Hey, Christian! How Many Of Jesus' Moral Stands Do You Approve? Take The Test!

Let's have Thailand sex tourist Rush Limbaugh take the test!

(Or explain why he won't...)
https://crooksandliars.com/john-amato/rush-limbaugh-freaks-when-he-gets-calle

Greetings,

Here is a good "test" for those "Christians" who are not inclined to read The Four Gospels. 

Using the following red-lined New Testament texts, I encourage you to read every word Jesus spoke in Matthew, Mark, Luke and John   http://www.ccel.org/bible/phillips/JBPRed.htm 

As you read, make a check mark whenever you disagree with something Jesus says. 

For example, do you disagree with the following statements? 

"Love your enemy." 

"Turn the other cheek." 

"Pray for those who persecute you."  

"Give to anyone who asks." 

“You cannot serve both God and money." 

"If your right eye causes you to stumble, gouge it out and throw it away."

“If anyone comes to me and does not hate father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters—yes, even their own life—such a person cannot be my disciple."

So!

How ya doin'?

Anybody strike out at Number 3? 

Be honest now! 

Most conservative Christians will substantially (or categorically) disagree with most of Jesus' moral exhortations.

It's a fact of life... and a very inconvenient truth. 

Christians Ignore Jesus' "Commandments" But Are Punctilious About Things He Never Said

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2016/05/christians-ignore-jesus-commandments.html

Bible Gives Two Accounts Of "Sodom's Sin." The One You Favor Reveals You

https://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2015/05/bible-gives-two-accounts-of-sodoms-sin.html
An Open Question: Could Satan Himself Destroy As Many Souls As Biblical "Literalism"
https://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2019/12/an-open-question-could-satan-himself.html

Seldom Sermonized Bible Quotes

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2015/04/seldom-sermonized-bible-verses.html

Pope Francis Warns Against Nationalism, Says Recent Speeches Sound Like "Hitler In 1934"

https://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2019/08/pope-francis-again-warns-against.html 

Furthermore, if we posit that "Pharisees" are an enduring human "type" (not just an ancient Jewish sect) and that like their spiritual forebears they are represented by upright, church-goers in every generation, many Christians will not do well with "The Woe Passages" either. 
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+23&version=NIV

Whatever you do, don't miss "The Sermon on The Mount!" 

Jimmy Carter's not the only one lusting in his heart. 
1.) http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%205-7&version=NIV  
2.) http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2013/11/limbaugh-caller-describes-rush.html

On the other hand, if the criterion is "an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth" most (if not all) conservative Christians will jump aboard.

If my conjecture is correct, most conservative "Christians" would feel more at home in The Old Testament than The New.

There is nothing wrong with this. 

They just don't score very high on the rubric "Know Thyself." 

They mistake their role in the world, and consequently tend to be miffed with Pope Francis for reminding everybody that it's not about talkin' the talk but walkin' the walk.

Going to a Billy Graham rally and "coming forward" to proclaim "Jesus Christ as my personal Lord and Savior" just doesn't cut the mustard.

Most often these proclamations arise from magical thinking and superstition - like not walking under ladders, avoiding black cats and carrying a rabbit's foot (which wasn't very lucky for the rabbit).

"Pope Francis Links"
http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2013/11/pope-francis-links.html

Pope Francis: Quotations On Finance, Economics, Capitalism And Inequality

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2014/04/pope-francis-on-finance-economics.html

Pope Francis: One Of The Most Powerful Critiques Of Capitalism You Will Ever Read

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2015/03/pope-francis-one-of-most-powerful.html

Pope Francis: "This Economy Kills"

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2015/01/pope-francis-this-economy-kills.html

Catholic Social Teaching

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2015/01/catholic-social-teaching.html

Pope Francis: Moving The Moral Compass 
From "The Individual" Toward "The Collective"
http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2015/01/pope-francis-moving-moral-judgment-from.html

Pro-Science Pontiff: Pope Francis On Climate Change, Evolution And The Big Bang

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2015/01/the-pro-science-pontiff-pope-francis-on.html

Pope Francis: What Christianity Looks Like When Believers Realize "God Is Love"

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2014/12/pope-francis-what-happens-when-jesus-is.html

Let's have Glenn Beck 
-- and all Fox celebrities -- 
take the test!
(Or explain why they won't.)


Let's have all "Christian" "conservatives" take the test.
Or explain why not.

"When I Was Young, I Wondered How Jim Jones Got All Those People To Drink The Kool-Aid"

https://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2019/12/when-i-was-young-i-wondered-how-jim.html

Alan: Trump deserves a mulligan like Larry Nassar deserves a weekend pass to an all-girls gymnastics camp.
And if you believe Trump's claim to be a good Christian, there are no words to describe the depth of your delusion.
"By their fruits you shall know them."

How We Know GOP Politicians Are Evil Liars Who Would Sell Their Country, Mother And Soul In A Heartbeat  
https://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2019/12/how-we-know-gop-politicians-are-evil.html

"You can safely assume you’ve created God in your own image when it turns out God hates all the same people you do.'"
Tom Weston S. J.


