The most interesting thing I’ve realized is that Jesus himself is portrayed as a pretty liberal, empathetic, merciful man of the people. What passes for modern Christianity would sicken him. Organized religion is effectively organized crime hiding behind some platitudes, but if you just listen to Jesus himself (and not the people/organizations claiming to speak on his behalf), you could do worse.
Of course, along with that goes some delusional nonsense, but I’d rather deal with someone like that than a hardcore conservative who can cite verifiable sources for every thought they’ve ever had.
This raises the question of if Jesus actually existed, which I’ll happily avoid getting into.
The modern Jesus + America = Property Rights thing is explained super well on Behind the Bastards a recent two-parter on how the rich ate Christianity. I’m feeling lazy right now so I link to the episodes here, but James W. Fifield Jr. is a keystone in the reshaping of American Christianity (that is Christianity and patriotism in the US) into the far-right pro-capitalism stuff that is driving the Christian Nationalist movement today. Spoiler: Hydra never was purged from SHIELD. They’ve been lurking in the shadows since the first time.
The most interesting thing I’ve realized is that Jesus himself is portrayed as a pretty liberal, empathetic, merciful man of the people. What passes for modern Christianity would sicken him. Organized religion is effectively organized crime hiding behind some platitudes, but if you just listen to Jesus himself (and not the people/organizations claiming to speak on his behalf), you could do worse.
Of course, along with that goes some delusional nonsense, but I’d rather deal with someone like that than a hardcore conservative who can cite verifiable sources for every thought they’ve ever had.
This raises the question of if Jesus actually existed, which I’ll happily avoid getting into.
The modern Jesus + America = Property Rights thing is explained super well on Behind the Bastards a recent two-parter on how the rich ate Christianity. I’m feeling lazy right now so I link to the episodes here, but James W. Fifield Jr. is a keystone in the reshaping of American Christianity (that is Christianity and patriotism in the US) into the far-right pro-capitalism stuff that is driving the Christian Nationalist movement today. Spoiler: Hydra never was purged from SHIELD. They’ve been lurking in the shadows since the first time.
Ooh, that’s interesting stuff! Thanks!