I’m an atheist and basically always have been, but I grew up around some religious people and one thing I’ve never forgotten was some advice this one guy gave me (8 or 9) and his daughters (8 and 6):
Jesus once whooped the ass of every mother fucker in a church because they were breaking the rules. So if you ever need to ask yourself “What would Jesus do?” never forget that a righteous ass-beating is an option if the situation is severe enough
He also flipped moneychangers tables. He basically sat while fuming, and braided a whip, and then showed the people the proper ending to a Monopoly game.
It’s not that they were breaking the rules, it’s that they were preying on vulnerable people.
If you want to talk about Jesus’ relationship with rules, look at the people he chose to spend time with – outcasts and social undesirables. Rulebreakers. Vulnerable people, people who didn’t have the luxury of pondering where stealing bread lies morally when you’re starving.
And look at his response to the question about which commandment was the most important: “If you thought it was about the rules, you missed the point”.
I’m an atheist and basically always have been, but I grew up around some religious people and one thing I’ve never forgotten was some advice this one guy gave me (8 or 9) and his daughters (8 and 6):
Jesus once whooped the ass of every mother fucker in a church because they were breaking the rules. So if you ever need to ask yourself “What would Jesus do?” never forget that a righteous ass-beating is an option if the situation is severe enough
He also flipped moneychangers tables. He basically sat while fuming, and braided a whip, and then showed the people the proper ending to a Monopoly game.
It’s not that they were breaking the rules, it’s that they were preying on vulnerable people.
If you want to talk about Jesus’ relationship with rules, look at the people he chose to spend time with – outcasts and social undesirables. Rulebreakers. Vulnerable people, people who didn’t have the luxury of pondering where stealing bread lies morally when you’re starving.
And look at his response to the question about which commandment was the most important: “If you thought it was about the rules, you missed the point”.