Was Jesus a socialist? (3 Viewers)

[SBin2008]

anyone who quotes Bill Shankley gets rep from me --- you'll never walk alone andre my friend!

Matt Busby ... dig it dig it dig it

 

[Jeff Miller]

There are certainly a lot of similarities, and if you read some of the gnostic texts, it is even more similar. However, there are similarities in lots of religions, and the common theme of detachment from earthly things is hardly unique to Buddhism or Christianity.

There isn't a lot of evidence of Buddhism being practiced in the Middle East, and I'm not sure how much trade and interaction with Buddhists was going on at the time, so I'm not sure what kind of opportunity a Nazerene would have to study Buddhism.



Except Buddhism pre dates the birth of Christ by several hundred years.



How profound. Let me offer a rebuttal.. maybe.

from what i recall from the History Channel documentory, there is a gap of several years of Jesus' life that are unaccounted for and there is no record of. Is theorized that jesus during these years traveled east as was exposed to Budism there then travel back to the middle east where his story picks up again.

 

[aksarben saint]

dont let your failure to understand facts get in the way.


you're quite insistent about debating semantics rather than discussing ideas. persistence is only an admirable trait when its in pursuit of a worthy goal.

What facts, the fact that you called it a Democracy when in fact we are a Republic and we pledge alligence to that republic.

Now you are correct in that a republic is very similar to a representative democracy, but that is not what you originally stated and my response was to you stating that it was a democracy.

And as far as discussing ideas, I did on the first page regarding what this thread was originally about.

 

[mister pc]

What facts, the fact that you called it a Democracy when in fact we are a Republic and we pledge alligence to that republic.

Now you are correct in that a republic is very similar to a representative democracy, but that is not what you originally stated and my response was to you stating that it was a democracy.

And as far as discussing ideas, I did on the first page regarding what this thread was originally about.

the fact is that there are two types of democracies. Democracy is a political government carried out either directly by the people (direct democracy) or by means of elected representatives of the people (Representative democracy). if i had originally stated that the US is a direct democracy, then your objection would be well founded. but i said no such thing. the united states is a representative democracy, which is indeed a form of democracy as well as a republic. now if you are too ******* stupid to understand this after the third time its been explained to you, then there is nothing more i can do. but the good news is that you might be eligible for some kind of disability benefits, do you know anyone competent enough to look into that and help you fill out the paperwork?

 

[aksarben saint]

the word democracy is derived from the greek word dēmokratía which literally means "will of the people". because we are a democracy, federal aid for the poor can be seen as collective fulfillment of our duties as individuals.

I'm "too ******* stupid to understand" huh?

I didn't post, "because we are a democracy", you did.