Would Jesus be a Republican or a Democrat?
 

Some of his parables sound pretty Democratic......;but, the Republicans claim to be his party.:1orglaugh

There was a certain creditor which had two debtors; the one owed five hundred pence, and the other fifty. And when they had nothing to pay, he frankly forgave them both.

Go home to thy friends; tell them how the Lord had compassion on thee, and shew them how great things God hath done unto thee.

They need not depart; give ye them to eat. How many loaves have ye? Go and see.

Let the children first be filled: for it is not meet to take the children's bread, and to cast it unto the dogs.

neither. politics is for those less spiritually evolved. he would just laugh.

hehe it's interesting to think about, he would probably be a socialist... :)

Jesus would want Pontius Pilate to tax him out of his gourd and run every aspect of his life including the chariot companies and even the doctors? LOLZ.

Jesus would tell them both to fuck off. He'd probably even break modesty and use the word "fuck." That is how much he would dislike them.

I don't know.. he'd probably be whatever party makes empty promises and then leaves people for dead when shit gets heated.... Oh.. wait.. I know: BOTH TOP PARTIES IN THE STATES. I win. Where's my cheez mane

Would the traditional IDEA of jesus be an R or a D? No, he might be an r or a d.

Qft. Each party has picked up some up the teachings of Christ. The Republicans understand the rule of law. The Democrats are into compassion. The republicans value the wisdom of the ages. The democrats value charity (or their understanding of it).

It would be interesting to ask Christ about the value of "charity" by force, taking something from the rightful owner and handing it to someone else, under threat of imprisonment of the person who made the thing didn't give it up.

But what about the socialists?:

Neither did we eat any man's bread for nought; but wrought with labour and travail night and day, that we might not be chargeable to any of you: .9 Not because we have not power, but to make ourselves an ensample unto you to follow us. .10 For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat.

neither. he viewed money as something bad and went against the establishment of the time

last study says he got loads of money

:1orglaugh:1orglaugh:1orglaughAs the leader of Jesus' church, ask the Pope if money is bad.:1orglaugh:1orglaugh:1orglaugh

He would support the Taliban.

They are the only group with Bronze age believes and a anti imperialist program ( anti Roman )

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While you contemplate such nonsense, I will focus instead on more practical matters..

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If forced to choose, he would be a Democrat.

The mindset of those who identify as Democrat is more closely aligned with the teachings of Christ than those who identify as Republican.

- Help the needy
- Anti war
- Against the death penalty
- Care for the environment

If there is a God, it will surely be Republicans that fill the fiery pits of Hell. Just about everything they stand for is against the teachings of Christ. Then they go to church every Sunday to hear bastardized explanations of the bible designed to be in tune with their evil ways.

what would saint paul do ?

Jesus was anti-government, and would probably be considered a terrorist by DHS.

To me, SHE seems to be a conservative who instead needs to be a Libertarian. I hope she damns all the brown-nosers right-wing radical Christians who try to force us normal folks into being like them:-(.

Dave, Former Altar Boy (seriously!)

Leave it to the board rightwing nutjob to to type such idiocy.

There is justice in the universe and its called karma. This is the fate of all greedy selfish republicans in their next incarnation on this planet that would rather cut social programs than to tax Exxon.....




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what a stupid fucking question

Not really, a stupid question......

Since we are a Judeo-Christian society in terms of the basis for our moral/legal system, the political parties should be quite concerned with how the divine leader of the dominant religious sect would supposedly view their political platforms and actions.

The question is quite to the point in evaluating whether the Republican and Democratic political parties are hypocrites, believers or merely deceivers.

In our choices at the polls, we should try and chose those candidate that best represent our interests, our beliefs, and our hope for the future. In principle, much of which is riding on Jesus' teachings; and, whether or not, the respective political parties are in line with Jesus and/or our personal beliefs.

I am personally interested in the opinions of all GFYers including yours.

