September 22, 2003
A Hippie and a Humanist
JS Bangs on the Boar's Head Tavern gives the following description of Jesus:
Jesus was a hippie and a humanist. He beleived in nothing more than the rights of all people to live freely and tap their unlimited personal potential for good. He spend many nights getting stoned with the Twelve and talking about how the Good News and the Good Weed was, like, totally going to go to the nations. He never cleansed the temple, but instead held a love-in where he and his disciples linked arms and sang "We Will Overcome", and prayed for reductions in spear stockpiles. The statement, "I come not to bring peace but a sword" was later inserted by The Man, who was trying to suppress his groovy message. The Man also had Jesus executed because if his carefree ways spread to the youth, it would mean the breakdown of society. And after the resurrection, Jesus came to his disciples and told them to be chill, and to love all people equally and respect their belief systems because we're all, like, on a path to God.
That was complete sarcasm, in case you couldn't tell, but biting only because there are people who actually believe the bulk of that. As much as we all sometimes try to re-form Jesus into our own image or according to our own preferences, He doesn't change. He is the Son of God as recorded in the New Testament. He preached an exclusive claim as the only way to the Father in heaven, and He knew it would be divisive when He said it.
Posted by JohnH at September 22, 2003 12:19 PM | TrackBackComments
Loved that post!!
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