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Old 11-29-2010, 10:34 AM   #38 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by loquitur View Post
I'm no expert on gospels or Christianity, but I tend to think people see in it what they bring to the table. Making pronouncements about what Jesus would or would not have liked about one American political party or another strikes me as somewhat frivolous. What would Aristotle have thought about open-source software? Roll that one around your head a bit and let me know if it makes much sense even to ask that question.
I thought of something similar when I saw the title of this thread pop up on my radar again. I was thinking how the world was completely different then. I felt a little weird with the post I made above. Especially considering the references in the above quote were originally about wealthy Romans paying tribute to Caesar.

I don't think Jesus would be comfortable as either a Republican or a Democrat. He'd probably be an anarchist and the powers that be would seek to punish him somehow.

Some things never change.
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