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Jesus was not a Republican!

March 7th, 2012 | Posted by Rich in Blog | Featured - ()

Hi friends:

From the very beginning, when we were asked exactly what Jesus was a Democrat meant, the short answer was always, “Jesus was not a Republican.” In fact, instead of stating that “Jesus was a liberal,” we used the word “Democrat” in our name to specifically draw an antithetical contrast to the notion that Jesus was a Republican (i.e.,that He lived and demonstrated a right-wing ideology when he was alive).  For reasons unclear, we could not see what was in front of our collective faces. In retrospect, it is clear that we should have named our endeavor Jesus was not a Republican (JNR) and not JWAD. We would much rather state that Jesus wasn’t something he clearly wasn’t, than state that Jesus was something that can be endlessly debated. Of course, we firmly stand by our statement that Jesus was a staunch liberal, which is clearly demonstrated by His words and deeds as described in the New Testament. Now more than ever, with the Republicans lurching ever rightward on social issues, foreign policy and domestic policy (i.e., the war on women’s liberty, warmongering re: Iran, and the proposal to gut Medicare, respectively), we believe it is paramount that we should stand up and call the Right out for their hypocrisy. A large majority of them claim to be devout Christians, but their words and deeds are anything but characteristic of the example Jesus left for us in the Bible.

Before I get completely tangential and write a full thesis on our guiding philosophy which is well-documented throughout this site, let me get to the point of this post: We will be relaunching our website in the coming weeks at jesuswasnotarepublican.org.  We’ll let you know when. In the meantime, please visit us at our popular new facebook page at the following link: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Jesus-was-not-a-Republican/311925502180080?sk=wall. We promise that the debate is lively and there is rarely a dull moment. We hope to see you there!

Thank you so much for supporting us and spreading the word.

Respectfully,

JWAD/JNR

 

 

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Where Do Hate and Intolerance Lead?

October 25th, 2011 | Posted by Rich in Blog | Featured - ()

I was recently told a very interesting and ultimately troubling story. It seems that liberal Christians are actually being ostracized from their churches for being Democrats. Since when did voting Democratic become tantamount to committing a mortal sin? Apparently, it’s been going on for quite a while. In the story, a young woman in Florida (in a swing district no less) was made to feel so uncomfortable in her church for being a Democrat that she ultimately felt impressed upon to leave the congregation. Amazingly, she was led to believe, of all things, that she would one day certainly join the likes of Jimmy Carter and George Clooney (to name two, evidently) in spending eternity in Hell. I suppose I shouldn’t be so shocked. Those kind of Christians seem to be reading a different Bible altogether. I seem to remember Jesus preaching love and practicing tolerance. I also seem to remember that those who are persecuted for righteous causes go to Heaven, not Hell.

One might not be so shocked by such a practice in the Bible belt “red” states, where a right wing brand of Christianity is the norm and the politics are overwhelmingly conservative. But for this to occur in the swing state of Florida, in a county where there are almost as many Democrats registered as Republicans (150K vs. 170K respectively) is harder to swallow. It makes you wonder if the liberal Christians in the most hard-line of the red states are actually safe! (more…)

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