and SPREAD. They can't accurately or legitimately call themselves "Christians." Because the Jesus Christ they claim they worship and adore - was all about THE POOR. Whom He described as "the least of these." He was talking about THE POOR. The same group of people these latter-day assholes despise and, in fact, wish and hope to hurt, neglect, and abuse.
So if they do indeed feel that way, then they CANNOT by all rights call themselves Christians. If someone truly wants to follow Christ, he or she MUST put the poor first, and indeed, BECOME one of the poor. Jesus also said you should renounce all your worldly goods and give all of it up and follow Him. The Bible has that one too. What He told the rich young man who came inquiring how to join the club. And the story describes how the rich young man was unhappy with the instructions Christ gave him, and went away dejected, now that he understood what he was required to do. And as far as I can recall, we never heard anymore about that rich young man coming back, having decided to go ahead and do what Christ told him to do in order to follow Him.
THAT needs to be shoved in the face of EVERY republi-CON and republi-CON sympathizer and self-anointed religioso in America - especially those with the big, expensive, lavish empires. (I'm talkin' to YOU, pat robertson, and all your little "Supply-Side Jesus" pals!!!!)