{"id":13808,"date":"2023-12-01T09:02:00","date_gmt":"2023-12-01T09:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aurelis.org\/blog\/?p=13808"},"modified":"2023-12-14T10:13:45","modified_gmt":"2023-12-14T10:13:45","slug":"have-christians-forgotten-jesus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aurelis.org\/blog\/open-religion\/have-christians-forgotten-jesus","title":{"rendered":"Have Christians Forgotten Jesus?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Or better, have many Christians ever known Jesus? Apparently, many have not to the full extent.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

This blog puts Jesus in the present. Why? It just feels right while writing, as it also feels right to treat him not as a god or fairy tale personage but as a human being for now. What a human being!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

The Jesus of the New Testament (shortly, Jesus) is human to the brim.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

He speaks and acts as a total person. That\u2019s actually very interesting, really. It\u2019s as if he profoundly understands that being human is about much more than meets the conceptual eye. It\u2019s as if he\u2019s aware of what we are slowly getting aware of through science nowadays. For instance, to Jesus, religious \u2018belief\u2019 is a most profound human experience, not a lack of skepticism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is more between heaven and earth than we know \u2014 much more to see if we open our eyes, much more to do if we open our hearts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jesus is not just human, but extremely so.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

He cares for people against all odds. He weeps for people when others aren\u2019t looking. He sacrifices for people his own heart. He turns against injustice with no weapon at hand. He doesn\u2019t care for power or status. He doesn\u2019t care about seeking revenge. He gets mad when he sees \u2018chalked graves.\u2019 He just goes on when others don\u2019t understand. He doesn\u2019t care for naked rules. Moreover, he\u2019s extreme in all this. He is, in one word, an utter romantic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To him, every human being is infinitely valuable. He makes no exception. He has no limit in loving everyone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Human also in suffering<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Back then, Jesus suffered on the cross like many others did under Roman rule. The difference is that he could have easily chosen not to do so. He could have chosen to save his skin, but he didn\u2019t \u2014 for reasons not related to himself but wholly to others, including those who were nailing him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Through this supra-human suffering, he shows himself to be human all the way through \u2014 again, limitless.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So how can Christians be racist in his name, misogynistic, or clamor for the death of other people?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is entirely contradictory. The only possible explanation is that they have either forgotten or never known Jesus. Do they even care? Is Jesus to them just an excuse, as could be anything else in the end?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At least some real explanation is needed to clarify this contradiction. Otherwise, Jesus\u2019 humanity is treated with solid disrespect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

His message is his message now and forever.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Therefore, not anything others attach to it for any reason whatsoever \u2014 be it with good or bad intentions, and least of all some kind of identity politics, anxiety-driven power abuse, \u2018sacredness\u2019 that doesn\u2019t come from the inside out (as a direction), or aggression against \u2018bad atheists.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Goodness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Even when beating you with a stick, Jesus would never be aggressive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Anything attached to Jesus\u2019 message does not form part of his message, which is clear and radical.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Radical love.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Anything less is not Christian.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Anything less is not about Jesus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It beats me to see that this is not clear to some.<\/p>\n

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