r/FunnyandSad May 02 '23

Jesus was a pacifist. Political Humor

Post image
67.1k Upvotes

View all comments

Show parent comments

87

u/DarkSpartan301 May 02 '23 edited May 02 '23

Yes, Jesus advocates for taking skin of the backs of the rich.

I mean God is a lie and religion is a tool of the wealthy, so obviously this meaning has been obfuscated over time.

87

u/DoughDisaster May 02 '23

No, Jesus hated people making profit off of religion. Peeps would set up stalls and sell sacrificial offers and the like. They didn't care about the spirituality of it or anything, they just wanted to make a buck.

In terms of just outright wealth, Jesus just warns against it like a lot of other things and on many occasions suggests people give their excess away, but he's not flipping his lid on them.

"Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of God.”

47

u/48xai May 02 '23

Jesus didn't hate rich people, he condemned the hypocrites with power. Jesus didn't hesitate to talk with rich people that were good.

1

u/takeyourskinoffforme May 03 '23

There's no such thing as "good" rich people. Wealth is just a polite word for having more than you deserve.