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iamshadow

Capitalist Fundies - ur doin it rong

Oct 29, 2011 20:04

What would Jesus do about Occupy, according to some people?

Well, 'take a whip' to the protesters has been suggested, which just made me LOL for real, so hard. Anyone with a knowledge of the bible knows that the people Jesus canonically took a whip to were conducting monetary transactions in a designated sacred space. So, first century CE ( Read more... )

occupy, religion, knitting

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mrsquizzical October 29 2011, 10:01:33 UTC

Anyone with a knowledge of the bible knows that the people Jesus canonically took a whip to were conducting monetary transactions in a designated sacred space.

exactly. man. the way the church en masse can swing from their persecution complex to their 'support the regime' bullshit gives me whiplash. :|

iamshadow October 29 2011, 10:13:19 UTC

Capitalist fundies baffle me so much, all the 'Jesus wants you to be wealthy' crap. It makes me wonder if they've ever read the damn new testament at all. I mean I'm a godless heathen lesbian, or, perhaps even worse, an ex-Mormon, and therefore my opinions don't count. But even if I don't believe in the bible as the word of god, I do know it pretty damn well, and even if I don't believe that Jesus existed as the bible portrayed him, I do think that the parables attributed to him and his general ethos of acceptance are pretty good examples of decent behaviour. The capitalist fundies seem to have a different book to the one I was raised on...

ksol1460 October 29 2011, 15:55:31 UTC

They are going to need warm hats, warm socks, and warm blankets.

The UPS Store
Re: Occupy Wall Street
118A Fulton St. #205
New York, NY 10038

Occupy LA has a list which I imagine is just about the same as what they need in NY:

http://occupylosangeles.org/?q=node/1

The UPS Store, ATTN: OccupyLA
645 W. 9th Street, Unit 110-253
Los Angeles, CA 90015

sethrenn want to go to OLA and I want to go to the one in our town because they are going to work on getting rid of our useless piece of shit Congressman.

ozma_katiebell October 29 2011, 18:42:34 UTC

I've been by Occupy Long Beach and brought them a trunkful of food and supplies a couple of weeks back. Work has been insane, so I haven't been able to march, and I can't this weekend beccause I'm booked up with Halloween activities for the kids, but we're doing bank transfer day, and I'm planning to march that day, too. I want my kids to see/be part of something like this. I want them to see that the people sometimes have to make their voices heard when their leaders aren't listening.
Also, check out this amazing seventeen year old kid, who was one of the first to get arrested in our camp:
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/10/17/1027314/-Occupy-Long-Beach-Arrests

ozma_katiebell October 29 2011, 18:47:08 UTC

Also, I have been putting up this comment on every political forum I follow:
“Would Jesus be a Tea Partier or an OWSer?
Hmmm....
Camped out a lot, as he was a homeless vagrant.
Fed the hungry
Healed the sick
Had no material possessions.
Spoke out against political and religious hypocrisy.
Told people to pay their share of taxes.
Encouraged his followers to sell everything they had and share with others.
Asked his followers to spread love to everyone, not just their 'neighbors.'
Told his followers that the way to get into heaven was to heal the sick, feed the hungry, house the homeless and visit the incarcerated.
Promoted nonviolence.
Was an undocumented immigrant (Egypt)
And oh, yeah....
Threw the money lenders out of the temple for cheating the people they were supposed to be helping.”

iamshadow October 30 2011, 04:09:33 UTC

I know, right? Basically Jesus's line was completely anti-materialistic, and every second tale was about helping people out without any expectation of reciprocation, just for the sake of it being the right thing to do. And he would sit around talking to people in the lower echelons of society rather than kowtowing with the rich and influential.