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I think Jesus was the most sacrilegious person you've ever met, in that he would
have been the least religious person you would have ever met. Sacrilegious
actually means
that you tear religion away from something. It was the religious
leaders of his day
that couldn't stand Jesus, and
that's actually who he butted heads with. It actually wasn't
the immoral people of his day - the prostitutes, the tax collectors, the
sinners of his day were the ones who flocked to him I think because
in Jesus, through Jesus, they saw hope.
I've talked to you know, hundreds of people that are not in the Christian faith
and I haven't found too many people who don't love at least what they think Jesus was.
I think intuitively, we all actually go - if God's really real,
why wouldn't he have sent us like, the best human being you would have
ever wanted to be around? When religion becomes about controlling people
and getting people to jump through our hoops to prove they're good,
I think it's gotten completely off track from what Jesus intended and that's why
Jesus and pharisees butted heads.
And that's why they crucified Jesus - he threatened their power base.
For them, it was about having their will be done and keeping in power.
What most people don't really know is that Jesus literally came in and started to just
trash
religion, religious experiences, religious traditions,
religious institutions. He
hated all that stuff so I think
if people knew that more about him, they'd actually really like him 'cause I think a lot of us
you know, we're tired of all the religious stuff. At the same time,
that doesn't mean that everything
that happens in the name of religion is bad. When it empowers and unifies people
to stay connected to God,
loving God and loving one another and turning outward like Jesus did
to serve the world around them, then it can be a good thing. When it becomes self-
serving and about dominating and
controlling, then it becomes a bad thing.