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nostr:npub1q8nhcxa8t9zfk06ggqwpwcr64znkxvnwt2wgzqdtga920g355p4qdfkct8 nostr:npub1emk574nz08gc3j04wjve48zhvgwvuwvpz89hykdlauf7ct3p3clqvl07xe What I’m saying is that its difficult to apply modern economic theory to someone from 2 thousand years ago.

I give a co-worker a spare energy drink doesn’t make me a Communist, but my selling some 3d prints doesn’t make me a Capitalist necessarily either – at least not in an ideological sense. Although I most certainly am a Capitalist – my point is more that a single action doesn’t necessarily dictate what I believe because even if I was a Communist, I don’t live in a Communist state so I’d be in practical terms a Capitalist whatever I personally believe in.

Also, in the legends, Jesus feeds the poor using magic, so it sort of invalidates its relationship to economics anyway. If you can summon an unlimited amount of food for free, the dynamics of the marketplace change dramatically. It’s more like Star Trek economics at that point.

Shebang! :blobpeektrans: 2y ago

nostr:npub1q8nhcxa8t9zfk06ggqwpwcr64znkxvnwt2wgzqdtga920g355p4qdfkct8 nostr:npub1emk574nz08gc3j04wjve48zhvgwvuwvpz89hykdlauf7ct3p3clqvl07xe Also just the banal fact that everyone picks a thing that Jesus did or did not do and then uses that as an example of how Jesus supports THEIR ideals, even if he behaves differently later or in different context, and any nuance in the situation goes out the window because they are just using Jesus in an attempt to somehow prove they are correct and everyone else is wrong.

Which of course, is probably something he wouldn’t have approved of.

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freeborn | ἐλεύθερος | 8r0gwg 2y ago

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Jesus is noone's mascot.

freeborn | ἐλεύθερος | 8r0gwg 2y ago

Hm. I didn't see the full context.

If by mythical you mean he is full of wonder and mystery, captivates the imagination and provides explanations for the unexplained, then sure, he is "myth became fact" as Lewis (and Vos) talked about. He was crucified "under Pontius Pilate," in a specific time and place. That's just historical fact.

But if you mean mythical in the more simplistic sense of being fictional, then that's inane.

Jesus came not to abolish the law but to fulfill it. The law (i.e. 10 Commandments) presupposes private property at every point -- which is the basis of what we call free market capitalism. Charity is also a moral (not political) command that rules out involuntary collectivism (taxation / forced income redistribution) by definition.

Anyone who thinks Jesus can be marshaled for their collectivist cause is ignoring the clear teaching of Scripture and making another god in their own image.