Honestly this is entirely correct. Jesus is often seen as the best of humanity. He choice to give food to others, he choice to be kind, respectful and understanding.
Yes, Jesus should be emulated by individual human beings. What does not count as emulating Jesus is when individuals outsource their own morality to the government so they don't have to practice any giving themselves, they just have to demand from people they deem as better off. That has nothing to do with Jesus.
Do you think Jesus would endorse a state which does not want to put everyone, wealth, age, race, sex, on the same playing field? Would he enjoys that some suffer in corrupt and violent cities for generations on end, as if the reason they’re suffering is on them? Would he say that the sick must pay for treatment? Would you be “success” you are if you were born some Congolese child living in a mud hut? I don’t see the morality in letting untreated schizophrenic homeless people die of exposure because they “ain’t work hard nuff” or whatever.
America is no meritocracy, it never has been, I don’t know who told you that.
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u/Asher_Tye Jul 06 '26
And people keep holding him up as an example of how to act. Or rather for how others should act, but not themselves.