I guess that one is probably one of the most creatively interpreted pieces of the Gospel, right? Couldn’t possibly just be about how all the radical stuff Jesus was asking followers to do was gonna lead to conflict, nah it’s about killing brown people.
It should be more interpreted in the way that Christianity will divide people and cause conflict due to religious divisions. Not that Jesus calls for eternal deus vult ave terra emporer protects the faithful.
Aye, in all my life I’ve always heard it taught that way too. Someone who actually behaves in a Christlike manner is bound to bring conflict because most men worship Mammon, very few actually worship God. Funny how different American Catholicism (and to a lesser extent other denominations, LatAm protestants are a land of contrasts) seems to be from what we get everywhere else.
The ironic cherry on top is that in that passage in particular, Jesus is saying thay following him will cause disruption between you and your family members. And if you have to choose between him and them, you must choose him.
I say “ironic” because American Christians base so much of their religion on “the family” and having kids, but Jesus was ambivalent at best about families.
My favorite is when they quote “I came not to bring peace, but a sword” to justify violence and militarism.
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I guess that one is probably one of the most creatively interpreted pieces of the Gospel, right? Couldn’t possibly just be about how all the radical stuff Jesus was asking followers to do was gonna lead to conflict, nah it’s about killing brown people.
It should be more interpreted in the way that Christianity will divide people and cause conflict due to religious divisions. Not that Jesus calls for eternal deus vult ave terra emporer protects the faithful.
Aye, in all my life I’ve always heard it taught that way too. Someone who actually behaves in a Christlike manner is bound to bring conflict because most men worship Mammon, very few actually worship God. Funny how different American Catholicism (and to a lesser extent other denominations, LatAm protestants are a land of contrasts) seems to be from what we get everywhere else.
The ironic cherry on top is that in that passage in particular, Jesus is saying thay following him will cause disruption between you and your family members. And if you have to choose between him and them, you must choose him.
I say “ironic” because American Christians base so much of their religion on “the family” and having kids, but Jesus was ambivalent at best about families.