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His message wasn't exactly fuck the state. More that the workings of the state were irrelevant to the kingdom of heaven.

Mark 12:

13 ¶ And they send unto him certain of the Pharisees and of the Herodians, to catch him in his words.

14 And when they were come, they say unto him, Master, we know that thou art true, and carest for no man: for thou regardest not the person of men, but teachest the way of God in truth: Is it lawful to give tribute to Cæsar, or not?

15 Shall we give, or shall we not give? But he, knowing their hypocrisy, said unto them, Why tempt ye me? bring me a penny, that I may see it.

16 And they brought it. And he saith unto them, Whose is this image and superscription? And they said unto him, Cæsar’s.

17 And Jesus answering said unto them, Render to Cæsar the things that are Cæsar’s, and to God the things that are God’s. And they marvelled at him.

Kevin's Bacon 1y ago

There is SO much to unpack in that section.

I was just thinking about it today.

I feel like that's ultimately an anarchist stance in a way: the concept is that your ultimate authority is God, and that supercedes everything. Caesar literally owned the money they used, in a way. To be righteous goes beyond societal structure, it is something immediately actionable. I also think that the form of the argument invokes the concept of property in a way that suggests that one should be aware of ownership claims in the world and respect them, but only in as far as they do not conflict with what God wants for us.

One can deduce from a lot of what Jesus said anti-authority messages, though this particular one is not so clear-cut.

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Kevin's Bacon 1y ago

Hating the state is not necessarily loving your neighbor. I think Jesus is an anarchist olus, obviously, some additional awesome things. He's doing a lot at once with his teachings.