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Ancient texts show Jesus had little in common with Republican Jesus
The University of British Columbia ^ | 10/6/20 | Lui Xia Lee

Posted on 02/14/2025 10:55:25 AM PST by DallasBiff

The Christian Right is a powerful political force in the U.S., and it’s no coincidence that its members believe in a Jesus who aligns with their political views. Right-wing influencers have weaponized the Bible as a political tool, according to a new book by UBC’s Tony Keddie.

The Christian Right is a powerful political force in the U.S., and it’s no coincidence that its members believe in a Jesus who aligns with their political views.

Right-wing influencers have weaponized the Bible as a political tool, according to a new book by UBC’s Tony Keddie, an assistant professor of early Christian history and literature. In Republican Jesus, Keddie shows how they’ve done it.

The book hits store shelves today—four weeks before the U.S. presidential election. We spoke with Keddie about it

(Excerpt) Read more at news.ubc.ca ...


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I know from 4 1/2 years ago.

I am not a Biblical scholar in any way, but when Jesus overturned the money changers tables in the temple, is a corollary to what Trump and Musk are doing to the grifters in the federal government?

1 posted on 02/14/2025 10:55:25 AM PST by DallasBiff
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To: DallasBiff

Well, I thought Jesus told us to try and live life without sin—is that right wing?


2 posted on 02/14/2025 10:58:16 AM PST by abigkahuna
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To: DallasBiff

Wow, look who thinks Jesus is important all of a sudden.


3 posted on 02/14/2025 10:59:08 AM PST by SaxxonWoods (Black guy upon receiving a MAGA hat: "MURICA!")
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To: DallasBiff

Romans 1 is the Democrat party platform.


4 posted on 02/14/2025 11:00:15 AM PST by LukeL
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To: DallasBiff

Matthew 27:25
Support Israel every day, in every way.


5 posted on 02/14/2025 11:00:30 AM PST by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives)
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To: DallasBiff

It’s amazing how many atheists, “scholars,” and “theologians,” there are to assure us that Jesus really founded The First Church of Christ, Communist.


6 posted on 02/14/2025 11:01:02 AM PST by pierrem15 ("Massacrez-les, car le seigneur connait les siens" )
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To: DallasBiff

Rendering to Caesar what is Caesars is now out of the question.


7 posted on 02/14/2025 11:02:24 AM PST by lucky american (Had enough yet?)
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To: DallasBiff

I always thought of Jesus as one who espoused Universal Values. Sort of a One Size Fits All (Souls).
It is only the individual religions who have declared moral fiefdoms as their own and cherry picked values to honor.


8 posted on 02/14/2025 11:02:44 AM PST by lee martell
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To: DallasBiff

Well, he sure as hell didn’t have much in common with those pervs pushing sex onto children and grown men taking it up the ass. He also didn’t have much in common with followers of atheist Marx.

Yeah, he was a definitely a repub. In fact, he was straight up MAGA.

And he doesn’t like Brits or Canadians too much either, but they can still be saved.


9 posted on 02/14/2025 11:03:39 AM PST by DesertRhino (2016 Star Wars, 2020 The Empire Strikes Back, 2025... RETURN OF THE JEDI...)
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To: lee martell

I’m sure that this unreadable book by some wingnut professor will force a dramatic change in how Americans view Christianity.


10 posted on 02/14/2025 11:04:19 AM PST by laconic ( )
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To: SaxxonWoods

LOL... Mic drop.


11 posted on 02/14/2025 11:04:28 AM PST by DesertRhino (2016 Star Wars, 2020 The Empire Strikes Back, 2025... RETURN OF THE JEDI...)
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To: lucky american

Every that’s Caesar’s belongs to God.


12 posted on 02/14/2025 11:04:39 AM PST by Truthsearcher
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To: DallasBiff

I don’t think so. Government agencies don’t equate to ‘the temple’.


13 posted on 02/14/2025 11:05:39 AM PST by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: SaxxonWoods

Right lol

Just Rongald Reagan (The Great One) was pointed to as a voice of reason by dems for almost EVERY republican that ran later on.

“Ronald Reagan was GREAT but this guy’s awful!!” :)


14 posted on 02/14/2025 11:06:23 AM PST by dp0622 (Tried a coup, a fake tax story, tramp slander, Russia nonsense, impeachment and a virus. They lost.)
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To: DallasBiff
Hey, Lui Xia Lee, are you a communist Chinese???? what ‘ancient’ text are you referring toooo... lying, progressive communist of any creed have NO clue what is ‘common’ to Jesus... Jesus said calllllll NO man father .... yet the ‘biggest’ church on earth calls a talking donkey ‘holy father’ ...

Much clean up yet to be done when our Lord and Savior returns to claim a harvest.

15 posted on 02/14/2025 11:07:30 AM PST by Just mythoughts (Psalm 2. Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?)
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Wow, look who thinks Jesus is important all of a sudden.

Exactly. Ignore the heathens.

16 posted on 02/14/2025 11:10:35 AM PST by liberalh8ter ( This tagline has taken the month off to attend the inauguration.)
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To: DallasBiff

“when Jesus overturned the money changers tables in the temple”

if this happened it is just more evidence that Jesus was a Roman psy-op

joseph Atwill and others have written extensively about this possibility


17 posted on 02/14/2025 11:12:03 AM PST by algore
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To: DallasBiff

Jesus fed 5,000 people to show them it could be done and then cut off them off his day of welfare...


18 posted on 02/14/2025 11:12:25 AM PST by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me https://youtu.be/wH-pk2vZG2M)
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To: lee martell

What are “universal values”?


19 posted on 02/14/2025 11:12:47 AM PST by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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To: algore

Opus?


20 posted on 02/14/2025 11:13:16 AM PST by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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