Would American Christians vote for Jesus?

[tonymctones]

LOL

Lol indeed apparently it's not just the white man tryin to keep ppl down its the white Christian man now lmfao

You're still a good dude in my book mal just a little naive is all

[MCWAY]

I'm curious about your views on MLK.

Do you think he was a communist?

NOPE!!

[Dos Equis]

I think Jesus would preach personal responsibility verses government. It would be the christians mandate to cloth the poor, feed the hungry and give aid to the sick.. it would be the poor's responsibility to do their best to make a living. I doubt Jesus would support lazy people.

Agree.

[George Whorewell]

Not just to bump my own response here-- but consider this

Based on Garebears incomprehensibly stupid question about Jesus-- Think Anti War-- ( Pacifism?), Universal Healthcare (Coercion?), Helping the poor (Extortion?)

Garebears juvenile attempt at being witty/ ironic through the invocation of Jesus is nothing more than a transparent attempt to bolster the left wing causes that Americans have resoundingly rejected. In Garebears walnut sized brain, he is convinced that he is fairly intelligent. After all, he just figured out a way to trash Jesus and America while simultaneously shaming American Christians at large (IE Republicans) into being embarrassed for their beliefs. What the first battalion Sargent of assless chaps fails to realize, is that through his own delusional responses on this subject he is promoting the warped idea that Jesus and America are mutually exclusive.  

The left likes to invoke Jesus when it suits them, the only problem is that they completely misstate who Jesus was and what he stood for in the process.

Would Jesus have supported the Revolutionary War, Civil War or World War 2? Would Jesus support military action for humanitarian missions? To prevent Genocide? In self defense? Would Jesus support a standing military at all? According to Garebears worldview, America should still be a British colony, the Nazi's or Communists ( either or) should control Europe and America should have no vested interest in any world affairs (besides a self imposed cap on carbon emissions, opening the US borders etc.).

Would Jesus support an unaccountable government  coercing the citizenry into buying healthcare insurance under penalty of criminal sanction? Where does the bible address Universal Healthcare anyway?

Would Jesus consider "Obama Phones", unlimited food stamps, monthly checks on the taxpayers dime not to work and other lovely social programs championed by the left to "help poor people" attributes of a morally just society? Where in the bible does Jesus say-- Thou Shall Work So That Productive Members Of Society May Finance The Useless? Maybe that was in the Old Testament.  

[Dos Equis]

Not just to bump my own response here-- but consider this

Based on Garebears incomprehensibly stupid question about Jesus-- Think Anti War-- ( Pacifism?), Universal Healthcare (Coercion?), Helping the poor (Extortion?)

Garebears juvenile attempt at being witty/ ironic through the invocation of Jesus is nothing more than a transparent attempt to bolster the left wing causes that Americans have resoundingly rejected. In Garebears walnut sized brain, he is convinced that he is fairly intelligent. After all, he just figured out a way to trash Jesus and America while simultaneously shaming American Christians at large (IE Republicans) into being embarrassed for their beliefs. What the first battalion Sargent of assless chaps fails to realize, is that through his own delusional responses on this subject he is promoting the warped idea that Jesus and America are mutually exclusive.  

The left likes to invoke Jesus when it suits them, the only problem is that they completely misstate who Jesus was and what he stood for in the process.

Would Jesus have supported the Revolutionary War, Civil War or World War 2? Would Jesus support military action for humanitarian missions? To prevent Genocide? In self defense? Would Jesus support a standing military at all? According to Garebears worldview, America should still be a British colony, the Nazi's or Communists ( either or) should control Europe and America should have no vested interest in any world affairs (besides a self imposed cap on carbon emissions, opening the US borders etc.).

Would Jesus support an unaccountable government  coercing the citizenry into buying healthcare insurance under penalty of criminal sanction? Where does the bible address Universal Healthcare anyway?

Would Jesus consider "Obama Phones", unlimited food stamps, monthly checks on the taxpayers dime not to work and other lovely social programs championed by the left to "help poor people" attributes of a morally just society? Where in the bible does Jesus say-- Thou Shall Work So That Productive Members Of Society May Finance The Useless? Maybe that was in the Old Testament.  

Beach Bum approved.   

[whork]

Since the thread is whether Jesus would get votes...

Why would any conservative vote for someone :

Who is a bastard son born out of wedlock?
Unmarried and suspected queer for spending all his time with other men washing their feet.
Unemployed.
No children or family structure evident.
His father was a great abortion specialist who performed thousands of abortions.
His father was also found guilty of killing his children.


I would wager to say that even Herman Cain would garner more votes than Jesus.

Boooommm

All our so called christian would hate Jesus today

[magikusar]

This is gibberish.

[magikusar]

I'm not sure Jesus was for universal healthcare...he understood the concept of taxes, and what they're for....I'm sure Jesus would be smart enough to realize that Obama is a piece of shit Lib douchbag and run his campaign accordingly.

lolz

[garebear]

NOPE!!

A lot of white supremacists tried to paint him that way.

His march on Washington was for Civil Rights and Jobs.

Are you aware of that?

[Straw Man]

Americans would never vote for a hippie jew who tells them to sell all their stuff and give the money to the poor

[Soul Crusher]

Americans would never vote for a hippie jew who tells them to sell all their stuff and give the money to the poor

I thought we got the near same in 2008 w lord Obama.

