• OhStopYellingAtMe
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    321 month ago

    Was Jesus “hard?” Not from what I’ve read. He was a kind, gentle, caring soul who avoided confrontation, never harmed anyone, and preach forgiveness, compassion, and love.

    The right wing and their obsession over “manliness” is so pathetic.

    • @IrateAnteater@sh.itjust.works
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      261 month ago

      Well there was that one time he started flipping tables and whipping people. But that was against grifters selling shit in the temple, so…

      • @GraniteM@lemmy.world
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        1 month ago

        Yeah, when asking “What would Jesus do?” it’s important to remember that extraordinary violence might be one of the answers.

    • blaue_Fledermaus
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      41 month ago

      And chased merchants out of the temple while brandishing a whip and kicking down their tables.

    • @slaneesh_is_right@lemmy.org
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      -11 month ago

      Americans got such a hard on because he “said” something like: trade your tunic for a sword and interpret that as “jesus told me to get some guns”