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Is Jesus a communist?

Here's a video where guys debate it and then another guy reviews it and makes a case for it.

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Ario99 4 Jan 11
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Damn, I'll rephrase the question. Was he communistic as depicted in the bible?

Additionally please point passages support your view point.

@Shouldbefishing he came into me 4 or 5 times..

@Shouldbefishing all in 1 body..mine!?

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Jesus, IF he ever lived, is now dead & is therefor not a communist. Or anything else. So I voted no.

Carin Level 8 Jan 11, 2019
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There is No Jesus..No gaawd..so what's the point of your post?

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Since Jesus of the bible likely was a composite character and did not exist as such it is hard to say, however the early Christian church was without a doubt highly socialist and probably would today be recognised as communist or at least Marxist.

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Jesus said rich men will have a hard time going to heaven, sell all your stuff and follow him, sharing is caring, and all dogs go to heaven. I'm not sure about those last two, but I'm pretty sure the first two are in there somewhere, lol.

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He is a social democrat.

Omg someone who is smart enough to know the difference between democratic socialist and social democrats. I knew I liked you for some reason

I can see that being the case.

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He is a myth. In the fictional story of him, one of his sayings is that you should give up everything and follow him. So, it sounds like he wants people to be hunter gatherers.

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No.

Jesus cannot be a communist, on account of the fact that Jesus (certainly the version in the bible) does not, and never did, exist - so the question is as invalid as asking if Winnie the Pooh is a lover of Japanese kabuki theatre.

@maturin1919 But the motivations of fictional characters can be no less fictional than the characters themselves, and those motivations have no meaning in the world outside the work of fiction in which the character exists.

Therefore, perhaps, asking about Jesus's motivation for his actions WITHIN THE BIBLE, are a matter of literary discussion - but within the bible there is no stated concept of communism.

And this is not, anyway, a literary discusion of the bible as a work of fiction, and Jesus as a character within that work.

@maturin1919 No it isn't.

Discussion of Jesus is not just 'literary discussion of a fictional character' because those who believe in him refuse to accept him as such. Therefore to fall foul to the 'this is just a literary disciussion' card is to grant believers exactly the sort of ammunition they want, in order that they can play 'But you, YOURSELF, said...' games.

The characteristic that Jesus has, that is more significant and more over-riding than any other characteristic, is the one christian believers never want to hear - that he DIDN'T EXIST.

And fundamentally discussions of Jesus's characteristics are all subordinate to that singular characteristic which christianic believers will pose questions like this to actively try and side-step.

@maturin1919 When someone believes Jesus is real then discussing 'his characteristics' is placing the discussion in the arena of 'If Jesus was real, would he be X. The fact that you are prepared to discuss his X-ness is tacit acceptance of his reality.'

Sorry - been caught that way before, and not prepared to go there again.

The only meaningful characteristic of Jesus is that he didn't and doesn't exist. His non-existance means discussion of 'other characteristics' becomes not only irrelevant, but unhelpful because granting those discussions relevance adds weight to the myth.

Been down that road too many times to go down it again.

'Is Jesus X?'

Doesn't matter. Doesn't matter if he's black or white. Doesn't matter if he's the son of God or the illegitimate child Mary had with a passing, teen-age fling. Doesn't matter if he's communist or fascist. Doesn't matter if he's straight or gay.

All of that lot is completely irrelevant and leads to directly to ridiculous game-playing that serves no purpose.

The one thing about Jesus - the thing that over-rides everything else - is that he is not, and never was, there at all.

I will have to say that Winnie the Pooh is not a lover of Japanese kabuki theatre, he actually hates it but living in Ashdown Forest,UK, he loves Shakespeare. But seriously, I am totally with you.

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You talking about the bloke who plays for Man City? No, I don't think so

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No

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Jesus is a myth. So "he" can be anything he wants.

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