1. Help the needy --great idea! But, should we be forced BY GOVERNMENT to help the needy? Who is needy? Is the starving African boy pictured in this thread needy? Or are the obese drug addicted people in the inner city who have iPods, Xboxes, and Escalades needy? Are you needy if you only have a Ford Explorer and you want to upgrade to a Cadillac Escalade? Are UAW workers making $85 an hour needy?

2. Anti-war --great idea! But it didn't work so well for the Brits after WWI. The "peace movement" resulted in virtual disarmament, which nearly gave Europe to Hitler decades later.

3. Against the death penalty --great idea! But I am still trying to figure out why..

4. Care for the environment --great idea! But when left wing government creates a true conspiracy called "Global Warming" (now "Climate Change") and wants to tax US businesses right out of the country, killing jobs, I dunno. If Global Warming is so real, why all the instances of coordinated fraud in the "science" of it all?

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The govt forces you to go give sandwiches to homeless people? The govt forces you to let poor people live with you? WTF exactly is the govt forcing you to do? The govt collects taxes and part of that tax feeds the hungry, in your mind you're being forced? Fucking idiot.

It was not the 'peace movement' that allowed Hitler to do what he did, it was the fact that the world was coming out of a great depression. And FYI, Britain was not invaded by Germany so I don't know what your point even is.

Of course you are, I'm sure you're still trying to figure out how to even wipe your own ass.

Climate change is accepted by every modern country on the planet, even China. Only Limbaugh listening mental midgets believe its some fucking conspiracy. And if you believe companies are being taxed 'right out of the country', then why the fuck do companies set up shop in places like Silicon Valley and NYC when it would obviously be 10x cheaper to locate in Alabama where not only the tax rate is cheaper but so is everything else?

Yea, China takes pollution seriously, it is pristine over there:

http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/e...tedriver_N.htm

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/n...ina-river.html

"China has some of the world's most polluted waterways and cities, after two decades of breakneck industrial growth."

http://www.chinainteresting.com/chin...n-facts_1.html

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2...ent_604228.htm

The Chinese launch a new coal fired power plant every 3 days:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/6769743.stm

Yea, they are really serious over there.

The answer depends on whether you mean George Bush jr. or Thomas Jefferson...

;D

He'd be a libertarian and voting for Ron Paul, and a good GFY fellow

Jesus would be neither he didn't like the money changers so that leaves no money for the banks and that means no funding for politics so the correct answer is none of the above. but don't tell that to any politician they will deny it

This is the pretty standard conservative response to these issues.

Assuming Jesus appeared next to you (or any other conservative) and you shot back with these rebuttals to his teachings, what do you think would happen? Do you think he would change his mind or say that you are wrong? It has to be one of those two. Either you are right or Jesus is right. You have to pick one.

And if the teachings of Christ are too outdated to apply to the US in 2011 as your response implies, then Republicans need to stop acting like the party of God.

Jesus would be neither he didn't like the money changers so that leaves no money for the banks and that means no funding for politics so the correct answer is none of the above. but don't tell that to any politician they will deny it

neither.. what did I win?

Forcibly take money with the power of government from people who work hard for their money --and give it to people who covet other people's wealth.

Sounds Christian to me.

It's a stupid question because ALL of our politicians are a part of the same aristocracy. Jesus wouldn't even fucking vote.

He would be the leader of his own party.

yes. Jesus also supports abortion, legalizing pot, race quotas & deficit spending :1orglaugh

the answer can spin both ways. For example, helping the needy. Would he support 2 years of unemployment benefits, or would he think that the disincentive to find a job would hurt them? Further, would jesus prefer people helping the poor directly, or politicians helping them with other peoples money.

This post is so filled with misinformation, redirection and outright falsehoods I wouldn't even know where to begin.

Jesus was a long haired hippy who hung out with the homeless, hookers and wore sandals. What party does that sound like to you?

Christians(Republicans) seem to forgo his words and concentrate on the suffering he endured and generally tend to concentrate on the Old Testament