Trump And Satan Go Head To Head
https://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2019/12/cartoon-trump-and-satan-go-head-to-head.html
EVERYTHING Wrong With "Conservative" "Christianity"
(Best compilation of "ignorance and stupidity" links)
https://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2019/11/everything-wrong-with-conservative.html
"My Gripe With Christianity"
http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2017/01/my-gripe-with-christianity.html

Bible Gives Two Accounts Of "Sodom's Sin." The One You Favor Reveals You

https://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2015/05/bible-gives-two-accounts-of-sodoms-sin.html

An Open Question: Could Satan Himself Destroy As Many Souls As Biblical "Literalism"
https://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2019/12/an-open-question-could-satan-himself.html

"Evangelical Support Of Trump Will Be An Indictment Against Its Validity," Fr. Richard Rohr

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2019/07/evangelical-support-of-trump-will-be.html

"The Sermon On The Mount" As Envisioned By "Christian" "Conservatives" 
https://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2019/10/the-sermon-on-mount-as-envisioned-by.html

Why "Christian" "Conservatives" Are Losing Their Souls
https://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2019/09/christian-conservatives-are-losing.html
"Christian" "Conservatives" Are Neither Christian Nor Conservative
https://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2019/08/christian-conservatives-are-neither.html
"The Deepening Crisis In Evangelical Christianity"
Support For Trump Degrades Christian Witness 
https://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2019/07/the-deepening-crisis-in-evangelical.html
Evangelicals' Lack Of Faith Is The Greatest Threat To The Church
https://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2019/07/evangelicals-lack-of-faith-is-single.html

Cartoon: American Evangelicals Join The Last Supper

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2018/05/cartoon-american-evangelicals-join-last.html

Corrupted By Grifters And Charlatans, Evangelicalism Has Devolved Into A Hate Group

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2018/01/corrupted-by-grifters-and-charlatans.html

Absolutism As A Last Ditch Defense Against The Challenge (Threat?) Of Kindness

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2019/04/absolutism-as-defense-against-challenge.html

Bill McKibben "The Christian Paradox: How A Faithful Nation Gets Jesus Wrong"

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2012/06/bill-mckibben-christian-paradox-how.html

James' Epistle: "Judgment Without Mercy Will Be Shown To Anyone Who Has Not Shown Mercy"

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2016/03/james-epistle-judgment-without-mercy.html

Peter The Apostle's Prime Directive: It Is Love That Forgives Sins

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2015/07/the-apostle-peters-prime-directive-love.html

Facebook Exchange With Christian Fundamentalist Over "Wickedness" And "Hell"

https://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2019/08/facebook-exchange-with-christian_29.html

Christians Ignore Jesus' "Commandments" But Are Punctilious About Things He Never Said

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2016/05/christians-ignore-jesus-commandments.html

How Do American Christians Direct Their Moral Umbrage?
https://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2016/04/how-do-american-christians-direct-their.html?m=0

Yeshua Excoriates Fellow Pharisees: "The Woe Passages"

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2013/08/yeshua-excoriates-fellow-pharisees-woe.html

The Pharisees... And What Became Of The Thirty Pieces Of Silver
https://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2019/08/the-pharisees-and-what-became-of-thirty.html

"Love Your Enemies. Do Good To Those Who Hate You," Luke 6: 27-42

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2013/02/love-your-enemies-do-good-to-those-who.html

"Do You Know What You're Doing To Me?"

Jesus of Nazareth

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2013/12/do-you-know-what-youre-doing-to-me.html

Jesus Rails Against Human Traditions Of "Our Great Leaders Who Lived Long Ago" 

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2014/08/jesus-rails-againt-human-traditions-of.html

Everything Jesus And The Apostles Had To Say About "The Rich" And "The Poor"

What's Wrong With Christian Bigots?

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2016/04/whats-wrong-with-contemporary-christian.html

"Any Religion That Needs Fear To Thrive Is Bad Religion"

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2012/02/any-religion-that-needs-fear-to-thrive.html

Images Of Yeshua, A Nazarene Carpenter

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2013/09/images-of-yeshua-nazarene-carpenter.html

"From Jesus To Christ, The First Christians"
Frontline

https://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2014/03/from-jesus-to-christ-first-christians.html

"Bad Religion: A Compendium"
http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2014/04/bad-religion-compendium.html

Hey Christian! How Many Of Jesus' Moral Stands Do You Approve? Take The Test!

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2013/12/how-many-of-jesus-moral-exhortations.html

Plank In Eye Disease: Humankind's Most Common Affliction

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2016/05/plank-in-eye-disease-humankinds-most.html

How Do American Christians Direct Their Moral Umbrage?
https://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2016/04/how-do-american-christians-direct-their.html

"Has America Lost Its Mind?" 1A's Brilliant Interview With "Fantasyland's" Kurt Andersen
http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2017/09/has-america-lost-its-mind-1as-brilliant.html

Televangelist Jim Bakker Resurrected: If This Doesn't Scare The Bejesus Out Of You, Repent For Your End Is Near!
http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2017/09/televangelist-jim-bakker-resurrected-if.html

Pope Francis On Fundamentalism: The Horror Of Turning God Into Ideological Pretext
http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2016/06/pope-francis-on-fundamentalism-horror.html

"Terror And The Other Religions"
http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2014/04/terrorism-and-other-religions-juan-cole.html

Frank Zappa Prophesied A Fascist Theocracy. Barry Goldwater Agrees
http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2016/11/frank-zappa-profesied-fascist-theocracy.html

"American Theocracy" By Kevin Philips

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2014/07/american-theocracy-by-kevin-phillips.html

Conservative Christianity, Armageddon As Self-Fulfilling Prophecy, And Return To The Neolithic

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2016/12/conservative-christianity-armageddon-as.html

"Thoughts And Prayers"

https://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2019/08/thoughts-and-prayers.html