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What would Christ have said about ‘Christians’ who, for example, seemingly unconditionally support superfluously wealthy politicians who have done nothing that remotely resembles Christ-like conduct?
Genuine Christians really need to loudly call out the denominations that abominably ardently support such men and non-Christlike causes.
I, a believer in Christ’s miracles, am talking about Jesus through his teachings and practices, not pragmatism, politics or conservative/liberal goals. Really, can anyone seriously imagine Jesus rolling his eyes at extreme politicians and ideologies, and then sighing: ‘Oh well, I’m against everything the man stands for, but what can you do when you dislike even more some of what his political competition stands for’?
Jesus, though no pushover, fundamentally was about compassion and charity. His teachings epitomize the primary component of socialism — do not hoard morbidly gratuitous wealth in the midst of poverty. He clearly would not tolerate the accumulation of tens of billions of dollars by individual people — especially while so many others go hungry and homeless.