[Straw Man]

I thought we got the near same in 2008 w lord Obama.

you've forgotten that your brain is defective

[whork]

Americans would never vote for a hippie jew who tells them to sell all their stuff and give the money to the poor

So true

[Soul Crusher]

So true

Yet they voted for a black muslim anti-american communist. 

[loco]

Yes, American Christians would vote for Jesus

2 Thessalonians 3:10-12
 
10 For even when we were with you, we gave you this rule: “The one who is unwilling to work shall not eat.”
11 We hear that some among you are idle and disruptive. They are not busy; they are busybodies.
12 Such people we command and urge in the Lord Jesus Christ to settle down and earn the food they eat.



But Judas was a Democrat and he would vote for Obama:



John 12:4-8

4 But one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, who was later to betray him, objected,
5 “Why wasn’t this perfume sold and the money given to the poor? It was worth a year’s wages."
6 He did not say this because he cared about the poor but because he was a thief; as keeper of the money bag, he used to help himself to what was put into it.
7 “Leave her alone,” Jesus replied. “It was intended that she should save this perfume for the day of my burial.
8 You will always have the poor among you, but you will not always have me.”


Notice Jesus said "You will always have the poor among you"

[Straw Man]

this Jesus guy "said" so many contradictory things it's almost as if his words were written by hundred of unknown people  who didn't know what the others had written

[loco]

this Jesus guy "said" so many contradictory things it's almost as if his words were written by hundred of unknown people  who didn't know what the others had written

If you say so.   

[Straw Man]

If you say so.   

yes, we all know that Jesus wrote the bible himself

it was certainly not cobbled together by hundreds of unknown authors and then translated and mistranslated for centuries and then voted on by other men who decided what to keep in and what to take out.   

That definitely didn't happen

[tu_holmes]

Yes, American Christians would vote for Jesus

2 Thessalonians 3:10-12
 
10 For even when we were with you, we gave you this rule: “The one who is unwilling to work shall not eat.”
11 We hear that some among you are idle and disruptive. They are not busy; they are busybodies.
12 Such people we command and urge in the Lord Jesus Christ to settle down and earn the food they eat.



But Judas was a Democrat and he would vote for Obama:



John 12:4-8

4 But one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, who was later to betray him, objected,
5 “Why wasn’t this perfume sold and the money given to the poor? It was worth a year’s wages."
6 He did not say this because he cared about the poor but because he was a thief; as keeper of the money bag, he used to help himself to what was put into it.
7 “Leave her alone,” Jesus replied. “It was intended that she should save this perfume for the day of my burial.
8 You will always have the poor among you, but you will not always have me.”


Notice Jesus said "You will always have the poor among you"

Thessalonians was not the words of Jesus... The only "words of Jesus" in the bible are in the Gospels...

Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John.

[loco]

yes, we all know that Jesus wrote the bible himself

it was certainly not cobbled together by hundreds of unknown authors and then translated and mistranslated for centuries and then voted on by other men who decided what to keep in and what to take out.   

That definitely didn't happen

So now you turn this into a religious board discussion.     

Then what exactly are you basing this on?

Americans would never vote for a hippie jew who tells them to sell all their stuff and give the money to the poor

[loco]

Thessalonians was not the words of Jesus... The only "words of Jesus" in the bible are in the Gospels...

Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John.

Jesus is quoted all over the New Testament.

[Straw Man]

Jesus is quoted all over the New Testament.

I thought only the words in red were supposed to be his actual quotes

BTW - what's with the quote from John 12:4-8

What do you think it means and why did you leave off the last sentence?

[tbombz]

I don't really see that as an issue, do you believe Jesus would sit back and let innocent ppl get slaughtered?

One could make the case that a strong military could help prevent that.

i think it extremely obvious that jesus would sit back and let people get slaughtered. he obviously allowed the holocaust to happen, and has allowed every single atrocity that has ever occurred.

the idea that god would stop violence is absolutely absurd because every single case we have available at our hands to examine tells us otherwise.

[Dos Equis]

Yes, American Christians would vote for Jesus

2 Thessalonians 3:10-12
 
10 For even when we were with you, we gave you this rule: “The one who is unwilling to work shall not eat.”
11 We hear that some among you are idle and disruptive. They are not busy; they are busybodies.
12 Such people we command and urge in the Lord Jesus Christ to settle down and earn the food they eat.



But Judas was a Democrat and he would vote for Obama:



John 12:4-8

4 But one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, who was later to betray him, objected,
5 “Why wasn’t this perfume sold and the money given to the poor? It was worth a year’s wages."
6 He did not say this because he cared about the poor but because he was a thief; as keeper of the money bag, he used to help himself to what was put into it.
7 “Leave her alone,” Jesus replied. “It was intended that she should save this perfume for the day of my burial.
8 You will always have the poor among you, but you will not always have me.”


Notice Jesus said "You will always have the poor among you"

Welcome back El Profeta.   

[Straw Man]

So now you turn this into a religious board discussion.      

Then what exactly are you basing this on?

how am I turning this into a religious board

I didn't start the thread nor am I the one posting excerpts from the bible

All I said is Americans would never vote for a hippie jew who tells them to sell all their stuff and give the money to the poor and I base that on the current electorate who equates a 3% increase in the marginal tax rate to communism