John Kerry
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What government did Jesus advocate voting for? I remember him rejecting the whole political kit and kaboodle in the desert as one of Satan's temptations. Why oh why can't his followers live up to his message?
"When Satan offers Jesus the kingdoms of the earth, it is not merely to hand over a set of keys. He is tempting Jesus into undertaking the path of the State, the path of violence and domination and hierarchy which is necessary to the functioning and control of a State. He is trying to goad the sinless one onto performing those "necessary evils" (or shall we call them "necessary sins"?) which bring order out of chaos... Not realizing that the problem of the universe is not order vs. chaos, but moral vs. immoral, right vs. wrong."
Luke 4:14-21:
""THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD IS UPON ME,
BECAUSE HE ANOINTED ME TO PREACH THE GOSPEL TO THE POOR.
HE HAS SENT ME TO PROCLAIM RELEASE TO THE CAPTIVES,
AND RECOVERY OF SIGHT TO THE BLIND,
TO SET FREE THOSE WHO ARE OPPRESSED,
TO PROCLAIM THE FAVORABLE YEAR OF THE LORD."Lots of stuff there about how to fight oppression and side with the poor, not so much about running governments and dominating foreign lands.
Sorry, I just see the whole political evangelical thing as Christianity for Dummies and no different than any other religion in history. It had a shot at escaping that cycle, but they blow it again.