Wish I'd written this...

As I commented on this site, I've had similar themes running through my brain in recent days, but never strung them together this articulately.  I can't speak for others, but I'm tired of people using Jesus for a political football when it's obvious they haven't spent any time at all looking at what He actually said and did in scripture... besides cherry-picking short passages that seem to support their positions.  This is a problem for both right and left.  But as I've heard said more than once, Jesus is neither Republican or Democrat.  If He's anything, He's a monarchist...

The contention from some religious authorities and media outlets is that Jesus would be right there among the unwashed masses ((of Occupy Wall Street)) clamoring for free college tuition and a unicorn in every backyard.
That is simply not true.
Jesus cared not one whit about government except insofar as its officials abused their positions to assume positions of religious power. Even then, Jesus didn’t call out the Pharisees for their abuses of secular power but for how they used their power to mislead the people on spiritual matters. Jesus’ famous “Render unto Caesar…” comment was both an utter refusal to play the political game and a reminder to his followers of his true mission. Jesus did not come to Earth to bring political revolution, but spiritual.

Read the whole thing...