The Fundamentalists Are Pimping Jesus

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The Fundamentalists Are Pimping Jesus

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Jesus is for sale; everywhere in America, in every community, in newspapers, television, radio and Internet. Fundamentalist Christians are selling their version of an illiterate first century Galilean peasant to anyone who’ll buy but they seem no more interested in his life and teachings than Paul of Tarsus. All that matters is that he’s dead. Hail to the king, baby. The king is dead. Love live the king.

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Granted, Jesus was friendly with prostitutes but I doubt he expected to be made one himself, and that is exactly what he has become for fundamentalist pastors, pundits, and tax exempt organizations across the country. The question seems not to be “What would Jesus say?” but rather “How much can we get for him?”

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What would Jesus say? One thing is certain: not what fundamentalists are saying. “Classical” Christianity seems to have lost Jesus. They cry at every opportunity about a war on Christianity or Christmas, about secularists taking Jesus out of Christmas, but it’s the fundamentalists themselves who have thrown Jesus under the bus. And they’ve taken him not only out of Christmas but out of the religion named after him.

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Not only are they running a prostitution ring, but a bait and switch; if you buy Jesus hoping for some love, compassion and forgiveness, what you get instead is Old Testament hate, judgment, and vindictiveness. Jesus has become as voiceless as the prostitutes he befriended.So much for a good time. So much for Jesus.

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So true!

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[patrice]

2. It's not all just Tax Exemption. We must not under-estimate the amount of BUSINESS done through

church networks.

I'd bet people would believe just about A -N - Y - T - H - I - N - G if their mortgage depended upon it, even that invading and occupying a sovereign nation and getting a bunch of children, who just happen to be brown and non-christian, killed is the RIGHT thing to do.

All other factors being the same, what would have happened to Iraq if they had been White "Christians"?

[Kurovski]

3. Read the book "The Family" by Jeff Sharlet to see who makes the most dough, etc. off of Christ.

EDIT: seriously, you'll read about the plan to make him more of a modern consumer product, along with other assorted schemes going back to the 1930's.

[Initech]

4. Jesus died for our savings.

[Zax2me]

5. what do you care?

Freedom of religion -
It isn't just for you.

[MedicalAdmin]

7. What do you care?

Freedom of speech. It isn't just for you.

[Sinistrous]

6. New meme: "Put Christ back into Christianity."

That's strange coming from me, but thought I'd toss it out.