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What Would Jesus Do? (lemmy.world)

submitted 10 months ago by Ultragigagigantic to c/politicalmemes

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"Now listen, you rich people, weep and wail because of the misery that is coming on you. Your wealth has rotted, and moths have eaten your clothes. Your gold and silver are corroded. Their corrosion will testify against you and eat your flesh like fire. You have hoarded wealth in the last days. Look! The wages you failed to pay the workers who mowed your fields are crying out against you. The cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord Almighty. You have lived on earth in luxury and self-indulgence. You have fattened yourselves in the day of slaughter. You have condemned and murdered the innocent one, who was not opposing you."

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=James%205%3A1-6&version=NIV

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[–] grue 57 points 10 months ago (1 children)

In plaintext form, for your convenience:

Q: WWJD?
A: (╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻

[–] RGB3x3 10 points 10 months ago

Jesus: LET'S GET READY TO RUMBLE!

[–] UnderpantsWeevil 37 points 10 months ago (13 children)

Going to be crazy when the NYPD bomb Jesus's house and kill his family in a SWAT raid.

[–] merari42 7 points 10 months ago

I hear he has a history of problems with the state. he was literally crucified.

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[–] disguy_ovahea 36 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (3 children)

Little known fact that Jesus was actually just three kids in a tunic

[–] [email protected] 19 points 10 months ago (1 children)

That's tritheism

[–] makyo 12 points 10 months ago (1 children)

You haven't heard of the great five-in-one? Father, son, son, son, and holy spirit.

[–] disguy_ovahea 10 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Ah yes, the Holy Quinity.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Good thing there's not six...

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago

Stupid sexune deity...

[–] [email protected] 12 points 10 months ago (1 children)

If I'm not mistaken, the original name in Aramaic translates to something like "Jesus Christman"

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

Oily Josh

[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago

I look forward to your Ted Talk.

[–] FlyingSquid 15 points 10 months ago

The problem is- Jesus didn't chase the people behind the money changers out of the temple with a whip, it was the low-level workers he attacked. While talking about, as you quote, how luxurious their lives were.

Jesus was doing the Batman thing- beating up on low-level criminals while leaving the real people in charge behind the scenes around.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

your gold is corroded

Must not be real gold. Those scammy, money lending bastards...

[–] hark 5 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Banks do manipulate precious metals prices through fake supply numbers. It's virtual, though, so hard to imagine corrosion there. Just corruption.

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[–] Nobody 9 points 10 months ago

Based and Christ-pilled

[–] boatsnhos931 8 points 10 months ago

Violent Jesus is my fav

[–] MilitantVegan 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

The scene in the temple is recently one of the central plot points of the new documentary, Christspiracy. The movie as a whole is a little over-sensationalized in framing their views as some kind of grand church cover-up. But some of their arguments about archeological evidence and scriptural translation differences make for interesting food for thought.

Basically they argue that the temple at that time was a big slaughterhouse, and that the "thieves" Jesus whipped could more accurately be translated as "murderers".

https://christspiracy.com/

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

That looks like the panel from the 2008-2009 banking and FTC regulation reform.

[–] Etterra 3 points 10 months ago

Better to upgrade to the jawbone of an ass.

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