The racial polarization of American politics

[Mr.Bill]

[Spider]

Reagan wouldn't make it out of the primaries today. He'd be labeled a Hollywood Liberal Elitist and bounced.

[Indy]

[Spider]

Jesus was a nascent socialist. He'd be bounced, too.

[Indy]

He was! Just as many of us had always thought!

The backlash against the pope was hi-larious. Talkin' that Jesus talk. How DARE that communist motherf***er!?!

[Gremlin]

I dont believe i ever read or heard Jesus show any support what so ever for the state.
Are we talking about the same Jesus, the one from the Bible?

[Spider]

Well, the obvious response is the whole "Render unto Caesar" thing. But that is its own can of worms.

Rather than thinking in terms of absolutes, consider what the guy is on the biblical record as saying, and ask yourself where it falls on the spectrum between socialism and capitalism. At least in terms of modern notions like capitalism and socialism, as opposed to the thinking of thousands of years ago.

Probably safest to say he was heavily biased to the left, just not in any recognizably modern Marxist sense.

[Gremlin]

In the Bible i know the only time the state came into the story of Jesus is when he was opposing it, lecturing it, over turning its evils.

If were going to talk about the support for cooperative social cohesion it was always in terms of a universal setting and easily would be called apolitical. None of what he said is exclusively left leaning. In the few quotes of the rich serving the poor, wealth distro, it was always in a context of spiritual balance in ones self. The parable outline of those quotes makes it obvious that its your soul that will receive or be denied the treasures from the kingdom of heaven.



BTW, im not a relig-o or anything, i just see the Bible as a damn good book for many reasons.

[Spider]

[The Dude]

pretty sure more whites will vote for dem in 2016.