Thursday, July 27, 2017

Render unto Caesar, DUH









ILK: “When broken down by various demographics, millennials were the group that most often compared socialism and Sanders to Jesus Christ, and college graduates, non-Christians and those who were never married weren’t far behind,”




A recent Barna Group scientific poll asked Americans if they thought Jesus would prefer socialism or capitalism and who he'd endorse as president. According to many Americans – particularly millennials – Jesus is a socialist "feelin' the Bern."

The poll, sponsored by the makers of the film The Young Messiah, found that more people thought Jesus would endorse government-enforced redistribution of wealth over capitalism and that (agnostic?) Democratic socialist Bernie Sanders would be his presidential pick over the other available options.

While socialism (24 percent) beat out capitalism (14 percent) as the system that respondents said more closely aligned with the teachings of Jesus, a majority, the other 62 percent, responded "neither" or "not sure."

When asked about who would get Jesus' vote, the survey got similar results. A majority (59 percent) either said none of the candidates (37 percent) or “not sure” (22 percent). Sanders (22 percent) got the most votes out of the candidates, with since-dropped, evangelical Christian Ted Cruz (11 percent) getting second, Hillary Clinton coming in third (9 percent), and Donald Trump last (6 percent).

“When broken down by various demographics, millennials were the group that most often compared socialism and Sanders to Jesus Christ, and college graduates, non-Christians and those who were never married weren’t far behind,” notes The Hollywood Reporter.

The poll's results align with other studies that have found millennials to be more likely to prefer socialism to capitalism. According to one recent survey, 43 percent of the 30 and under crowd held a positive view of socialism, while less than a third viewed capitalism favorably.


Winning comment:

"Jesus never got involved in politics. He said "Render unto Caesar the things that are Caesar's and unto God the things that are God's." He taught His followers to give and serve from a willing, loving, caring attitude. I believe He would never support government regulation of thingsthat should be done voluntarily and not because a law said do them. It is not appropriate toconnect Jesus with government administration.

3 comments:

T macWeave said...

Remember the parable of the talents. He would like everyone to use their wealth for their own betterment then help others as they can.

Chris in NC said...

"I believe He would never support government regulation of things that should be done voluntarily and not because a law said do them."

ABSOLUTELY!! This 1000 times over. Charity at the point of a gun is not charity and its proponents are not righteous.

And in the same note He would not have voted at all, in any election. To suggest He would have given a voice of support to any candidate is just silly.

Chris in NC said...

Right on T macWeave, and when it came time to redistribute the talents of the foolish one, they were NOT given evenly to all. They were given to the most talented one who the master knew would do the best with them. The master was equally proud of the two that worked. Both did their best with their talents and got a "well done". But when it came time to give talents for use, the most talented one got them because the goal was to do the most good, not to assuage feelings.

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