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Thursday, August 25, 2016

Where Conservative Christians Go Wrong

Alan: How many upstanding, church-going Christians would let an itinerant preacher - a guy they meet on the street - rub spit-mud on their eyes?

And how much of the orthodox assumption that Jesus will return in "majesty and glory" is attributable to a psychological need among cautious, rule-following Christians that the messiah be utterly unmistakable when he returns? 

Which begs these questions: 

"Why was Yeshuah so easily mistaken for a rabble-rousing carouser who prefered the company of prostitutes, publicans and traitorous tax collectors?"

"And why would God do things differently the next time?" 

Yeshua himself told us: "I have come not to call those who think they are righteous, but those who know they are sinners..." 

Mother Theresa would have us believe that the messiah is already here, among us now, "in the distressing disguise of the poor." http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/252963-seeking-the-face-of-god-in-everything-everyone-all-the

People get ready. 


When Jesus comes back, he will look just as scruffy and unsavory as he did before.


And he will want to rub spit-mud on your eyes.


Again "the righteous" will clamor for Barrabas.


Jesus: Festive Tippler And Friend Of Whores, Publicans, Tax Collectors And Sundry Sinners

"The Man Born Blind": Jesus Overturns The Core Supposition Of The Ancient World

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

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

Yeshua Excoriates Fellow Pharisees: "The Woe Passages"

"Twelve Steps For The Recovering Pharisee (Like Me)" By John Fischer
http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2014/07/12-steps-for-recovering-pharisee-like.html

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

"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" 

The Gospels With The Words Of Jesus In Red

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

"Which Do You Value More?
Mercy?
Or Justice?"

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

What Too Many Christians Get Wrong

Christians And "Christians" Choose Between Mercy, Love And Forgiveness, Or Retribution And Punishment

Biblical Literalism: Not Only Impossible But Destructive Of Meaning And Souls

Mistakes In Scripture: When The Bible Gets The Bible Wrong

UNC-CH Professor Bart D. Ehrman:
Biblical Exegete And Former Christian Evangelical
The Bible and Textual Analysis

"Is The Bible More Violent Than The Quran?"

"God Enjoys The 10 Plagues Way Too Much"

ISIS And The Inquisition: The Shadow Side Of Religion. Why Does Belief Do This?

"What ISIS Really Wants" And How The Patriarch Abraham Appears To Be The Instigator

Christianity's Bedrock Commitment To Torture: Remaking "The Faithful" In God's Image

Time For Catholicism To "Shelve" Traditions And Texts That Represent God As A Terrorist
http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2014/06/time-to-expunge-catholicism-of.html

"Trial By Ordeal: The Bloody Old Testamental Roots Of Modern Justice"

Americans, Especially Catholics, Approve Of Inquisitorial Torture

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2014/04/americans-especially-catholics-approve.html

Are Highly Religious People Less Compassionate?

Conservative Christians Delight In The Punishment And Pain Of Others

All 3 Abrahamic Religions Should Be As Ashamed Of Themselves As They Are Now Self-Certain

Abrahamic Religions Must Deal With Their Own Bronze Age Atavism And Not Just Window Dress


What's Wrong With The Abrahamic Religions: Absolutism, Scriptural "Inerrancy," Bloodlust

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

Pope Innocent III's Albigensian Crusade And Genocide

"Terror And The Other Religions"
How Do Christians Rank As Terrorists
Juan Cole


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