Comments on: Considering Jesus

By: mikeypod

mikeypod — Mon, 07 May 2007 13:34:06 +0000

very.

I used to think that Jesus would be opposed to the things I do as an activist, I am beginning to realize now that he would really be asking me why I am not doing more.

By: Brian

Brian — Mon, 07 May 2007 13:29:43 +0000

Mikey,
Jesus was no follower of culture, tradition, or the establishment. But, he celebrated freedom and differences and he appreciated nature and people. Perhaps to “follow” Jesus, might actually be to not “follow” him.

What is your power? What must you do to use it? What is your hesitation?

Just some thoughts.

Brian

By: Rick

Rick — Mon, 07 May 2007 12:46:34 +0000

Checking in on your “Jesus post” – gotta say that you’ve found an “in” that most people don’t find ever. Too many Christians are scared or shamed “into the kingdom” and then it doesn’t make a lick of difference in their actual lives. But it sounds like you’ve got some sort of holy discontent going on. “Holy” in a good way, not a haughty snobby way – where you’re seeing that there’s something real missing and maybe finding something real to fill the gap. Am I close?

By: mikeypod

mikeypod — Mon, 07 May 2007 12:11:09 +0000

I like what you said about ” Jesus as a reason to have a neat list of who theyÃ¢â‚¬â„¢re supposed to hate.” I see that too, now that I am seeing Christianity as a inspirational tool to get off my ass and make some changes with how I live , instead of just bitching about the way things should be…. it seems much more reasonable.

Glad you can relate to the cell phone thing….now I have an image of myself as the super customer at these places who will say the things I couldn’t say while I was employed there. i.e. “ma’am, you are holding up the line, would you mind reentering the line after you finish your phone conversation?”

By: John

John — Mon, 07 May 2007 11:51:13 +0000

Well, first of all, don’t expect anything thoughtful on Twitter – it’s ADD communication and mostly is people exchanging brain farts (even if you were trying to be thoughtful in what you said).

Jesus sounds like a good guy with good things to say, but the following Jesus thing brings up the image of lots of people who view Jesus as a reason to have a neat list of who they’re supposed to hate, so you are always going to have people reacting to that.

Then there’s the whole divine impregnation thing, which – however good the teachings of Jesus may be – is a big stumbling block for people who find that as reasonable as aliens riding in on a big spaceship to save us.

There’s a big difference between “respect for Jesus” as a teacher and philosopher, and “following Jesus” the way that usually seems to play out in our culture.

(Unrelated note: your segment recently on the Starbucks cell phone guy had me laughing out loud while listening to it on a plane. I HATE that – people who are so busy on their phone that they treat the actual human beings providing them with a service like they are fleshy vending machines. Ugh!)