Why Are Christians Conservative when Christ was Liberal?
A Call for Liberals to Reclaim Their Religion
For any Christian who actually spends time reading the Bible it soon becomes clear that not only are the Neocons failing to follow Christ, but everything they do is the opposite of what Christ taught. That is a big deal. Because all of us fail to do the right thing. But to actively choose to do that which is diametrically opposed to his teachings, you have to be anti-christ. Yeah, I've seen the "Bush is the Antichrist" sites and don't worry; I'm not saying that. What I am saying is that if you put Yeshua at one extreme end of the graph of goodness, no matter how hard a Christian might try he will often find himself hovering around the middle and will at times cross the line into actual opposition to that goodness (as well as hopefully being on the positive side most of the time). But when every action is on the other side of that line, as far from Christ-like as you can get, as far into the negative as Christ is into the positive, there is no other way to put it than to say such a person is anti-christ.
I'm not a Republican any more. I'm not a Democrat either because I feel our "team" mentality has contributed massively to a discouraging lack of imaginative thinking that is keeping us locked into a no-win situation. That and because I am not able to sum up all my views by joining one of two parties. We are more complex than that. Where Christ was liberal, I try to be liberal. And he fit our definition of liberal far more often than he did our definition of conservative.
Published by Judy Tisdale
I believe what I believe because I have chosen to continually question and challenge my own thoughts and have come to the conclusion that, for the moment, my views best represent the truth as I see it. But i... View profile
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Post a CommentI know this is a tough issue. There is no clarity on this one between us Christians. It is a fascinating academic question, to be sure. Having said this, what I do know is that true charity comes from one individual to another, as opposed to through a government. The reality is that government help is NOT going to help a person know God. Charity through a church and through a Christian makes this possible. I vote for the political party that increases the chance that I will have more of my money to donate to my church and to Christian charities. As well, that allows me to have more money to work less overtime and be involved in the spreading of God's work to the poor and needy.
The death penalty is in the book of Deuteronomy. Israel protected its borders from outside invaders with a military. We are supposed to be take care of the Earth and be thankful to God for it; we are not supposed to worship the Earth like many environmentalist do. God gave man dominion over everything on the Earth in the book of Genesis. You presented no evidence in this article whatsoever to support your thesis--no scriptures at all. How am I supposed to believe you?
I'm pretty happy with what you've said and I hope we agree on most issues. As a Christian, I don't understand why so many other Christians are Republican or Conservative and then claim that is the right way. God is clearly in favor of immigration reform (and would not kick anyone out of a man made border just because s/he does not have papers). God does not want us trashing the planet that he gave us. We need to do anything to help the environment, even if it does cost us. Health care should be for everyone, regardless of one's ability to pay. I'm also sure God isn't in favor of the death penalty, nor is he in favor of allowing guns. I think the only issue I'm fairly conservative on is abortion, but I'm still a bit liberal on that too. I guess I'm in the middle on that issue, but I feel like there is a lot of hypocrisy on the political right when it comes to that issue.
Hi Judy,
As an Arky who spent many good years in Texas, I must say I miss Texas. The definition of liberal and conservative is a big issue. Jesus commanded His body, the church, to help the needy and the poor. Those in favor of big government rob the taxpayer and force them to "give". That is absolutely not the Biblical model. Big, entitlement government creates a situation where the poor do not really need help from the church, thus they cut off contact with the church. Instead they give their allegiance to the government. Again, not Biblical. You might enjoy my article at
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/2110827/the_difficulties_and_joys_in_benevolence.html?cat=34
Well, at first I was going to bash the article based on the name alone. =)
But, essentially, I think you're right. He did command to help the needy and love neighbour, self and God above all.
However (and here's where I think it differentiates from modern liberalism) he did not force anyone to it, rather it is something that should flow out of one's appreciation for what God has done in one's life, and that person should help out his fellow man, because God has been gracious to him. This does remind me of what Huckabee said, "Jesus was too smart to run for public office" =)
No matter, He is more than president, he is Lord.
God Bless.
Great title! PS- There is such a thing as liberal Christianity, though maybe not in Texas.
I love this! Thank you for saying what's been on my mind for a long time now.
Interesting and innovate idea for an article.